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Marina Koren

@marinakoren · Washington, DC / The Milky Way · joined 10 May 2010

Science journalist, covering space. Bylines in Nat Geo, NYT, etc. Former staff writer & union boss @theatlantic. Ask me about Space Feels.

20 485Followers
1 716Following
25 158Posts total
12KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 144this account2 259median for 10K–100K
Reach, %5.58%this account6.80%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %1.27%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post1 1442 2590.51×
Reach (views ÷ followers)5.58%6.80%0.82×
Engagement rate1.27%1.52%0.84×

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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

69118 Aug
1.9K19 Aug
6.4K21 Aug
840
1.4K28 Aug
85629 Aug

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

1.01%18 Aug
0.91%19 Aug
2.61%21 Aug
0.24%
1.54%28 Aug
1.75%29 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes70.2%165 in total
Reposts21.3%50 in total
Replies2.6%6 in total
Quotes3.4%8 in total
Bookmarks2.6%6 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

NASA's newest telescope launches to space tomorrow morning. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Roman operations from earlier this summer, plus lots of science, history, and, of course, space feels: https://t.co/hkNqG6kTo4 856 views · 12 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 29 Aug 2026 The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, scheduled to launch on Sunday, will explore the universe's most enigmatic mysteries, like dark matter and dark energy, and find new exoplanets. This summer, I spent the day with Roman in a NASA clean room, for @NatGeo: https://t.co/mK2JQkBp8Q http 1.4K views · 15 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 28 Aug 2026 Sounds cozy 840 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 21 Aug 2026 Life may have originated more than once on Earth...and today's living cells might have two separate origins. Fascinating new research traces life's likely beginnings to a hydrothermal vent environment. https://t.co/HQiIodFDWA https://t.co/MfisuP3Mxn 6.4K views · 118 likes · 41 reposts · 2 replies 21 Aug 2026 My latest for @NatGeo is an exclusive look behind the scenes at a Brazilian project to make space farming a reality with sweet potatoes and chickpeas. Cosmic hummus, anyone? https://t.co/otcH5UivT9 1.9K views · 13 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 19 Aug 2026 Next week is the 20th anniversary of Pluto's removal from the main planet lineup. Dennis Overbye's NYT coverage from that time has one of my fave ledes: "Take a pair of scissors to the solar system mobile." https://t.co/smySV0wop3 691 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 18 Aug 2026

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