NaturalSciences @ UT

@TexasScience · Austin, Texas · joined 30 Jun 2009

Official account for the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. #TexasScience @UTAustin

10 830Followers

2 286Following

9 432Posts total

4.2KViews on collected posts

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 views466this account2 578median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.31%this account7.77%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.82%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	466	2 578	0.18×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.31%	7.77%	0.55×
Engagement rate	0.82%	1.47%	0.56×

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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

1.4K5 Aug

38413 Aug

460

1.3K19 Aug

47331 Aug

2093 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

0.80%5 Aug

1.56%13 Aug

0.43%

0.31%19 Aug

0.85%31 Aug

0.96%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes58.1%18 in total

Reposts29.0%9 in total

Replies3.2%1 in total

Quotes3.2%1 in total

Bookmarks6.5%2 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

New studies find COVID pandemic impacts on children were not as severe as originally feared. Most children’s health, learning, social development and well-being recovered substantially over time. Full story: https://t.co/DEQdkuYsYn @UTAustin @livas_stein 209 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Allan MacDonald is receiving The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience tomorrow. Learn about his science, and of the other winners, in a live backstage event on YouTube hosted by physicist Brian Cox and journalist Vivienne Parry. Sep. 1 at 9:45am ET/6:45am PT (U.S.). https://t.co/1ER9VrtQ33 473 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 31 Aug 2026 When nutritional scientists at @UTAustin examined toddler foods sold in 21 Texas grocery stores they found that more than 80% were ultraprocessed and almost half exceeded recommended sugar, sodium, fat or calories. @UTexasNutrition #ChildNutrition https://t.co/slSbRd7dhF 1.3K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 Lauren Ehrlich, professor of molecular biosciences at @UTAustin, was part of a team that uncovered a hidden, long-term consequence of COVID-19 infection. 460 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 13 Aug 2026 Microplastics on beaches are potentially dangerous to wildlife and people, yet hard to monitor. Scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin are developing a robot to map microplastics on beaches. Learn more: https://t.co/5fb4RkTysK https://t.co/leTwuzKawX 384 views · 3 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 13 Aug 2026 A new @Nature study led by Dell Med researchers found COVID-19 can awaken dormant viruses many people carry. In 1,100+ hospitalized patients, viral reactivation was linked to worse outcomes and may help explain some long COVID symptoms. https://t.co/d03Z8aeyha 1.4K views · 7 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 05 Aug 2026