Wayne Drehs ✓

@W_Drehs · Chicago · joined 07 Apr 2009

Visiting Professor of Practice, The University of Iowa School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Previously: 23-year Emmy Award-winning storyteller at ESPN.

10 968Followers

791Following

22 307Posts total

255.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views6 924this account1 195median for 10K–100K

Reach, %63.13%this account3.80%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.94%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	6 924	1 195	5.79×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	63.13%	3.80%	16.6×
Engagement rate	0.94%	2.00%	0.47×

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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

74K23 Feb

11.6K4 Sep

2.2K

167.2K

5275 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

0.35%23 Feb

1.15%4 Sep

0.72%

0.48%

3.23%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes79.4%1 038 in total

Reposts7.3%96 in total

Replies6.0%78 in total

Quotes1.6%21 in total

Bookmarks5.7%74 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

One last @StubHub update for those who shared & commented on yesterday’s mini ordeal. New tickets have been downloaded & all eight of us are good to go for today’s @HawkeyeFootball game! Once I finally spoke to someone they were super helpful & made the situation righ 527 views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 05 Sep 2026 Guess who is the latest fool to fall victim to @StubHub's top notch customer service? Seven family and friends coming to Iowa City for tomorrow's @HawkeyeFootball game. Bought Ironman Box tickets so we could all sit together. Likely in the shade. Seller sends link for ticket 167.2K views · 699 likes · 45 reposts · 58 replies 04 Sep 2026 Would you look at that? The son of a former @TheDailyIowan sports editor on the cover of @dipregame. Love to see it. Great piece by @JMill42348. Congrats to the Vonnahme family on DJ’s success! https://t.co/Mo4EWNLq3N 2.2K views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 While I think it’s absolutely fair to point out the evolution of ESPN’s journalistic priorities like I and many others did yesterday, it’s equally important to note that evolution mirrors society’s lack of interest and support of legitimate investigative and enterprise 11.6K views · 115 likes · 13 reposts · 4 replies 04 Sep 2026 Excited to share this one with you all. My profile of the entertaining Pete Crow Armstrong and the fight within himself to achieve greatness. https://t.co/QkfRfkKZez 74K views · 196 likes · 36 reposts · 14 replies 23 Feb 2026