The Institute for Family Studies ✓

@FamStudies · United States · joined 12 Aug 2013

Strengthening marriage and family life through empirical research, public policy, and public education

15 042Followers

1 019Following

33 168Posts total

5.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views266this account3 383median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.77%this account10.96%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.11%this account1.40%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	266	3 383	0.08×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.77%	10.96%	0.16×
Engagement rate	2.11%	1.40%	1.50×

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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

4K5 Aug

5752 Sep

2373 Sep

266

130

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

0.75%5 Aug

4.00%2 Sep

2.11%3 Sep

4.14%

0.77%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes64.6%53 in total

Reposts9.8%8 in total

Replies6.1%5 in total

Quotes4.9%4 in total

Bookmarks14.6%12 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

One of the most subversive aspects of life today is how our common practices obscure what should be obvious, declares John Cuddeback. Berry excels in pointing to precisely those features of human life and happiness that we tend to miss. He is the prophet of the extraordinary ht 130 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Wendell Berry gently but firmly told it like it is. His railings against governments, corporations, and other institutions were the fruit of clear convictions about human flourishing, and of a sorrow born of love for people who have been served a mess of pottage. He knew from h 266 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Wendell Berry helped me and countless others discover deep desires we didn’t know we had, writes John Cuddeback. Whether it was his essays, his fiction, or his poetry—and each has its unique power and appeal—we felt something stir and come to life within us. What stirred within 237 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 It is a tragedy—an outrage, actually—that we have been convinced that human connection is an inconvenience, that other people are obstacles, says @freyaindiaa We have been taught that putting other people first is a weakness, that depending on someone is a deficiency rather than 575 views · 19 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 In this second installment of our two-part series on demoralized men, we look at the social lives of young men, including social integration and support, friendship and participation in organized groups, and family relations, especially with parents. Next, we consider feelings h 4K views · 20 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies 05 Aug 2026