Ken Burns ✓

@KenBurns · joined 24 Oct 2011

Making documentary films for almost 50 years.

216 936Followers

975Following

5 947Posts total

387.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

13 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views10 590this account4 256median for 100K–1M

Reach, %4.88%this account1.64%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.84%this account1.36%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	10 590	4 256	2.49×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.88%	1.64%	2.98×
Engagement rate	0.84%	1.36%	0.62×

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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

10.6K28 Jul

10.1K

32.2K1 Aug

27.3K

133.9K25 Aug

112.3K26 Aug

289

307

300

7.4K2 Sep

6.9K

24.1K3 Sep

22K

Last 13 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.10%28 Jul

0.32%

0.20%1 Aug

1.29%

0.84%25 Aug

3.94%26 Aug

2.77%

2.28%

3.33%

0.11%2 Sep

0.19%

0.80%3 Sep

3.40%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes78.5%6 020 in total

Reposts11.6%890 in total

Replies0.8%65 in total

Quotes0.3%26 in total

Bookmarks8.8%672 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

Thinking about Gloria Steinem today. Here's a clip from @UNUMKenBurns and Not For Ourselves Alone. 22K views · 589 likes · 139 reposts · 19 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Greatness may be the ability to tap into something that came before us and make it new - fresh and relevant and accessible to everyone. Gloria Steinem was great by every measure. To mark her passing, here’s the last clip from NOT FOR OURSELVES ALONE, a final word from Susan B. h 24.1K views · 153 likes · 37 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Excited to join @michaelluo in conversation at the @NewYorkerFest on 10/23. Info below. 6.9K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

News from @newyorkerfest! I'll be in conversation with the incomparable @KenBurns. Join us. https://t.co/40WpiUjeH1 https://t.co/Z8DvEgfdsG 7.4K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@KenBurns Parton offered the song to Elvis, but he demanded half of the rights to it and she refused. Imagine how much conviction it took for her to do that. https://t.co/rgpNJf7gaX 300 views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@KenBurns I love love love this series Country music. But I'm not a country music fan. But this series is so comforting to watch. 307 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@KenBurns An American and international treasure who’s art and humility should forever be celebrated 289 views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

One of twelve children raised in a cabin, Dolly Parton left home carrying nothing but songs to become the most beloved figure in American music. She wrote "I Will Always Love You" as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner. Today it belongs to all of us. 112.3K views · 3.9K likes · 497 reposts · 23 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

The iconic, inimitable Dolly Parton will be deeply missed. Here’s a clip of her remembering her mother’s singing from COUNTRY MUSIC. https://t.co/2ic4QcfhSq 133.9K views · 953 likes · 167 reposts · 0 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

An important day in music history. Very important. 27.3K views · 305 likes · 36 reposts · 11 replies 01 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Ninety-nine years ago today, the Carter Family made their historic first recordings in Bristol, Tennessee. Music has never been the same. Watch the clip from COUNTRY MUSIC with Rosanne Cash and @martystuarthq. https://t.co/cQdMXZtxXd 32.2K views · 55 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies 01 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Worth reading this @KarlRove piece on President McKinley, part of @InPursuitUSA. We can learn quite a bit about leadership and character from the look at Presidents and First Ladies. 10.1K views · 23 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies 28 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

Karl Rove (@KarlRove) writes about William McKinley and the political work of unifying a country that had spent three decades stuck in gridlock. McKinley entered a Gilded Age defined by contested elections, purged congressional seats, and unresolved Civil War divisions. His htt 10.6K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 28 Jul 2026 · Open on X →