ASM

@ASMicrobiology · Washington, DC · joined 20 Apr 2011

ASM is a global community shaping the future of the microbial sciences to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges. Microbes Make Our World.

91 297Followers

279Following

33 498Posts total

8.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 651this account1 637median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.81%this account5.01%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.16%this account1.81%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 651	1 637	1.01×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.81%	5.01%	0.36×
Engagement rate	0.16%	1.81%	0.09×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

2.7K3 Sep

1.7K

2K4 Sep

1.3K

1.2K

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.44%3 Sep

0.00%

1.21%4 Sep

0.15%

0.16%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.81%.

What the audience does

Likes46.4%26 in total

Reposts17.9%10 in total

Replies3.6%2 in total

Quotes3.6%2 in total

Bookmarks28.6%16 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Aging impairs antiviral responses across various viral infections. Research in #JournalSpectrum shows that influenza B virus infection in aged mice leads to a disproportionate and dysregulated transcriptional activation of innate immune pathways. https://t.co/VdF1L2gpDI https://t 1.2K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Researchers designed a practical unit in which undergraduate students extracted and sequenced bacteria from short-beaked echidna scat. Students were able to produce microbiome data comparable to a postgraduate researcher. Learn more in #JMBE: https://t.co/34BV98RSuf https://t.co/ 1.3K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 🥬🦠 From kimchi to kefir, fermented foods have shaped diets for millennia. ASM's newest journal, ASM Food Microbiology seeks papers for a special series exploring food microbiomes and next-generation fermentation technologies. ➡️Submit by March 1, 2027: https://t.co/cWCh7JVYZ9 htt 2K views · 17 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 In #JClinMicro: a safe, efficient test for detecting rabies neutralizing antibodies using pseudovirus technology. The test is comparable to the gold standard test in accuracy but easier to implement in routine labs. https://t.co/dPQfwD3Mki https://t.co/vIYWbxEuCb 1.7K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Knowledge of unique LPS structures of lesser-studied bacteria, such as Coxiella burnetii, remains limited. This #IAIJournal review discusses findings related to C. burnetii LPS from scientific and biosafety perspectives. https://t.co/Gfd2yxaJwC 2.7K views · 7 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026