First of all, I plus this to go viral. Great article, and a tremendous amount of work can be seen. Thank you for sharing these insights.
How do you have such a high read ratio? and so many fans? I have around 35-40 percent read ratio, compared to above 50 that you have... You must be doing something right! keep it up! (Also, I am happy that I am in your ballpark in terms of views, reads etc now)
About followers, yes, I think followers tend to increase dramatically every now and then, which, for me, is like three followers in one day.
This leading and lagging indicators is interesting. Above all, it is the statistical lie that you were talking about. Anything that happens, is a positive. Nice work there.
I think that is all, thank you again, for sharing these insights!