David Diamond ✓

@LDLSkeptic · Tampa, FL · joined 11 Dec 2017

Ph.D. in Biology/Neuroscience Professor, Univ So Florida My second career focuses on cardiovascular disease I'm skeptical of LDL cholesterol as a cause of CVD

46 067Followers

833Following

23 622Posts total

209.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views6 574this account3 137median for 10K–100K

Reach, %14.27%this account10.26%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.85%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	6 574	3 137	2.10×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	14.27%	10.26%	1.39×
Engagement rate	0.85%	1.47%	0.58×

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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

109.6K28 Jul

32.9K26 Aug

6.6K29 Aug

5.4K

52.9K31 Aug

1.9K1 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.93%28 Jul

0.26%26 Aug

0.43%29 Aug

0.85%

1.04%31 Aug

3.96%1 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes61.4%1 372 in total

Reposts13.1%293 in total

Replies5.1%113 in total

Quotes1.4%31 in total

Bookmarks19.0%424 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

I don't always like an AI perspective, but when it says nice things about me, I've just got to share it. Below is an AI summary of my research on CVD, LDL and statins. I'll be covering these findings at the metabolic meeting in Dallas in October. David Diamond challenges the http 1.9K views · 61 likes · 11 reposts · 4 replies 01 Sep 2026 I'm pleased to share that my papers on deception in the inflated portrayal of statin benefits have been cited widely and are influencing decision-making when patients decide not to take these meds. One of our papers from over a decade ago has been read almost 30,000 times with 52.9K views · 411 likes · 95 reposts · 32 replies 31 Aug 2026 wonderful talk @dramerling If only more MDs analyzed the diet and cholesterol research as you do CVD patients would become healthier ex-patients 5.4K views · 39 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 29 Aug 2026 Here’s a recent presentation on the “lipid hypothesis of heart disease:” https://t.co/3yb9prmQqf @bigfatsurprise @LDLSkeptic 6.6K views · 16 likes · 6 reposts · 4 replies 29 Aug 2026 I'm pleased to share that journal editors are routinely sending manuscripts to me for peer-review as they decide if a manuscript should be accepted for publication. I'm also serving as an editor on CVD journals, e.g., https://t.co/yNFMyQMGQt Recently I reviewed a manuscript that 32.9K views · 73 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies 26 Aug 2026 I'm honored that my paper on statistical deception in cholesterol research will be the topic of a Grand Rounds Med School panel discussion today. https://t.co/nH345BCpIv @ProfTimNoakes @DoctorTro @DominicDAgosti2 @lowcarbGP @SBakerMD @ethanjweiss @davidludwigmd @DrAseemMalhotra 109.6K views · 772 likes · 171 reposts · 68 replies 28 Jul 2023