Brad Wilcox ✓

@BradWilcoxIFS · Charlottesville, Virginia · joined 20 Jan 2013

Professor @UVA | Fellow @FamStudies | Fellow @AEI | Book: GET MARRIED https://t.co/wLmRAqsysH

39 708Followers

3 104Following

38 104Posts total

868.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views7 490this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %18.86%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.39%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	7 490	2 896	2.59×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	18.86%	9.51%	1.98×
Engagement rate	0.39%	1.56%	0.25×

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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

139.9K31 Aug

114.2K

600.4K2 Sep

7.5K

9433 Sep

2.7K

2.3K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.10%31 Aug

0.23%

0.39%2 Sep

1.79%

1.17%3 Sep

0.11%

0.99%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes76.1%2 323 in total

Reposts7.9%241 in total

Replies7.7%236 in total

Quotes3.3%101 in total

Bookmarks4.9%150 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

"The economy is great," libertarians say, pointing to rosy $ stats.👇🏽 Here's the stat they miss: Homeownership for young adults ⬇️ 1980 → 59% (majority) Today → 37% (barely a third) A 22-point collapse in the most visible sign of the American Dream isn't a "great economy." htt 2.3K views · 13 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies 03 Sep 2026 There's a "chasm between populist pessimism and actual data on Americans’ net worth" -- heck, "the middle class is disappearing… by becoming upper-middle class," argues libertarian @bryan_caplan: https://t.co/E7nMh9pCr6 2.7K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 "Wendell Berry excels in pointing to precisely those features of human life and happiness that we tend to miss. He is the prophet of the extraordinary beauty of the ordinary." Dr. John Cuddeback, @FamStudies https://t.co/6m1YLgHiYB 943 views · 9 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Women’s - esp young women’s - sense that they are treated w/ dignity & respect has collapsed in the wake of the digital revolution. Good job Big Tech. 7.5K views · 105 likes · 9 reposts · 18 replies 02 Sep 2026 Young women's perceptions about how they are treated (particularly by men) have changed radically over the last 15 years. In 2011, ~75% of young women believed women are treated w/ respect in America. By 2024, however, that number had fallen to only 40%. https://t.co/gFqmXq2Rs 600.4K views · 1.9K likes · 195 reposts · 181 replies 02 Sep 2026 “My students at UVA are overwhelmingly headed to cities like New York & Washington in pursuit of professional success. There’s only one problem with that. Most of them would also like to get married — and these are less ideal locations for finding a spouse…” See below.👇🏽 http 114.2K views · 224 likes · 17 reposts · 22 replies 31 Aug 2026 "Many students graduating from prestigious universities move to big cities such as New York or DC to work in finance, consulting, law, or government. What they do not realize is that maximizing career prospects isn’t always good for your love life. Location matters not just for 139.9K views · 118 likes · 13 reposts · 10 replies 31 Aug 2026