SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) ✓

@NewBlackMan · Durham, NC · joined 25 Apr 2010

Aggregator of Black Culture. Boosting Blackademia since '99. Feminist. BX-born. Chair, @DukeU's Academic Council. Author #SaveASeatForMe (2026) @BullCitySigmas

75 729Followers

34 667Following

228 152Posts total

21.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views164this account1 328median for 10K–100K

Reach, %0.22%this account4.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.14%this account1.94%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	164	1 328	0.12×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.22%	4.18%	0.05×
Engagement rate	1.14%	1.94%	0.59×

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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

19.6K5 Sep

987

426

227

1016 Sep

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.25%5 Sep

0.71%

1.64%

2.20%

0.00%6 Sep

1.56%

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.94%.

What the audience does

Likes54.2%531 in total

Reposts11.4%112 in total

Replies1.1%11 in total

Quotes0.5%5 in total

Bookmarks32.8%321 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

When Memphis went dark, community members brought the light: ‘We keep ourselves safe’ 'A storm lasting about 30 minutes wreaked $18m in damage and left tens of thousands without power in the US city.' https://t.co/HEia4QjvT3 11 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 My first time in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard was hectic and magical | Jade Tran The iconic Black vacation haven is filled with long lines — and lots of joy. https://t.co/COdYraFrZ0 24 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 Latimore, R&B Singer ‘So Hip That He Only Needed One Name,’ Dies at 86 The Blues Hall of Famer became a sensation in 1974 with his hit song “Let’s Straighten It Out.” https://t.co/nMcST4l5rK 64 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 From blues and country to jazz and hip-hop, US prison history has shaped popular music https://t.co/PbaZcNaX3K 101 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 @NewBlackMan @SimonBooks So, Cliff Huxtable was an excellent father, as was Uncle Phil. Too many Black males see problems w Cliff when there aren't any. Cliff loved, raised, & protected his wife & kids, but bc A LOT of black males don't have relationships w their own fath 227 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 @NewBlackMan @SimonBooks Uncle Phil was wealthier than Heathcliff Huxtable BY FAR, had 3 kids of his own on the show and didn't want Will when the show started. 😂 I love both shows dearly but I feel like the writer stretched his thesis to hate on the Cosby show for literally no 426 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 @NewBlackMan @SimonBooks Had to save this tweet. 😢. RIP James Avery. RIP Black TV shows that depicted our families in the proper and more realistic light 987 views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 "The success of the Cosby Show was used literally to bludgeon our sense of who the Black working poor and the Black working class was at that time." Chapter Four: James Avery (Uncle Phil) | Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood | Mark Anthony Neal | @simonbooks https: 19.6K views · 513 likes · 111 reposts · 10 replies 05 Sep 2026