Steve Brusatte

@SteveBrusatte · Edinburgh · joined 22 Mar 2013

Paleontologist and professor at University of Edinburgh, dinosaur enthusiast and writer. Free born man of the USA. Immigrant. Husband & father. (views mine)

28 888Followers

2 182Following

17 063Posts total

27KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatte18 Sep

Legend 1.5K views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatte18 Sep

The best #fossilfriday of the year: welcoming our new palaeontology & geobiology Masters cohort in @GeosciencesEd at the University of Edinburgh! 13 students from five countries, studying dinosaurs, mammals, marine reptiles, corals, plants, and much more! https://t.co/usmNeBfzM2

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Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatte17 Sep

From 1868 until today, the Royal Institution @Ri_Science in London has hosted public talks on bird origins. Huxley was first, arguing that birds came from dinosaurs, and thus Darwin must be right about evolution. On Sept 26, I'll talk about what we've learned since! Tickets ⤵️

2K views · 92 likes · 11 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatte17 Sep

@SteveBrusatte @NYTScience @nytimes Still remember Robert Bakker’s lecture in his hat and red chequered shirt as a school kid when he explained how dinosaurs were warm blooded. The conversations next day in school were exciting, to say the least. https://t.co/WPCZe816ie

230 views · 15 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatte16 Sep

Check out the new research here by @AAlechiarenza & many colleagues. Congrats! https://t.co/D72gXLISOw 1.1K views · 16 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatte16 Sep

T. rex was hot. Its body temperature, that is. Which was pretty close to our body temperature, as shown by an innovative new chemical study of its fossil teeth. Maybe so hot it was properly warm blooded like us. Maybe… My take @NYTScience @nytimes https://t.co/rl9uwQ5r9n 18.8K views · 474 likes · 102 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatte14 Sep

This is a headline that will live in infamy. September 14, 2026. Remember the day. https://t.co/Amyh7eYEUl

1.5K views · 49 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views1 541this account947median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.33%this account3.58%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.90%this account1.51%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 541	947	1.63×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.33%	3.58%	1.49×
Engagement rate	3.90%	1.51%	2.58×

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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

1.5K14 Sep

18.8K16 Sep

1.1K

23017 Sep

1.9K18 Sep

1.5K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.90%14 Sep

3.17%16 Sep

2.11%

6.96%17 Sep

5.28%

5.73%18 Sep

0.71%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.51%.

What the audience does

Likes76.4%759 in total

Reposts13.5%134 in total

Replies1.8%18 in total

Quotes0.7%7 in total

Bookmarks7.6%76 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.