Christina Larson

@larsonchristina · joined 26 Jun 2009

Global Science & Environment Journalist. Reporting on science discoveries from Archaeology to Zoology @ScienceMagazine @NatGeo. Ex-@AP, ex-China correspondent

26 435Followers

5 555Following

32 554Posts total

3.1KViews on collected posts

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Christina Larson@larsonchristina10 Sep

I’m excited to share my latest story for Science — about new fossil discoveries in southern China that offer few more clues about mysterious ancient human ancestors. I’ve visited this karst region where, it turns out, Denisovans hunted 150,000 years ago https://t.co/Xpd1ZgYcrA 668 views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Christina Larson@larsonchristina2 Sep

I’m excited to share my latest archaeology story for National Geographic, a deep-dive into the puzzling timeline of the world’s greatest ancient mariners, the Polynesians. https://t.co/3aWdvkl8kF 836 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Christina Larson@larsonchristina14 Jul

Scientists in New Zealand are now racing to protect the country’s most critically endangered wild birds against deadly H5N1 bird flu, which has recently been detected in nearby Australia for the first time. Here’s my story for the latest Science magazine: https://t.co/HyOynAORVb 928 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Christina Larson@larsonchristina2 Jul

I’m thrilled to share my latest National Geographic story — and bring readers into the mysterious world of tropical rainforest canopies at night. https://t.co/DWY38PZETS 631 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Christina Larson@larsonchristina20 Dec 2019

Looking back at 2019, I'm most proud of @AP's global environment series "What Can Be Saved?" I wrote 6 of the 12 articles, and here are my favorites: After decades of coral-reef destruction, a surprising grassroots effort in Jamaica is now restoring reefs: https://t.co/WR2YtJh3Rt 0 views · 353 likes · 109 reposts · 23 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views836this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.16%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.20%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	836	924	0.90×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.16%	3.62%	0.87×
Engagement rate	1.20%	1.52%	0.79×

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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

6312 Jul

92814 Jul

8362 Sep

66810 Sep

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.32%2 Jul

0.54%14 Jul

1.20%2 Sep

1.20%10 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes65.4%17 in total

Reposts26.9%7 in total

Quotes3.8%1 in total

Bookmarks3.8%1 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.