NASA Mars ✓

@NASAMars · Fourth Planet From the Sun · joined 19 Jun 2008

NASA’s official X account for all things Mars. Join us as we explore the Red Planet!

1 585 759Followers

177Following

3 337Posts total

2.4MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views103 361this account64 838median for 1M–10M

Reach, %6.52%this account2.56%median for 1M–10M

Engagement, %1.73%this account1.44%median for 1M–10M

Metric	This account	Median for 1M–10M	Ratio
Median views per post	103 361	64 838	1.59×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.52%	2.56%	2.55×
Engagement rate	1.73%	1.44%	1.21×

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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

1.3M10 Aug

59.4K11 Aug

630.5K

98.6K20 Aug

60.1K

144K27 Aug

103.4K1 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.99%10 Aug

1.73%11 Aug

1.11%

0.29%20 Aug

1.45%

3.27%27 Aug

3.83%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 1.44%.

What the audience does

Likes84.7%38 437 in total

Reposts10.3%4 691 in total

Replies1.9%849 in total

Quotes1.2%540 in total

Bookmarks1.9%880 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

The Curiosity rover has now been exploring the surface of Mars for more than 5000 Martian days! Each day on Mars, or "sol," is about 24.6 hours long. How did Curiosity and its team mark the occasion? By working, of course. 🪏 1/2 https://t.co/PaEkTBxiKQ 103.4K views · 3.5K likes · 410 reposts · 41 replies 01 Sep 2026 Running up that hill! Today, NASA’s Curiosity rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year mission on Mars, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in its ongoing journey from Gale Crater up the slope of Mount Sharp. 1/2 https://t.co/wZHUrz2PZR 144K views · 4.1K likes · 505 reposts · 72 replies 27 Aug 2026 Let's go to Mars! NASA contributed a gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer instrument to the MMX mission, which will explore Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and deliver a sample from Phobos to Earth. https://t.co/MBszCNEQD2 60.1K views · 744 likes · 106 reposts · 17 replies 20 Aug 2026 [Press Release] Launch schedule of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft aboard H3 Launch Vehicle flight No.10 (H3 F10) https://t.co/6FIfJuboTb 98.6K views · 217 likes · 51 reposts · 6 replies 20 Aug 2026 On Earth, solar eclipses happen when the Moon passes in front of the Sun as seen from the ground. On Mars, sometimes one of its moons does the same thing…but they’re too small to fully cover the Sun’s disc. Perseverance captured this look at Phobos transiting the Sun in 2024. htt 630.5K views · 6.1K likes · 761 reposts · 85 replies 11 Aug 2026 See more: https://t.co/YQ2HfVlSlL 59.4K views · 925 likes · 86 reposts · 15 replies 11 Aug 2026 A giant leap to Mars! 🚀 NASA recently completed testing of a lithium-fed electromagnetic thruster, reaching 5x more power than today's electric propulsion systems. Paired with a nuclear power source, this tech could slash travel time to Mars! MORE: https://t.co/1P7FnGfkf5… http 1.3M views · 22.9K likes · 2.8K reposts · 613 replies 10 Aug 2026