@byjacobwardJacob Ward

CNN contributor. Founder of TheRipCurrent.com. Tech, power, and bad choices.

card updated Sep 9, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 2,648 · 1,900,000 likes total

Engagement13.96%above average

Account summary

@byjacobward has 161,000 followers and 614 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 47,664 views and 5,521 likes. Engagement to views is 13.96%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−5.24 pp). Posts roughly 0.5 times a week. An average clip reaches 30% of the follower count.

Followers

161K

history is still being collected

Engagement

13.96%

−5.24 pp newer half

Average views

47.7K

median 5.3K

Likes per clip

5.5K

229 comments avg

Shares / saves

902 / 1.1K

2.35% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.5 / wk

reach 30% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

This isn't a story about which company is brave. It's a story about wh — @byjacobward

17.7K8:02This isn't a story about which company is brave. It's a story about which company is vulnerable. MapQuest could say no b2K14676135

I sat in the Oakland courtroom and watched Meta get taken apart. Then — @byjacobward

3.3K4:58I sat in the Oakland courtroom and watched Meta get taken apart. Then the states suddenly settled. What the… $17 billion41344638

Resist! #learning #joy #ripcurrent — @byjacobward

8423:08Resist! #learning #joy #ripcurrent34501

The settlement disappointed a lot of people, but as someone who covers — @byjacobward

1.6K4:29The settlement disappointed a lot of people, but as someone who covers how tech changes behavior, and how slow the legal19214313

Read the whole thing at GatesNotes.com, and for a look at how his posi — @byjacobward

42.6K5:02Read the whole thing at GatesNotes.com, and for a look at how his position has changed over the years - as he undoubtedl2.8K165245473

Bill Gates spent the past three years telling us not to worry about AI — @byjacobward

1.5KBill Gates spent the past three years telling us not to worry about AI. This morning he seems to have abandoned that who681015

Who won here, exactly? Thinking out loud. #meta #settlement #trial #zu — @byjacobward

5.3K6:16Who won here, exactly? Thinking out loud. #meta #settlement #trial #zuckerberg #ripcurrent 639671455

And here I stayed up late to write a long predictive think piece about — @byjacobward

3.3K2:55And here I stayed up late to write a long predictive think piece about the next six weeks. #settlement #meta #legaltips 343351923

Today was packed: an insider safety researcher who said his bosses tol — @byjacobward

1.1K3:25Today was packed: an insider safety researcher who said his bosses told him his team’s work was just for legal cover (so100585

This is truly a referendum on our society’s values when it comes to hu — @byjacobward

9.2K5:01This is truly a referendum on our society’s values when it comes to human agency and human responsibility. It’s a big de1.2K524796

Read the full report - “AI Invented a Fake Friend to Break Into a Comp — @byjacobward

18.5K7:33Read the full report - “AI Invented a Fake Friend to Break Into a Company” - at TheRipCurrent.com. #scammer #crimejunki1.4K117302324

These are often people with no history of mental illness, in locations — @byjacobward

176.1K3:07These are often people with no history of mental illness, in locations all over the country, presenting the same symptom20K7231.7K2.6K

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline to hand over — @byjacobward

338.6K5:26Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline to hand over unguardrailed AI. So I looked into what that techn42.6K1.6K9.3K10.8K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 15.8% ER

Feb 26Aug 26Sep 3

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 3, 2026	17,700	2,045	146	76	135	12.81%
Sep 1, 2026	3,324	413	44	6	38	13.93%
Aug 30, 2026	842	34	5	0	1	4.63%
Aug 28, 2026	1,588	192	14	3	13	13.16%
Aug 26, 2026	42,600	2,808	165	245	473	7.55%
Aug 26, 2026	1,501	68	10	1	5	5.26%
Aug 26, 2026	5,302	639	67	14	55	13.58%
Aug 26, 2026	3,274	343	35	19	23	12.13%
Aug 25, 2026	1,081	100	5	8	5	10.45%
Aug 25, 2026	9,226	1,168	52	47	96	13.73%
Aug 6, 2026	18,500	1,369	117	302	324	9.66%
Jul 12, 2026	176,100	20,000	723	1,706	2,558	12.74%
Feb 26, 2026	338,600	42,600	1,588	9,298	10,838	15.80%