Steve Stewart-Williams ✓

@SteveStuWill · Malaysia · joined 21 Apr 2009

Author of "A Billion Years of Sex Differences" (2026), "The Ape That Understood the Universe" (2018), and "Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life" (2010).

269 421Followers

226Following

37 972Posts total

189.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views2 266this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.84%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.00%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	2 266	12 273	0.18×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.84%	3.89%	0.22×
Engagement rate	1.00%	1.25%	0.80×

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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

67828 Oct

836

527

70.9K4 Jun

2.2K17 Jun

3.2K27 Jul

9.1K2 Sep

230

6.6K

3.3K3 Sep

2.3K

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.03%28 Oct

0.48%

0.76%

0.64%4 Jun

0.10%

1.00%17 Jun

0.22%27 Jul

1.20%2 Sep

2.27%

1.30%

0.00%

0.95%

0.21%3 Sep

1.32%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes68.9%1 544 in total

Reposts12.6%283 in total

Replies3.1%69 in total

Quotes1.4%32 in total

Bookmarks14.0%314 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

3 Sep

Daily snapshots since 03 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

Why Evolutionary Psychology Needs Behavior Genetics, and Vice Versa Twenty claims about heritability and human nature https://t.co/hGRzFviVcj 2.3K views · 27 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 “What’s going on? Why are you packing?” they asked, gently guiding her back to bed. She responded: “I just saw my parents, and they told me it’s time to go.” She died the next day. https://t.co/1RdkLEXSoV 3.3K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 The Deep Primate Origins of Pet Keeping https://t.co/qvH7EMpDCM https://t.co/OhtRsLyhOl 6.6K views · 50 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 @SteveStuWill Strong men who are willing to protect their partners are considered less attractive than average-strength men who are willing to protect their partners? That's interesting. 81 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @SteveStuWill See cormac maccarthy. The crossing. Genius. https://t.co/r4urREqBVH 230 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @SteveStuWill Trying to understand this graphic gave me cancer 88 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 How men and women rate other-sex individuals as romantic partners based on their willingness to protect them from a violent attack and their physical strength. https://t.co/mERtuie3oq https://t.co/XquX66s6K1 9.1K views · 91 likes · 9 reposts · 6 replies 02 Sep 2026 @SteveStuWill The book is a masterpiece. Check out my discussion with Steve on my podcast. We get super deep into the data🤓 Watch here; https://t.co/rQ2zK79sIJ 3.2K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 27 Jul 2026 @SteveStuWill Just bought at Waterstones. Excited to read 📚 https://t.co/Xjeso9M54V 2.2K views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 17 Jun 2026 @SteveStuWill Congratulations. https://t.co/8kxvM0UZsg 4K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 04 Jun 2026 My new book A BILLION YEARS OF SEX DIFFERENCES is out today! It's about the evolution of human sex differences and why they matter. Available in hardback: https://t.co/fEUph9OgNm ...and audiobook: https://t.co/CQzsoPkxZW Here's a sample of reactions to the book... 👇 https://t 70.9K views · 343 likes · 72 reposts · 30 replies 04 Jun 2026 @SteveStuWill #Nature is even more over-politicised than #NewScientist. 527 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Oct 2024 @SteveStuWill Maybe a loss of trust in scientists is someone’s primary goal. Does someone other than subscribers financially support Nature? Has there been a dramatic change in its subscriber base? 836 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 28 Oct 2024 @SteveStuWill Why do people think it is kosher for newspapers or scientific bodies to support a particular candidate? Is it not against the spirit of democracy to be told who too vote for? 678 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Oct 2024 In 2020, Nature magazine endorsed Joe Biden for U.S. president. A pre-registered, large-sample experiment found that the endorsement didn’t change people’s view of the candidates - but it did cause them to lose trust in Nature and in scientists in general. https://t.co/dni5GVCQZc 85.7K views · 982 likes · 189 reposts · 24 replies 28 Oct 2024