Taylor McCoy 🦖

@TM9380 · Pennsylvania · joined 14 Jan 2021

Paleo volunteer at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Field/lab experience, research, and scicomm. Fahlo Affiliate, NAGT Digman Award Recipient

13 922Followers

483Following

45 972Posts total

828.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views7 188this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %51.63%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %13.60%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	7 188	2 896	2.48×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	51.63%	9.51%	5.43×
Engagement rate	13.60%	1.56%	8.74×

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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

779.3K8 Aug

32.5K2 Sep

8.8K

5.5K

2.2K3 Sep

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

3.92%8 Aug

12.39%2 Sep

14.82%

16.98%

9.62%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes80.8%32 319 in total

Reposts11.4%4 555 in total

Replies0.2%63 in total

Quotes0.3%105 in total

Bookmarks7.4%2 977 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

A recent study on megaraptora suggests that these theropods were somewhere around 40-70% lighter than other theropods of similar size. For instance Maip is dimensionally similar to Allosaurus fragilis but only weighed around 1.3 tons(Allosaurus is generally estimated around 2-3). 2.2K views · 176 likes · 28 reposts · 4 replies 03 Sep 2026 “We have come as far as we have because we are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.”- David Attenborough https://t.co/hRcpepMokf 5.5K views · 775 likes · 160 reposts · 3 replies 02 Sep 2026 The first dinosaur skeleton to be mounted and put on display anywhere in the world was the Academy of Natural Sciences. While the collections will likely be fine, museums help to educate the public and make science accessible to all. A huge loss for scientific outreach. https://t 8.8K views · 1K likes · 267 reposts · 6 replies 02 Sep 2026 Support your local museum https://t.co/pCAz6SVLXN 32.5K views · 3.3K likes · 670 reposts · 12 replies 02 Sep 2026 “Two Earthlings,” by John Brosio https://t.co/2HOlhrZwUY 779.3K views · 27K likes · 3.4K reposts · 38 replies 08 Aug 2025