Vinay Prasad MD MPH ✓

@VPrasadMDMPH · bay area, ca · joined 18 Feb 2013

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308 071Followers

53Following

49 922Posts total

298.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views13 574this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %4.41%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.54%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	13 574	12 273	1.11×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.41%	3.89%	1.13×
Engagement rate	1.54%	1.25%	1.23×

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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

212.7K25 Apr

10.2K

7382 Jun

13.6K27 Aug

15.9K28 Aug

21.1K

23.3K

195

199

4529 Aug

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.40%25 Apr

0.51%

2.71%2 Jun

0.66%27 Aug

1.43%28 Aug

6.11%

0.79%

1.54%

2.01%

4.44%29 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes73.2%2 174 in total

Reposts10.5%313 in total

Replies7.5%223 in total

Quotes0.5%16 in total

Bookmarks8.2%245 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

@VPrasadMDMPH You should be embarrassed to show your face in real life or on the internet 45 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 29 Aug 2026 @VPrasadMDMPH No 199 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 @VPrasadMDMPH No. mRNA is clearly an abuse and should be banned for all non-experimental use, including the food supply 195 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 Should government fund mRNA vaccines (in 2026)? https://t.co/rVF5h3VjGl 23.3K views · 138 likes · 26 reposts · 17 replies 28 Aug 2026 Josh Shapiro is in trouble "Governor, if your goal is not to be dragged down by the extreme wing of your party— remember that also applies to public health, which is one and the same." https://t.co/ZmZMk2qolD 21.1K views · 1.1K likes · 177 reposts · 29 replies 28 Aug 2026 Understanding the measles deaths in PA "A drip-drip-drip strategy for informing the public shreds trust." https://t.co/l9qwuehcjY 15.9K views · 192 likes · 23 reposts · 12 replies 28 Aug 2026 A classic 'natural experiment' where Table 1 shows 2 completely different groups of people... https://t.co/mFNPWpOB0p 13.6K views · 79 likes · 6 reposts · 4 replies 27 Aug 2026 @VPrasadMDMPH @vkprasadlab How can you address rising heart failure mortality and approve the Moderna Covid jab without including yourself into the long list of mass murderers? 738 views · 18 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 02 Jun 2025 Appreciate the 16,000 citations to date, and glad these papers have allowed others to extend the methods in different ways, and confirm many of our findings. https://t.co/d0J9GLjNz7 10.2K views · 41 likes · 5 reposts · 6 replies 25 Apr 2025 I've made all 540+ publications from @vkprasadlab freely available on this website in accordance with grant and university policies. Please check it out for PDFs of 15 years of our work. Email us (via the website) if something is missing or incorrect. https://t.co/NVx2yE6ySw h 212.7K views · 615 likes · 76 reposts · 153 replies 25 Apr 2025