Marion Nestle

@marionnestle · New York · joined 13 Mar 2009

Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, & Public Health, New York University, Emerita, and author of books about food politics.

130 391Followers

326Following

10 303Posts total

20.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Marion Nestle@marionnestle11 Aug

Yay Frances! 2.8K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Marion Nestle@marionnestle28 Jul

Thanks Raj. Much appreciated. 5K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Marion Nestle@marionnestle8 Jun

I signed it. Please add yours. 2.6K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Marion Nestle@marionnestle8 Jun

Sign the https://t.co/hAzgzWOozl petition described here. I did. 1.4K views · 7 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Marion Nestle@marionnestle7 Jun

At the #ADASciSessions, it is clear that injecting politics into science has proven to be a terrible distraction. https://t.co/dyB2zBEzLn https://t.co/IknlWAz5gB

2.9K views · 11 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Marion Nestle@marionnestle7 Jun

An Open Letter to the American Diabetes Association: Petition initiated by David Nathan, distinguished diabetes physician at Mass General and Harvard Medical School. #ADASciSessions https://t.co/ZnxkQcAwvt via @Change 6K views · 25 likes · 12 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Marion Nestle@marionnestle3 Sep 2022

Happy to announce that my personal memoir from #ucpress comes out in October. For 30% off, go to https://t.co/iGMDLR6SAU. Use code 21W2240 at checkout. 0 views · 162 likes · 18 reposts · 32 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

2 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views3 943this account4 254median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.02%this account1.66%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.15%this account1.34%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	3 943	4 254	0.93×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.02%	1.66%	1.82×
Engagement rate	0.15%	1.34%	0.11×

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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

6K7 Jun

2.9K

1.4K8 Jun

2.6K

5K28 Jul

2.8K11 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

0.71%7 Jun

0.75%

0.73%8 Jun

0.38%

0.16%28 Jul

0.14%11 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.34%.

What the audience does

Likes63.6%63 in total

Reposts22.2%22 in total

Replies7.1%7 in total

Quotes5.1%5 in total

Bookmarks2.0%2 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.