Smithsonian Magazine ✓

@SmithsonianMag · Washington, D.C. · joined 09 Dec 2008

Official Twitter feed for Smithsonian magazine. @ replies may be reprinted in the magazine. Legal: https://t.co/vp9r5RT5fL

287 345Followers

716Following

170 942Posts total

4.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Smithsonian Magazine ✓@SmithsonianMag1h

The awards are an unaffiliated spoof of the Nobel Prizes. They highlight research achievements that are surprising and silly-sounding—but also make people think. https://t.co/qiMPvCMzYv 319 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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See how these interns gained new skills and perspectives while helping build the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. https://t.co/SvS0QritFx 786 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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From the archives: The ethereal snapshot, recorded by a drink can left in an observatory for almost a decade, may be the longest-exposure image ever taken. https://t.co/cO4S33b0li 1.2K views · 9 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

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The Montana Heritage Center in Helena has a smudge room. It is open to the public and teaches non-Native visitors why a room dedicated to the burning of cleansing materials, a practice of many Indigenous cultures, is needed. https://t.co/9dxOgxQqTw 1.2K views · 9 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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From seahorse farewells to saving a stranded whale, the photos capture the diversity and beauty of sea creatures—but also the perils they face. https://t.co/VW2G6MnMOy 1.3K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 214this account5 763median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.42%this account1.85%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.71%this account1.16%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 214	5 763	0.21×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.42%	1.85%	0.23×
Engagement rate	0.71%	1.16%	0.61×

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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

1.3K14 Sep

1.2K

1.2K15 Sep

786

319

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

0.71%14 Sep

1.12%

0.99%15 Sep

0.51%

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.16%.

What the audience does

Likes71.4%30 in total

Reposts19.0%8 in total

Replies2.4%1 in total

Bookmarks7.1%3 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.