Adam Frank

@AdamFrank4 · University of Rochester · joined 15 Aug 2011

Astrophysicist. Author of the Everyman's Universe newsletter and The Little Book of Aliens. Stuff shows up at The Atlantic, NYT, etc

21 250Followers

1 318Following

14 067Posts total

78.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 915this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %9.01%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.81%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 915	2 751	0.70×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.01%	9.00%	1.00×
Engagement rate	0.81%	1.65%	0.49×

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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

46.8K21 Jul

15.7K31 Aug

817

6.2K

4.4K1 Sep

1.9K

1.7K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.50%21 Jul

0.53%31 Aug

1.20%

0.00%

0.81%

1.12%1 Sep

0.89%

0.53%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes68.1%333 in total

Reposts8.4%41 in total

Replies14.9%73 in total

Quotes1.8%9 in total

Bookmarks6.7%33 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

1) Will, why is an opinion needed? Is it so people can be happy if I give the answer they want? Is it so people can be outraged if I give the answer they don’t? I do my best to stay away from the culture war stuff. I’m just not interested. 1.7K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 1/ I appreciate you putting it that way. The fact that I am put in a position of having to defend myself becuase I had the audacity to report on a critique of the VASCO project is offensive to say the least. It also illustrates exactly the problem I discussed in the piece. 1.9K views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 I agree with most of what you said regarding the ufo community and the epistemoloical papers vs papers friction. But this is not the question asked by Dr. Villarroel. She states: "Since then, there has been a “community effort,” centered around you, Jason Wright, and your 4.4K views · 33 likes · 11 reposts · 4 replies 01 Sep 2026 Adam, it's disappointing to see you continuing to dodge any comment on @DrBeaVillarroel being blacklisted from workshops because of her collaborations. This isn't a meme, and ad hominem, or an empty accusation. They literally call themselves "The Order of the Octopus". https://t. 6.2K views · 42 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies 31 Aug 2026 This is true. 817 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 9/ Going to move on today to other fun science topics like Category Theory and the Physics of Life so done with this for now. I'm sure the scientific story is not over which is how it should be. May all find happiness and the causes of happiness. 1K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 31 Aug 2026 The idea that it's prohibited to upload a paper under review to an LLM because privacy or confidentiality is moot if the same paper is also available on @arXiv. 15.7K views · 72 likes · 3 reposts · 6 replies 31 Aug 2026 And its done! The Little Book of Aliens. Everything you need to know about everything there is to know about life in the Universe (out there and, you know, maybe but probably not, here). This week's @bigthink post #Arewealone https://t.co/TetR0Q7vi7 46.8K views · 155 likes · 25 reposts · 52 replies 21 Jul 2023