Lewis Pugh ✓

@LewisPugh · Plymouth · joined 07 Apr 2010

Endurance Swimmer & @UNEP Patron of the Oceans. Follow @lewispughfdn for more on our work.

55 906Followers

1 524Following

16 947Posts total

53.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 106this account2 968median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.98%this account9.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.03%this account1.42%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 106	2 968	0.37×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.98%	9.18%	0.22×
Engagement rate	1.03%	1.42%	0.72×

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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

1.6K8 Jun

3.1K30 Jun

6.4K12 Aug

183

103

2713 Aug

37.4K19 Aug

656

471

3.2K26 Aug

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.40%8 Jun

1.96%30 Jun

1.41%12 Aug

1.09%

0.97%

0.00%13 Aug

0.67%19 Aug

0.15%

0.00%

1.35%26 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.42%.

What the audience does

Likes82.1%418 in total

Reposts13.8%70 in total

Replies1.6%8 in total

Quotes1.4%7 in total

Bookmarks1.2%6 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

There comes a point when more planning does not make you better prepared. Before a polar swim, we plan obsessively. But eventually you reach the limit of what you can predict. You cannot write a contingency plan for something you haven’t imagined. So we prepare the team for htt 3.2K views · 33 likes · 8 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 @LewisPugh @CSAswimmers I hope she made it though you don’t say Lewis. Sounds like bad planning not to have judged time, speed and tides to avoid reaching Cap G-N in the tide race. 471 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 @LewisPugh @CSAswimmers "Sometimes, the difficulty increases precisely when our resources are dwindling." That is almost perfect. I think "sometimes" could be replaced by "always." It remains, after all, a variation of Murphy's Law. 656 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 Yesterday I watched Fatima Elfeky swim the final leg of a four-person relay across the English Channel. The team had covered nearly 33 kilometres. France was right there. But the tide had turned, and a powerful current was sweeping her around Cap Gris-Nez.  She had to find http 37.4K views · 217 likes · 27 reposts · 3 replies 19 Aug 2026 @LewisPugh @ProfTimNoakes @LewisPughFDN @UNEP @olle_nordell They never stay as they are. They either expand or contract in long cycles. 27 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 13 Aug 2026 @LewisPugh @LewisPughFDN @UNEP @olle_nordell Twenty years on, you’re still in remarkable form; Nigardsbreen is the one that has visibly diminished. We expect people to age and mountain landscapes to endure 103 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 12 Aug 2026 @LewisPugh I trust you, but to gain a slightly higher 'scientific' based evidence factor, the dates should include at least the month and the average temperature of that year in each foto, is my guess. 183 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 12 Aug 2026 I’ve been coming to this lake for over 20 years. It’s where I learnt to swim in very cold water. Just look at what’s happened to the glacier. Nigardsbreen, Norway. https://t.co/Wf8yij0Ls2 6.4K views · 72 likes · 14 reposts · 4 replies 12 Aug 2026 For nearly 40 years, I’ve swum in some of the world’s most extreme and fragile waters to draw attention to places that are rapidly changing, and to safeguard their future. That’s why I’m delighted to be joining @11thHourRacing as an ambassador. We believe that sport can https: 3.1K views · 52 likes · 9 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jun 2026 Today is World Oceans Day. Take a deep breath and join me underwater for a moment, surrounded by these extraordinary creatures. The ocean is full of wonders. Let’s keep it that way. #WorldOceansDay https://t.co/zol3w770fo 1.6K views · 41 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies 08 Jun 2026