Cressida Cowell

@CressidaCowell · London, England · joined 01 Mar 2012

Author & illustrator of ‘How to Train Your Dragon' ‘Wizards of Once' and ‘Which Way to Anywhere’, Media enquiries: Rebecca.logan@hachettechildrens.co.uk

29 493Followers

506Following

20 044Posts total

4.2KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Cressida Cowell@CressidaCowell27 Aug

Emily Brown and the Not-Very Spooky Halloween is out today in paperback! Help your little one find their brave this Halloween with Emily Brown, her side-kick rabbit, Stanley, and the sweetest little ghostie you’ve ever seen👻 https://t.co/sb5mQoNTq5

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Cressida Cowell@CressidaCowell21 Jul

So thrilled that Emily Brown and the Not-Very-Spooky Halloween has been included in the @waterstones pre-order deal! Out in paperback on 27th August!🎃 Follow the link to find out more: https://t.co/GgzgeSHefc https://t.co/xtcECXpUoc

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Cressida Cowell@CressidaCowell23 Jun

Welcome to HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON SCHOOL - where Viking (and Dragon) Heroes are made! 🗡 The second book in this hilarious, hair-raising adventure series starring Hiccup, Toothless and all your favourite How to Train Your Dragon characters is OUT NOW! #howtotrainyourdragon htt

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Cressida Cowell@CressidaCowell6 Jun

@CressidaCowell Hi Cressida, We are preparing the site for Children in Read 2026. All proceeds are in aid of @BBCCiN As in the past will you be able to help this year with a signed book? 22 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Cressida Cowell@CressidaCowell4 Jun

Welcome back to HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON SCHOOL – where Viking (and dragon) Heroes are made! The second book in this hilarious, hair-raising adventure series starring Hiccup, Toothless and all your favourite How to Train Your Dragon characters, is OUT TODAY! https://t.co/ez6x8MK

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Cressida Cowell@CressidaCowell13 Apr 2021

Today, as @UKLaureate, I have written an open letter to the govt @10DowningStreet calling on them to put primary school libraries at the heart of our pandemic response, with £100m yearly investment. Read here; please share with #lifechanginglibraries https://t.co/M7pJHvPk9R 0 views · 5.2K likes · 2.1K reposts · 167 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views980this account982median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.32%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.53%this account1.94%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	980	982	1.00×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.32%	3.62%	0.92×
Engagement rate	2.53%	1.94%	1.30×

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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

1.3K4 Jun

226 Jun

98023 Jun

77021 Jul

1.1K27 Aug

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

4.09%4 Jun

0.00%6 Jun

3.37%23 Jun

0.91%21 Jul

2.53%27 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.94%.

What the audience does

Likes69.9%86 in total

Reposts27.6%34 in total

Replies0.8%1 in total

Bookmarks1.6%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.