Beatriz Villarroel ✓

@DrBeaVillarroel · joined 08 Dec 2023

An astronomer on lookout for objects and artifacts from extraterrestrial civilizations. VASCO project and ExoProbe. My views are my own.

40 082Followers

590Following

1 593Posts total

488.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views28 117this account3 137median for 10K–100K

Reach, %70.15%this account10.26%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.71%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	28 117	3 137	8.96×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	70.15%	10.26%	6.84×
Engagement rate	3.71%	1.47%	2.52×

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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

302.6K12 Jun

29.1K27 Aug

27.1K28 Aug

120.5K29 Aug

8.9K1 Sep

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

0.64%12 Jun

3.27%27 Aug

4.15%28 Aug

1.06%29 Aug

4.35%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes72.6%4 503 in total

Reposts12.4%771 in total

Replies5.0%308 in total

Quotes1.6%97 in total

Bookmarks8.4%523 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

Super honored to hear Jesse Michels discuss the VASCO team’s research on Joe Rogan. https://t.co/UIJYpqH80Z @AmericanALCHMY 8.9K views · 345 likes · 32 reposts · 8 replies 01 Sep 2026 Dear Adam, I will repeat my question. I am asking because, in your essay, you appear to claim that I was treated well by other astronomers on the basis that I was invited to present at one meeting. The very first action taken against me because of my collaboration with Geoff htt 120.5K views · 974 likes · 169 reposts · 97 replies 29 Aug 2026 Jun Yang at Harvard University and I have submitted a paper. We examine the original photographic plate material for two famous multiple-transient events from the Palomar Sky Survey: the nine transients of April 12, 1950, and the triple transient of July 19, 1952. The candidates 27.1K views · 941 likes · 139 reposts · 34 replies 28 Aug 2026 @AdamFrank4’s article is a fascinating case in point. First, Frank downplays the role that he and his close collaborators played in excluding me from conferences. Shall we discuss the Penn State SETI meetings once again? And what is his view on arXiv banning the papers? Do you h 29.1K views · 757 likes · 132 reposts · 48 replies 27 Aug 2026 This is probably the most difficult talk I ever gave, maybe one of the most important as it shows the environment and circumstances of SETI research, and how political ideology in astronomy and academia at large impacts and hinders scientific work. Link: https://t.co/tZnaymlj3Y 302.6K views · 1.5K likes · 299 reposts · 121 replies 12 Jun 2024