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Nat Eliason
@nateliason · 107.9K followers
Best of 2025 · 17.6K likes
““How did we get so poor mom?” “Your Dad spent more time collecting knowledge than acting on it.””
21 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2025. That is the most recent full year. The account is at its peak, or has not reached it yet.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · 241.6M followers
@nateliason
Biggest post of 2026 · 424 likes · Sep 3, 2026
As much as I try to avoid app / hype hopping now… @bot is truly exceptional. Remarkable what @SpaceXAI pulled off here.
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@elonmusk
@nateliason
No post framed as earnings among the 13 posts read.
@elonmusk
$10M
the earned figure that got the most attention in the last year · Dec 19, 2018 · 10.8K likes
Chansley got 4 years in prison for a non-violent, police-escorted tour!? Dave Chapelle was violently assaulted on stage by a guy with a knife. That guy got a $3000 fine & no prison time.
Read the postAm donating $20M to Cameron County schools & $10M to City of Brownsville for downtown revitalization. Details to follow next week.
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top post points at @elonmusk · 1 mention · 2K likes
@elonmusk → @nateliason
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of 100 top posts point at @nateliason
One way. @nateliason’s best posts point at @elonmusk; none of @elonmusk’s top posts point at @nateliason. Counted from each account’s top posts, where a quote, a reply, or a mention each count one post. Likes, follows, and replies received are not visible in this data and are not claimed.
| Measure | @nateliason | @elonmusk |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 and the GitHub side | ||
| Top posts from 2026 so far | 53 | 66 |
| Likes on 2026’s ten best | — | 3M |
| GitHub days in 2026 | 246 | — |
| GitHub days · last 90 | 90 | — |
| GitHub streak · days in a row | 184 | — |
| Ships · share of the last 365 days | 88% | — |
Best of 2022 · 1.2M likes
“Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!”
Peak year 2022, four years ago. 29 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2022. 2025 produced 15. The best work is behind the account, so far.
Biggest post of 2026 · 693.9K likes · Jan 4, 2026
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This year is shown, not ranked: likes accumulate with age, so 2026 is always undercounted against completed years. The GitHub side counts days with any activity, public or private, from the contribution calendar.
Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology
The gauntlet has been thrown down! The prophecy will be fulfilled. Model S price changes to $69,420 tonight!
Read the postPerhaps lost in the transport debate is that @boringcompany built a 6000 ft tunnel in LA for ~$10M with V1 (Godot). Next tunnel will be made with V2 (Line-Storm). V3 (Prufrock), aspirationally 10X be…
Read the postTesla history trivia: we didn’t actually come up with the Tesla Motors name. Bought trademark off Brad Siewert for $75k in late 2004. He’d originally filed for it in 1994. Our alternative name was Fa…
Read the postEvery line is a post by the account itself that names a dollar figure, newest first, linked so you can read it in place. ShipRatio checks that the post exists, not the number. A figure framed as revenue, MRR, profit, or sales is marked earned; a price, a raise, or someone else’s number is a mention.
| Private share of that activity | 98% | — |
| The record |
| Peak year | 2025 | 2022 |
| Top posts from the peak | 21 | 29 |
| Top posts counted | 100 | 100 |
| Likes across the sample | 130K | 66.7M |
| Best post | 17.6K | 3.2M |
| Median likes | 398 | 566.9K |
| Years in a row with a top post | 7 | 8 |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | ×2.7 | ×0.6 |
| Followers | 107.9K | 241.6M |