Jonathan
@joniverbeet X
A 16-year-old student in Germany: 0 to 5K on X in 57 days, then he almost stopped
Jonathan started on Feb 1, 2026 with 17 main posts in a day and tried every format. His top post in the sample, on day 13, was one line: "If you're a vibe coder … let's connect." He also ran "drop your projects" threads and weekly goal posts, and launched a platform for SaaS products. He says he hit 5,000 on Mar 30. He follows 3,146 accounts against 5,527 followers. From June he nearly stopped posting, and has gained 527 followers in seven months.
- Report
- v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Sample
- 292 days of posting counts
Jonathan@joniverbeet3 months ago, I had 0 followers, never built a platform, and never posted.
Then I started on X.
Now I have:
✅ 5k followers
✅ 7M impressions
✅ a platform with 2.5k sign-ups
✅ all while being 16 and spending 40+ hours at school
View on X →At a glance
- What it is
- A 16-year-old student posting about vibe coding and his SaaS platform.
- Who it's for
- Vibe coders and young founders building SaaS products.
- How it earns
- It brings users to his platform, SaaS Market; X payouts (amount not stated).
- How it took off
- A burst of daily posts, "let's connect" calls and "drop your projects" threads.
X followers Fact
5.5K
Nov 8, 2026
To 5K Self-reported
57 days
Feb 1 → Mar 30, 2026
"let's connect" post Derived
38.3K
views, ~220× his first two weeks' median
Following Derived
3,146
57% of his follower count
Summary
The play
Post 15 to 20 times a day in week one and try every format; post "let's connect" and "drop your projects" calls in your niche; set a public weekly follower goal.
Can you copy it? Our read
The method of his first 57 days: very high volume in week one, "let's connect" calls and "drop your projects" threads in the vibe-coding niche, and weekly public goals. He follows 3,146 accounts, 57% of his follower count, and his recap doesn't mention it. After 5,000 he nearly stopped posting, and the account has grown by about 2 followers a day since.
- What it takes
- A niche that answers connect calls, and 15–20 posts a day for the first week.
- Startup cost
- Time, alongside what he says is 40+ hours a week of school.
- Time to a verdict
- 57 days to 5,000 (self-reported); he did not reach 10K.
- Window
- Connect calls and project threads are common among vibe coders; they bring fast follows, not necessarily readers.
Key findings
A one-line connect call topped the sample
"If you're a vibe coder working on an app or SaaS product, let's connect." reached 38,319 views on day 13. His first two weeks had a median of 174. See play 2.2 (subscribers)
Volume first
17 main posts on day one and 20 on day six. Feb 1–8 posts got 100–300 views each. See play 2.1 (subscribers)
5,000, then almost nothing
About 140 followers a day in mid-February, about 77 a day to 5,000, then about 2 a day once he slowed down (calc). See play 3.1 (subscribers)
The recap leaves out follows
His recap credits posting, replying and engaging. He follows 3,146 accounts, 57% of his follower count, far above others in this batch.
What this channel is
- Platform
- X
- Format
- Short text posts: one-line calls, questions, goal posts
- Who
- Student and startup founder, 16 in April 2026 (self-reported)
- Started
- Account opened Jan 25, 2025; daily posting from Feb 1, 2026
- Pace
- About 5 main posts a day in February 2026; 2 a month since August
- Location
- Germany (profile)
Every number is tagged
- Fact straight from public data
- Derived calculated from facts
- Estimate from published pay ranges
- Self-reported what the creator says
- Our read our judgement
01How it happened
How the X following grew
- X 5.5K
- Fact
- Self-reported
Hollow dots: self-reported (the creator's own milestone posts) or derived. Solid dots: measured.
- under 1×
- 1–3×
- 3–10×
- 10× and up
Each bar is one day, in date order; its height is how many main posts (originals, quotes and articles; not replies) went out that day. This chart counts posts per day rather than listing each post. May 2–3, 2026 read zero for every account we track: a gap in the data.
| When | X followers | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2025 | — | Account opened (fact) |
| Jan 12, 2026 | — | First main post, about Tesla: 119 views. He says he started on the political side of X and found he couldn't add value there |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 0 (self-reported) | "I started and I had 0 followers": 109 views. 17 main posts that day (fact) |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 6 (self-reported) | Day 3: 28 posts, 24 replies, 6 followers (self-reported); Feb 1–4 had 26 main posts (fact) |
| Feb 6, 2026 | — | 20 main posts, his busiest day (fact) |
| Feb 8–11, 2026 | — | "let's connect" posts begin to pick up: 312, 3,298, 1,938, 565 views |
| Feb 12, 2026 | — | "Hey founders Drop your projects below": 10,358 views |
| Feb 13, 2026 | — | "If you're a vibe coder working on an app or SaaS product, let's connect.": 38,319 views, 672 likes, the highest in the sample |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 2,000 (self-reported) | "2000 followers in 14 days?!": 3,591 views |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 3,000 (self-reported) | Launches SaaS Market: 13,075 views |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 3,700 (self-reported) | "0 to 3,700 followers and 0 to 5.8 million impressions in a single month" |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 4,000 (self-reported) | |
| Mar 29, 2026 | — | "Drop your projects here": 14,735 views; "If you're currently growing on X, let's connect.": 2,817 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 5,000 (self-reported) | "5000 followers 🚀" |
| Apr 1, 2026 | — | $1,000 vibe-coding contest, second announcement: 18,176 views |
| Apr 10, 2026 | — | Recap "3 months ago, I had 0 followers": 4,120 views |
| Jun 9 – Jul 12, 2026 | — | 34 days with no main post (fact) |
| Aug–Nov 2026 | — | 2 main posts a month (fact) |
| Nov 8, 2026 | 5,527 (fact) | Following 3,146 (fact) |
Follower counts before today are his own posts (self-reported); X does not publish follower history. Daily post counts are complete. Views are as of Nov 8, 2026. May 2 and 3, 2026 show 0 posts because of a data gap for every account we track, not a break.
Their own numbers, checked
His milestone posts mostly agree with each other and with his post counts. What his recap leaves out is the following count:
| What he said (self-reported) | What the data shows (fact) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| "3 months ago, I had 0 followers … and never posted" (Apr 10) | Account opened Jan 25, 2025; first main post Jan 12, 2026; daily posting from Feb 1 | Holds: a year without posts, then a start |
| Day 3: 28 posts, 24 replies (Feb 5) | Feb 1–4: 26 main posts | Holds |
| "2000 followers in 14 days" (Feb 19) | He posted 6 followers on Feb 5, exactly 14 days earlier | Holds: his two posts agree |
| "0 to 3,700 followers … in a single month" (Mar 6) | Feb 1 to Mar 6 is 33 days | Holds |
| "Post for followers, reply for impressions" | About 3,800 posts beyond his main posts; he follows 3,146 accounts | Can't check; the following count suggests mutual follows were also a way to grow, which the recap does not mention |
| A platform with 2.5k sign-ups | — | Can't check |
Reading the numbers
Fact
174 → 2,858
Median views: Feb 1–14 → late-month batches Feb–Apr
Feb 1–14 is every post; the later figure is a batch skewed toward month-end.
Derived
~140 a day
Followers gained Feb 5–19, 2026
From his own 6 and 2,000 posts; his fastest stretch.
Fact
34 days
With no main post, Jun 9 to Jul 12, 2026
Since August: 2 main posts a month.
In the creator’s words Self-reported
People follow for what you post, not for what you comment on.
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