Happy Captain ✓

@EODHappyCaptain · K Factor 50 · joined 26 Aug 2021

not an official Army account | I tweet about the Army and dad things | Host of It's A Blast Podcast (link below) | views are my own, not DoW.

59 841Followers

6 209Following

24 485Posts total

272.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views22 761this account2 392median for 10K–100K

Reach, %38.04%this account7.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.63%this account1.50%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	22 761	2 392	9.52×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	38.04%	7.18%	5.30×
Engagement rate	3.63%	1.50%	2.42×

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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

127.4K25 Apr

166

491

250

61.8K2 Sep

22.4K3 Sep

26.6K

22.8K

10.7K4 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.05%25 Apr

1.81%

1.02%

2.40%

2.84%2 Sep

11.68%3 Sep

20.27%

3.63%

3.46%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.50%.

What the audience does

Likes87.9%11 040 in total

Reposts5.1%644 in total

Replies4.7%590 in total

Quotes0.2%30 in total

Bookmarks2.1%262 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

In 2010 I was in Paktika Province where he went missing. There was a screen saver on our computers with his picture. It said something along the lines of “remember to ask about Private Bergdahl.” The whole Army was trying to find this guy, only to find out that he just walked off 10.7K views · 332 likes · 23 reposts · 15 replies 04 Sep 2026 When @SECNAV became the Acting Secretary of the Navy, he was already on the schedule to speak at the EOD memorial. We all assumed that his speech at the ball would play it safe, since he had only been in the position less than week. Instead, he spent an hour speaking about the 22.8K views · 742 likes · 77 reposts · 6 replies 03 Sep 2026 Guys, I miss my dog a ton. More than I thought possible. Having said that, I don’t want to bring down the timeline. I’m going to get back to posting my regular stuff. But here’s one more photo of Lily for you all. She was the best pupper. https://t.co/IQQKJjDgcF 26.6K views · 4.8K likes · 132 reposts · 394 replies 03 Sep 2026 Lily destroyed toys. It was in her legal name: Lily the Destroyer. She would get a new toy, and within seconds destroy the squeaker in it, rendering it destroyed in her eyes. All expect one. She had this toy for over a decade, and she never de-squeaked him. She would get http 22.4K views · 2.5K likes · 53 reposts · 98 replies 03 Sep 2026 Today at Camp LeJeune, @USMCSgtMaj, @CMC_MarineCorps, @Dakota_Meyer, Pastor Peters and I spoke with Marines about an important topic that we must directly address: Suicide. For too long, we’ve ignored proven intervention strategies and instead relied on compulsory training https 61.8K views · 1.4K likes · 239 reposts · 53 replies 02 Sep 2026 @EODHappyCaptain @BlastingThrough Awesome work as always my man! 250 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 25 Apr 2026 @EODHappyCaptain @BlastingThrough Incredible! Can’t wait to watch the entire thing this weekend. 🫡 491 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 25 Apr 2026 @EODHappyCaptain @BlastingThrough please post a link to the interview! 166 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 25 Apr 2026 My interview with SGM Mike Vining (@BlastingThrough) Next weekend, the EOD Community will gather in Florida to remember our fallen. People will travel from all over the world to raise a glass to our friends who have left us and be with the community. I promised that leading h 127.4K views · 1.2K likes · 120 reposts · 24 replies 25 Apr 2026