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MIT MechE

@MITMechE · Cambridge, Mass. · joined 30 Jun 2011

Latest news and research from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering.

26 282Followers
447Following
5 885Posts total
6.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views800this account1 266median for 10K–100K
Reach, %3.05%this account3.99%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.83%this account1.98%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post8001 2660.63×
Reach (views ÷ followers)3.05%3.99%0.76×
Engagement rate0.83%1.98%0.42×

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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

3.5K28 Aug
80631 Aug
7951 Sep
8233 Sep
4
5774 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

0.62%28 Aug
1.61%31 Aug
0.50%1 Sep
2.07%3 Sep
0.00%
1.04%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.98%.

What the audience does

Likes64.9%50 in total
Reposts13.0%10 in total
Replies2.6%2 in total
Bookmarks19.5%15 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

A new algorithm learns to anticipate the unprecedented scenarios that critical infrastructure and global supply chains are least prepared for. The approach can be applied to weather events or in fields such as robotic navigation and financial markets. https://t.co/0Z1Sn5WsKu http 577 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 @MITMechE 👍💫 4 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 "As soon as a person experiences cardiac arrest, the clock is ticking," explains Kalin Le, one of the co-creators of HeartBridge, an automated CPR device designed for bystanders. She demonstrated the device at MExpo 2026. https://t.co/Kh7gNPoVB2 823 views · 10 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Courtney Craig (Class of 2029) spent the summer in Norfolk, Virginia, working at Nauticus, a children’s museum with a focus on maritime science. https://t.co/RpKwumn1gf 795 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Researchers explore importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease and how a key factor can mitigate or promote tuberculosis transmission. https://t.co/2dcA7T2hWW https://t.co/mZOuc0TdBc 806 views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 31 Aug 2026 A new mathematical framework developed by MIT researchers in MechE, CEE and IDSS translates the components of a natural object into building blocks that can be mixed and matched to design new adaptive materials that behave like those in biological systems https://t.co/VtNLFOh2lJ 3.5K views · 19 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026

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