Brian Cox ✓

@ProfBrianCox · Somewhere in Spacetime · joined 07 Dec 2008

Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester

2 989 155Followers

1 081Following

32 759Posts total

4.6MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views164 077this account23 873median for 1M–10M

Reach, %5.49%this account1.02%median for 1M–10M

Engagement, %1.95%this account1.59%median for 1M–10M

Metric	This account	Median for 1M–10M	Ratio
Median views per post	164 077	23 873	6.87×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.49%	1.02%	5.38×
Engagement rate	1.95%	1.59%	1.22×

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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

2.6M27 Jul

588.9K

1.7K

3.3K

3.1K

231.3K28 Jul

442.9K29 Jul

108.5K3 Aug

164.1K4 Aug

146.5K6 Aug

268.2K12 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

0.32%27 Jul

2.48%

11.94%

7.30%

9.06%

0.45%28 Jul

1.74%29 Jul

1.65%3 Aug

0.06%4 Aug

1.95%6 Aug

5.56%12 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 1.59%.

What the audience does

Likes79.2%42 326 in total

Reposts12.4%6 617 in total

Replies4.4%2 355 in total

Quotes1.6%873 in total

Bookmarks2.4%1 294 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

That was wonderful wasn’t it ! https://t.co/PB05oliRnT 268.2K views · 13.4K likes · 723 reposts · 703 replies 12 Aug 2026 We need a major structural review of UK science. A series of government decisions over the last decade (including but not limited to the Brexit referendum and the subsequent fall out) have undermined this vital foundation of our economy - that is unarguable. The problems have 146.5K views · 2.2K likes · 514 reposts · 107 replies 06 Aug 2026 The UK's Earth Observation sector lost on the order of £150–300m during 2021–2025 as a result of the Brexit withdrawal from Copernicus. Loss of contract eligibility, industrial capability, influence, and market position. Can we claw our way back? Read the value for money report: 164.1K views · 81 likes · 18 reposts · 3 replies 04 Aug 2026 On the physics funding crisis in the UK - there are some issues of nuance, shall we say, in the attached article below. The reason STFC had 'no choice' but to cut so many projects (Jodrell and many more) was NOT the government's spending review settlement. It was a deliberate htt 108.5K views · 1.3K likes · 399 reposts · 48 replies 03 Aug 2026 Jodrell Bank is the most visible causality of UKRI’s short sighted ‘vision’ for science, but as you’ll see below, there are many other valuable UK facilities and collaborations at risk. We became aware of the problem in the autumn of last year. It is not a result of the overall 442.9K views · 5.7K likes · 1.7K reposts · 212 replies 29 Jul 2026 The announced closure of the UK's largest telescope at Jodrell Bank is only a small part of the cuts in UK physics https://t.co/rq4Zz0Kiui 231.3K views · 734 likes · 225 reposts · 49 replies 28 Jul 2026 @ProfBrianCox @andyburnham They jailed the hooligans who chopped down the Sycamore Gap tree. This vandalism of a national icon is much, much worse 3.1K views · 266 likes · 13 reposts · 1 replies 27 Jul 2026 @ProfBrianCox @andyburnham They’d rather spend the money the money on international aid and welfare for foreign nationals. We all know, people are just too afraid to say it. 3.3K views · 234 likes · 0 reposts · 7 replies 27 Jul 2026 @ProfBrianCox @andyburnham £3m per annum... we spend £76 million per week on illegals. 1.7K views · 201 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 27 Jul 2026 This is the result of many bad legacy decisions taken by UKRI hastily and without proper consultation, overseen by a government department that no longer exists. Surely the new @andyburnham government will want to take time to review this. 588.9K views · 11.7K likes · 2.3K reposts · 594 replies 27 Jul 2026 🚨 NEW: The UK’s largest telescope for studying space is now set to close after the Government pulled its funding It supported various Apollo missions and tracked Soviet rockets in the Cold War https://t.co/e3Bdyz76yB 2.6M views · 6.5K likes · 716 reposts · 631 replies 27 Jul 2026