Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social

@_RajPatel · Austin, Texas · joined 13 Jun 2009

Research Prof @TheLBJSchool, author of "Stuffed and Starved", co-director of "The Ants & The Grasshopper" https://t.co/7jHuTPOg7u, co-author "Inflamed".

23 647Followers

4 270Following

2 942Posts total

5.6KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social@_RajPatel9 Sep

The Edible Empire podcast is now available in its entirety, along with study guides for high schoolers and university students. Useful last-minute syllabus material! https://t.co/mnUdNSIWHU 703 views · 17 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social@_RajPatel9 Sep

'Food Social Security' has been around for a while in the Francophone world. Spain's even running an experiment. For English speakers, Gaëtan Vanloqueren and I put together a short introduction in Nature Food, out today. https://t.co/s5poE8YrOg https://t.co/mk48dARcY5

450 views · 10 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social@_RajPatel19 Aug

“Farm to fork” smuggles a faulty metaphor, a journey from seed to harvest. For many, the food systems means having to stay very firmly in place. The idea of 'food circuits' helps make that clearer. New writing with Seth Holmes in SciencePolitics https://t.co/NOGNza8kNw 832 views · 24 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social@_RajPatel7 Aug

The death toll of H5N1 in Australia looks apocalyptic. One in five birds and mammals are vulnerable, and some species will suffer catastrophic population loss. https://t.co/4wp8DmWjtJ https://t.co/B0wO0VYj1x 1.3K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social@_RajPatel19 Feb

New writing project. First post is the recipe for solidarity and the three things that change the world — witness, friendship, and art. https://t.co/Cw4rwtAioT https://t.co/JhMWTAsfPf

2.3K views · 24 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, stronger reaction than most.

Median views768this account1 033median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.25%this account3.60%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.98%this account1.69%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	768	1 033	0.74×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.25%	3.60%	0.90×
Engagement rate	2.98%	1.69%	1.76×

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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

2.3K19 Feb

1.3K7 Aug

83219 Aug

4509 Sep

703

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

1.29%19 Feb

0.62%7 Aug

3.37%19 Aug

3.11%9 Sep

2.84%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.69%.

What the audience does

Likes66.4%81 in total

Reposts13.1%16 in total

Replies2.5%3 in total

Bookmarks18.0%22 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

9 Sep

Daily snapshots since 09 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.