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Paul Graham
@paulg · 5.1M followers
Best of 2025 · 196.5K likes
“It's official. It's genocide.”
28 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.
Shaan Puri
@ShaanVP · 474.8K followers
@paulg
Biggest post of 2026 · 5.8K likes · Sep 3, 2026
The upper bound is .006%. That's how fake an issue this is.
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@ShaanVP
@paulg
No post framed as earnings among the 16 posts read.
@ShaanVP
No post framed as earnings among the 13 posts read.
If you invested $1k ten years ago: Google: $6k Facebook: $9k Amazon: $22k Netflix: $34k Tesla: $159k Bitcoin: $237M Which one would you invest $1k in to hold for the next 10 years?
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.
@paulg → @ShaanVP
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of 100 top posts point at @ShaanVP
@ShaanVP → @paulg
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top post points at @paulg · 1 mention · 1.8K likes
One way. @ShaanVP’s best posts point at @paulg; none of @paulg’s top posts point at @ShaanVP. 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 | @paulg | @ShaanVP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 and the GitHub side | ||
| Top posts from 2026 so far | 53 | 43 |
| Likes on 2026’s ten best | — | — |
| GitHub days in 2026 | — | — |
| GitHub days · last 90 | — | — |
| GitHub streak · days in a row | — | — |
| Ships · share of the last 365 days | — | — |
Best of 2021 · 28.6K likes
“Hot take: Everyone is wrong about the Metaverse. here's my 3 part theory..”
Peak year 2021, five years ago. 30 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2021. 2025 produced 15. The best work is behind the account, so far.
Biggest post of 2026 · 405 likes · Sep 1, 2026
I like how schools just teach you reading, math, photosynthesis and then send you out into the world to survive
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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.
| Private share of that activity | — | — |
| The record |
| Peak year | 2025 | 2021 |
| Top posts from the peak | 28 | 30 |
| Top posts counted | 100 | 100 |
| Likes across the sample | 1.5M | 432.5K |
| Best post | 196.5K | 76.6K |
| Median likes | 8K | 1.8K |
| Years in a row with a top post | 8 | 6 |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | ×0.5 | ×2.4 |
| Followers | 5.1M | 474.8K |