David H Childress

@davidhchildress · joined 28 Jul 2015

#AncientAliens co-star. Author, lecturer, founder of Adventures Unlimited Press & World Explorers Club Book me on Cameo 👇

46 112Followers

137Following

405Posts total

15.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views1 016this account1 089median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.20%this account3.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %4.26%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 016	1 089	0.93×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.20%	3.50%	0.63×
Engagement rate	4.26%	2.00%	2.13×

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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

2.2K1 Sep

343

7.4K2 Sep

952

747

279

1.5K4 Sep

1.2K5 Sep

1.1K

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

7.73%1 Sep

4.37%

0.00%

4.14%2 Sep

1.47%

2.68%

1.43%

8.06%4 Sep

8.85%5 Sep

5.56%

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

What the audience does

Likes83.1%716 in total

Reposts7.7%66 in total

Replies3.9%34 in total

Bookmarks5.3%46 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

At Mi Son near Da Nang, we're looking at ruins from the Cham civilization, not Vietnamese culture. The Thai and Vietnamese peoples both migrated south from China in waves, pushing into territories already occupied by earlier cultures like the Cham. https://t.co/1gjojeTjvA 1.1K views · 51 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

When you assume civilization began only a few thousand years ago, it's hard to make sense of the evidence. Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of Africa and Arabia is the book they don't want you to read - get it at https://t.co/3T3OefCp5G https://t.co/2CcM5CvzZH 1.2K views · 91 likes · 11 reposts · 6 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Walking through Southeast Asia, you notice something striking about the word Cam, which gives us Cambodia. The ancient Egyptians called themselves Kham or Khemet, and here we find the same root word used by seafaring peoples across Southeast Asia... https://t.co/W0jbswHXi1 1.5K views · 105 likes · 10 reposts · 4 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@davidhchildress A record was found at Deir el-Medina stating the workers used exact quantities of oil and wick lengths to control smoke. Using Castor oil, producing an almost smokeless flame. But there are some places showing original soot markings. 279 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

...we'd expect to see blackened ceilings and residue everywhere. Some researchers propose mirrors redirecting sunlight, but in tombs with winding passages deep underground, that becomes hard to demonstrate. 747 views · 18 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Follow on YouTube: https://t.co/YMlsfgkw2x 952 views · 13 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Walking through these Egyptian tombs, one thing strikes me immediately: the walls are covered in detailed paintings and intricate artwork, yet there's virtually no soot or smoke damage. If workers spent months or years decorating these chambers with oil lamps or torches... https: 7.4K views · 267 likes · 21 reposts · 17 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@davidhchildress 🦅 https://t.co/gSI4mbyO42 13 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The Mayans were using the same system of gestural language that we find in Hindu tradition, suggesting a cross-cultural understanding of symbolic hand positions that spans continents and millennia. 343 views · 13 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Looking at Mayan statuary, there's something fascinating about the hand positions. In ancient India, these precise gestures are called mudras, a form of symbolic communication where the positioning of fingers, wrists, and arms carries specific meaning. https://t.co/WkBSKA68qS 2.2K views · 154 likes · 13 reposts · 4 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →