David Spence

@CTVdavidspence · Calgary · joined 05 Oct 2009

Retired broadcast Meteorologist. 2017 RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award. Best of Calgary 2018, 2019. AHS Patient and Family Advisor (volunteer)

18 639Followers

1 229Following

73 493Posts total

17.6KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

David Spence@CTVdavidspence14 Sep

After a cool, wet start to the week, a stretch of sunny, dry weather begins. And warmer. 15...sure. 20....likely. 30...that may be far-fetched. The prairie weather outlook for this week at Rural Roots Canada: https://t.co/K2Xvf23aiM 1.4K views · 24 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

David Spence@CTVdavidspence11 Sep

Honoured to be a guest today on the final edition of @QRcalgary Afternoons...ahead of their flip next week to afternoon Flames programming. I'll talk El Nino with host Tim Parent. 908 views · 20 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

David Spence@CTVdavidspence10 Sep

Today's cold front brings weather changes for the weekend. There will be slight warmth in daytime sun. But where it's clear at night.....oh-oh. The midweek weather update is ready for your inspection at Rural Roots Canada: https://t.co/8D9e4YXjqw 1.6K views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

David Spence@CTVdavidspence7 Sep

@CTVdavidspence David, did you step on a spider???? 🤣 330 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

David Spence@CTVdavidspence7 Sep

Happy Labour Day! We've laboured hard for the hard labourers who grow our food. They need the rain to stop. And so do those looking for one last blast of summer warmth. This week's Canadian prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: https://t.co/SQTuGtS7KF https://t.co/pQ

11.4K views · 37 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

David Spence@CTVdavidspence4 Sep

@CTVdavidspence Yes, "summerier" is accepted by all us weather reporters.... 94 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Spence@CTVdavidspence3 Sep

The last long weekend of the summer! And some parts of the prairies will be summerier than others. Is that even a word? Find out you're in for with the midweek weather update for the Canadian prairies at Rural Roots Canada: https://t.co/2EFOqJJix7 1.8K views · 24 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 407this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %7.55%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.41%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 407	924	1.52×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	7.55%	3.62%	2.09×
Engagement rate	1.41%	1.52%	0.92×

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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

1.8K3 Sep

944 Sep

11.4K7 Sep

330

1.6K10 Sep

90811 Sep

1.4K14 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

1.53%3 Sep

1.06%4 Sep

0.37%7 Sep

0.91%

1.41%10 Sep

2.64%11 Sep

1.92%14 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes85.3%128 in total

Reposts8.0%12 in total

Replies4.7%7 in total

Quotes0.7%1 in total

Bookmarks1.3%2 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.