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NASA Webb Telescope

@NASAWebb · Lagrange Point 2 · joined 07 Apr 2009

The Official *NASA* Webb X account. The world's most powerful space telescope. Launched: Dec. 25, 2021. First images revealed: July 12, 2022.

3 517 637Followers
63Following
11 563Posts total
707.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views34 842this account66 615median for 1M–10M
Reach, %0.99%this account2.69%median for 1M–10M
Engagement, %1.21%this account1.41%median for 1M–10M
MetricThis accountMedian for 1M–10MRatio
Median views per post34 84266 6150.52×
Reach (views ÷ followers)0.99%2.69%0.37×
Engagement rate1.21%1.41%0.86×

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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

136.7K31 Jul
111
249
209
133.3K10 Aug
34.8K
32K
522
127.6K11 Aug
123K12 Aug
118.9K27 Aug

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.90%31 Jul
0.90%
1.20%
1.44%
3.15%10 Aug
0.65%
0.98%
1.92%
1.64%11 Aug
1.21%12 Aug
1.84%27 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 1.41%.

What the audience does

Likes78.7%9 754 in total
Reposts13.0%1 617 in total
Replies2.3%287 in total
Quotes0.8%94 in total
Bookmarks5.2%646 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

“Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are.” - Dolly Parton ✨ An irregular galaxy might seem like an odd place for so many new stars to shine, yet multitudes are forming within the gas that crowds Arp 263. https://t.co/DuT 118.9K views · 1.9K likes · 270 reposts · 37 replies 27 Aug 2026 How close is too close to a black hole? Asking for a friend. 😬 Webb just revealed dust and water surviving in the extreme environment of a star located near our Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*! https://t.co/GVqMLs39gn https://t.co/DwOBwJIOky 123K views · 1.3K likes · 188 reposts · 27 replies 12 Aug 2026 What animal do you see in this Webb image?! A bird? An elephant? A giraffe? Let your imagination run wild! This is Webb’s infrared view of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs, which was one of the first images released by Webb. http 127.6K views · 1.7K likes · 262 reposts · 115 replies 11 Aug 2026 @NASAWebb Reminds me of the early stages of cellular life… a Zygote https://t.co/L4cZZVRCwn 522 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 10 Aug 2026 Understanding why the swept-up gas has a complex structure of rings and shells, a common feature in nebula of this kind, is an ongoing endeavor. https://t.co/NLuNLoVZAk (This view is Webb's Lion Nebula in mid-infrared light alone.) https://t.co/83kZFYp4lZ 32K views · 283 likes · 28 reposts · 3 replies 10 Aug 2026 In the Lion Nebula’s case, its white dwarf is “cooking” everything from the inside and producing a bubble of ionized gas as it does. The gas bubble, which forms the lion’s face, is expanding over time and destroying dust that is in its path. 34.8K views · 211 likes · 12 reposts · 2 replies 10 Aug 2026 It's the circle of life… Webb's look at the Lion Nebula, the remains of a dying lower-mass star, is in both the mid and near-infrared. Though massive stars undergo supernova explosions at the end of their lives, lower-mass stars shed their outer layers. https://t.co/9dmHxUlHio 133.3K views · 3.5K likes · 625 reposts · 68 replies 10 Aug 2026 @NASAWebb To God be the glory for all things He has created in the Universe and in us. 209 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Jul 2026 @NASAWebb I saw a news report this week about a 'new Hubble' called Roman. Is there going to be an X account we can follow for the new 'scope? 249 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 31 Jul 2026 @NASAWebb Great time to be alive! Thx y‘all 😎👍🏻 111 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Jul 2026 This July was our 4th science anniversary, and the results have been fascinating! Bringing us previously unseen details from all throughout the universe to right here in our own solar system, Webb has given scientists, and the world, a powerful new set of tools. https://t.co/Ayp7 136.7K views · 963 likes · 232 reposts · 34 replies 31 Jul 2026

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