Research Fortnight

@ResFortnight · London, UK · joined 10 Jun 2009

The UK’s leading independent source of R&D policy news & analysis, plus funding opportunities and academic jobs. Part of @ResProfNews @Clarivate

26 863Followers

1 831Following

24 085Posts total

3.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views641this account1 637median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.39%this account5.01%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.77%this account1.81%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	641	1 637	0.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.39%	5.01%	0.48×
Engagement rate	0.77%	1.81%	0.43×

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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

6413 Sep

438

779

4404 Sep

1.2K

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.78%3 Sep

0.00%

0.77%

0.00%4 Sep

1.84%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.81%.

What the audience does

Likes79.4%27 in total

Reposts11.8%4 in total

Replies5.9%2 in total

Bookmarks2.9%1 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

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