Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

@BulletinAtomic · Chicago, IL · joined 15 Mar 2011

Providing news on nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. We set the Doomsday Clock. Receive updates: https://t.co/oxjCouHCYZ

72 954Followers

18 947Following

70 746Posts total

14.5KViews 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 views2 184this account980median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.99%this account3.27%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.47%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 184	980	2.23×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.99%	3.27%	0.92×
Engagement rate	1.47%	2.01%	0.73×

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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

2.1K27 Aug

2.5K31 Aug

2.3K2 Sep

5.2K

2.2K

1063 Sep

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

0.43%27 Aug

0.96%31 Aug

1.47%2 Sep

1.84%

1.92%

0.00%3 Sep

3.08%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes50.4%131 in total

Reposts24.2%63 in total

Replies1.9%5 in total

Quotes3.1%8 in total

Bookmarks20.4%53 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

@BulletinAtomic It was entirely thinkable, but nobody bothered. There is still remarkably little interest considering how accessible the tech is now, but that may change. 65 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@BulletinAtomic from the text: "Al-Shaheen had a large budget" and " ... analysts even suggested that Ankara provided critical input in the planning stages of the rebel campaign." No money, no drones. "Proxy" shows twice, in the title & the key-words list at the end. = s 106 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The Pentagon has pursued options for a space-based defense system for decades. "But the physics and cost ensured that none of those systems has gotten off the drawing board," write Lisbeth Gronlund and David Wright. https://t.co/2nWa8IeroZ 2.2K views · 25 likes · 14 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

"In the early 2000s, it would have been unthinkable for small insurgent groups to develop sophisticated drone-building programs," writes Steven Feldstein. "A generation later, this technology has become cheaper and far more accessible." https://t.co/eRtghohg2T 5.2K views · 64 likes · 26 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The physics and cost of a space-based defense system have ensured that none have gotten off the drawing board, write Lisbeth Gronlund and David Wright. "Still, hope springs eternal, as does the Pentagon's ability to ignore lessons from the past." https://t.co/2nWa8IeroZ 2.3K views · 20 likes · 12 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Bulletin president and CEO Alexandra Bell discusses concerns surrounding nuclear policy and other existential threat issues that factored into the 2026 Doomsday Clock conversation. ⬇️ https://t.co/PWcGX9WGQ8 2.5K views · 16 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@RStatecraft recently covered the Bulletin's report, "The defense revolving-door, Silicon Valley edition" and interviewed author John Mecklin @meckdevil. 2.1K views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 27 Aug 2026 · Open on X →