Dr. David Ludwig

@davidludwigmd · Brookline, MA · joined 13 Aug 2014

Endocrinologist, Nutrition Researcher, Public Health Advocate. #1 NYT bestselling author of Always Hungry? and cookbook Always Delicious.

44 045Followers

156Following

4 618Posts total

63.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views4 178this account3 137median for 10K–100K

Reach, %9.49%this account10.26%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.15%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 178	3 137	1.33×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.49%	10.26%	0.92×
Engagement rate	1.15%	1.47%	0.78×

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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

8.4K1 May

35.7K7 Jul

10.9K8 Jul

4.2K

2.8K14 Jul

1.8K17 Jul

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

0.64%1 May

0.35%7 Jul

1.25%8 Jul

1.15%

1.35%14 Jul

0.96%17 Jul

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

What the audience does

Likes65.6%311 in total

Reposts15.4%73 in total

Replies4.6%22 in total

Quotes2.5%12 in total

Bookmarks11.8%56 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

Defining ultra-processed food for regulatory purposes is proving “quite challenging" at @US_FDA https://t.co/fF9y33MvDL Imagine that! https://t.co/iDjaGzdbES 1.8K views · 13 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 17 Jul 2026 GLP-1s are great drugs for diabetes, but not a cure. In a new "real-world" study: 👉Only 1 in 6 patients on GLP-1s came off insulin 👉GLP-1s were no better than SGLT-2i or DPP-4i Could a ketogenic diet boost effects of GLP-1s and help more patients come off insulin? Link 👇 ht 2.8K views · 27 likes · 8 reposts · 3 replies 14 Jul 2026 Dietary treatment of psychiatric disease ...? First randomized controlled trial showing feasibility and potential benefits (!) of very-low-carbohydrate #ketogenic diet for schizophrenia and bipolar. Funded in part @BaszuckiGroup See thread below & link: https://t.co/ul8d02 4.2K views · 36 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies 08 Jul 2026 Results of the first-ever randomized controlled trial testing ketogenic therapy in people living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were just published in Schizophrenia Bulletin. Here's what was found 🧵 https://t.co/sfm0HLssLG 10.9K views · 100 likes · 32 reposts · 1 replies 08 Jul 2026 The Futility of Calorie Counting: “You could put sawdust into a bomb calorimeter and you would get basically 4 calories per gram.... If you’re a termite, yes, you’ll get calories from it. But humans won’t.” https://t.co/kz9NHIculN 35.7K views · 97 likes · 15 reposts · 10 replies 07 Jul 2026 Are Trials of ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD Reliable? “as good a clinical trial as you can get” “most important study ever done to explain weight gain” “worse than worthless” 👉These quotes by nutrition experts refer to the same study. Who's right? Open access https://t.co/RoVi8A7ibc 8.4K views · 38 likes · 7 reposts · 6 replies 01 May 2026