Captain Mark Kelly

@CaptMarkKelly · Tucson, Arizona · joined 14 Aug 2009

Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.

525 921Followers

1 481Following

6 894Posts total

181.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, stronger reaction than most.

Median views36 993this account22 159median for 100K–1M

Reach, %7.03%this account6.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %3.44%this account1.18%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	36 993	22 159	1.67×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	7.03%	6.71%	1.05×
Engagement rate	3.44%	1.18%	2.93×

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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

76.7K31 Aug

40.3K1 Sep

16.5K

37K2 Sep

11.2K

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

0.25%31 Aug

4.28%1 Sep

4.35%

3.25%2 Sep

3.44%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.18%.

What the audience does

Likes79.1%3 376 in total

Reposts13.2%562 in total

Replies6.1%259 in total

Quotes0.6%27 in total

Bookmarks1.0%44 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

NASA’s newest telescope launched this weekend and is on the way to its new home almost 1 million miles from Earth. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard on this. I can’t wait to see what @NASARoman teaches us about our universe. https://t.co/su9f43FtP2 11.2K views · 310 likes · 53 reposts · 19 replies 02 Sep 2026 National security is built on preparedness, not denial. Trump’s war has burned through critical munitions and left our stockpiles dangerously low. His own Secretary of Defense admitted it to me in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. 37K views · 957 likes · 175 reposts · 64 replies 02 Sep 2026 We’ve seen recently how important mental healthcare is for our servicemembers. September is Suicide Prevention Month, and if you’re in our military, I want you to know the Brandon Act lets all servicemembers confidentially access mental health care when you need it. 16.5K views · 589 likes · 107 reposts · 18 replies 01 Sep 2026 Our thoughts are with Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, Cameron Davis Capara, and their family and friends. Two lives needlessly cut short by gun violence in a targeted attack on our city’s LGBTQ community. There’s no place for hate in Tucson. 40.3K views · 1.4K likes · 198 reposts · 140 replies 01 Sep 2026 Q: Several military leaders have told Hegseth that a prolonged large scale operation there weakens our ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the homeland. Have you heard that? Trump: 1. We have nothing else in mind. 2. We're very respected. Nobody else would be crazy 76.7K views · 141 likes · 29 reposts · 18 replies 31 Aug 2026 Thank you, Arizona. https://t.co/MKmCOGqsZx 0 views · 145.1K likes · 12.4K reposts · 8.5K replies 12 Nov 2022