Laurell K. Hamilton

@LKHamilton · St. Louis, MO USA · joined 04 Nov 2008

Author of the NYT Bestselling Anita Blake Series and Merry Gentry Series. Bio-geek. Thought seriously about being a wildlife biologist before writing won out.

48 442Followers

1 186Following

91 377Posts total

6.8KViews 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 views1 214this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.51%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %6.59%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 214	2 751	0.44×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.51%	9.00%	0.28×
Engagement rate	6.59%	1.65%	4.00×

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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

1.5K4 Aug

1.2K10 Aug

2.3K11 Aug

1.2K1 Sep

6682 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

6.67%4 Aug

2.97%10 Aug

8.92%11 Aug

6.14%1 Sep

6.59%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes92.0%423 in total

Reposts2.8%13 in total

Replies3.9%18 in total

Quotes0.2%1 in total

Bookmarks1.1%5 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

Back in the dojo today. Filipino martial arts emphasis on kali. Double sword is one of my favorite ways to ground & center. It just cuts through the noise. 668 views · 42 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 First day back at the gym in months. I have no words for how good it felt to lift weights, exercises I’d almost forgotten. Long covid sucks a little less today. 1.2K views · 71 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 A Ghost of Daylight is finally off to my editor! The final book in the Merry Gentry series will be out in April 2027. https://t.co/TTo5WmryXv 2.3K views · 181 likes · 10 reposts · 13 replies 11 Aug 2026 Eastern Wood Peewee sitting like a darkish, wing banded mystery waiting to be solved. Inordinate joy whenever I ID the different peewees, phoebes, and flycatchers. Add a couple of similar warblers to raise the difficulty level. Now back to writing. 1.2K views · 34 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 10 Aug 2026 Just voted. My fellow Missourians there is still time for your voice to be heard. https://t.co/qSlriU47C6 1.5K views · 95 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 04 Aug 2026