The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe ⚛️

@SkepticsGuide · USA · joined 02 Apr 2008

The official Twitter for The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe.

71 906Followers

239Following

5 906Posts total

9.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe ⚛️@SkepticsGuide15 Sep

We can already make a more convincing artificial voice than the Star Trek computer, but maybe we shouldn't. https://t.co/zfvwyEQNfr 1.4K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe ⚛️@SkepticsGuide12 Sep

SGU Episode 1105 is now up, with special guest Christian Hubicki https://t.co/WU0mAiGwF2 2K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe ⚛️@SkepticsGuide11 Sep

You may have heard of phantom limb pain, where someone feels pain in a limb they no longer have, but did you know that the opposite can happen? People with Body Integrity Dysphoria feel like a body part, such as a limb, doesn't belong on their body. https://t.co/5lJO7xjlLF 1.7K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe ⚛️@SkepticsGuide10 Sep

The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is on its way. We're about to get some amazing images. https://t.co/dh5NK53Jqr 1.7K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe ⚛️@SkepticsGuide9 Sep

@SkepticsGuide I recall you also agreed with the recommendation to wear two masks, aka double masking 64 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe ⚛️@SkepticsGuide8 Sep

In the midst of a global pandemic, we work off the best information available to us at any given time. Now that we've had time for more extensive research, we can look back and see whether drugs like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin work against COVID. https://t.co/mHM7ST2VFa 2.2K views · 10 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 724this account991median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.40%this account3.66%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.41%this account1.61%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 724	991	1.74×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.40%	3.66%	0.65×
Engagement rate	0.41%	1.61%	0.25×

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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

2.2K8 Sep

649 Sep

1.7K10 Sep

1.7K11 Sep

2K12 Sep

1.4K15 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.71%8 Sep

0.00%9 Sep

0.52%10 Sep

0.52%11 Sep

0.25%12 Sep

0.30%15 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.61%.

What the audience does

Likes68.1%32 in total

Reposts12.8%6 in total

Replies10.6%5 in total

Bookmarks8.5%4 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.