HHMI ✓

@hhmi_science · Chevy Chase, MD · joined 28 May 2009

We invest in scientists at all career stages who make discoveries that advance human health for decades to come.

51 895Followers

4 482Following

13 418Posts total

15.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views2 387this account3 808median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.60%this account12.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.65%this account1.37%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 387	3 808	0.63×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.60%	12.23%	0.38×
Engagement rate	1.65%	1.37%	1.20×

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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

5.9K28 Aug

2.4K1 Sep

1.7K

4.5K2 Sep

1K3 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

1.65%28 Aug

1.26%1 Sep

0.59%

1.68%2 Sep

1.85%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.37%.

What the audience does

Likes65.9%166 in total

Reposts21.8%55 in total

Replies2.4%6 in total

Quotes2.0%5 in total

Bookmarks7.9%20 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

(1/2) When Janelia set out to map every neuron in the fly brain in 2008, many thought it couldn’t be done. Nearly 20 years later, a complete wiring diagram of the 166,000+ neurons of the adult male fruit fly is helping to reveal the brain’s secrets: https://t.co/Qr96Qmb1RG. https 1K views · 13 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Proud to recognize #HHMIInvestigator Huda Zoghbi, a 2026 recipient of @columbia's Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. Her pioneering epigenetics work, particularly in Rett syndrome, helped transform our understanding of how gene regulation drives brain disease https://t.co/4jW3lifObn. ht 4.5K views · 54 likes · 18 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 Celebrating #HHMIInvestigator Bonnie Bassler, winner of @royalsociety '26 Copley Medal. Her discovery of quorum sensing — how bacteria communicate & coordinate — is paving the way for therapies that fight infection by disrupting bacterial communication: https://t.co/0YlKpqqyf 1.7K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Calling all 2nd- & 3rd-year PhD students in the biological/biomedical sciences: #GilliamFellows apps are NOW OPEN! Robust research support, an incredible scientific community, & prof dev for you & your mentor. But don’t just take *our* word for it: https://t.co/yhWHvn 2.4K views · 17 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Antibiotic resistance isn't just a genetic problem; it's ecological. Research from #HHMIInvestigator Harmit Malik & co shows that when a bacterium shares space w/ fungi, it can be pushed toward resistance it wouldn't develop alone — but w/ a built-in weakness https://t.co/9Fu 5.9K views · 72 likes · 20 reposts · 3 replies 28 Aug 2026