# How to grow on X: guides and playbook

The playbook Argus is built around. When your account is small, your posts mostly reach the people who already follow you, so posting harder just talks to the same room. Replies borrow someone else's audience. That's the reach you can't get any other way, and it's why a reply-first strategy outgrows a posting one at this size. Read your real funnel instead of the vanity number, and bet on saves and follows because those are the signals that actually compound. No hacks. No engagement pods. No bots.

## The guides

- **[The reply-first playbook: how to grow on X with replies](https://argushq.cc/guides/grow-on-x-with-replies)** (strategy). Why replies beat posts when your account is small, how many to send a day, who to reply to, and how to make each one a bet on reach instead of noise.
- **[How the X algorithm works in 2026](https://argushq.cc/guides/x-algorithm-2026)** (algorithm). What the ranking actually rewards after the Grok switch: early velocity, replies the author writes back to, constructive tone, and why 200k impressions can still earn zero followers.
- **[How to get your first 1,000 followers on X](https://argushq.cc/guides/first-1000-followers-on-x)** (getting started). The hardest thousand: fix the profile that converts, use replies to get discovered, post to convert not to impress, and the 20-minute daily routine that gets you there.
- **[Saves vs likes on X: the metric that predicts followers](https://argushq.cc/guides/saves-vs-likes-on-x)** (metrics). Why bookmarks predict follows and likes don't, what a good save rate looks like against your own baseline, and how to write posts people save instead of just liking.
- **[What to post on X: the content mix that grows an account](https://argushq.cc/guides/what-to-post-on-x)** (content). The formats that earn saves and replies, how to write a hook that stops the scroll, what to stop posting, and an example week you can steal.
- **[The best time to post on X (and why the charts mislead you)](https://argushq.cc/guides/best-time-to-post-on-x)** (timing). Why generic best-time charts steer you wrong, why the first hour of velocity beats the clock, and how to find the window that works for your own audience.

More guides are in progress and land here as they're written. Start from the [Argus home](https://argushq.cc/), see [how Argus works](https://argushq.cc/how-it-works) if you want the strategy running in practice, or [compare Argus](https://argushq.cc/compare) to the other X growth tools.