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Martin Bauer

@martinmbauer · Durham · joined 15 Jul 2021

Working on particle physics, quantum sensors, dark matter. Associate Prof at @IPPP_Durham @durham_uni, FLF @UKRI_News, Science board member @STFC_Matters

106 370Followers
1 485Following
11 540Posts total
143.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views10 266this account8 935median for 100K–1M
Reach, %9.65%this account3.24%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %2.04%this account1.32%median for 100K–1M
MetricThis accountMedian for 100K–1MRatio
Median views per post10 2668 9351.15×
Reach (views ÷ followers)9.65%3.24%2.98×
Engagement rate2.04%1.32%1.54×

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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

32.8K30 Jul
19.9K1 Sep
10.3K2 Sep
13.3K
6.2K
48.7K3 Sep
3.4K
5.6K
3.7K

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

4.33%30 Jul
2.83%1 Sep
0.61%2 Sep
1.00%
2.03%
2.96%3 Sep
1.08%
3.38%
1.21%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes79.5%3 243 in total
Reposts15.5%632 in total
Replies2.7%110 in total
Quotes0.7%29 in total
Bookmarks1.6%66 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

Great thread on the recent observation of an unexpected event in direct detection of dark matter 3.7K views · 40 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Absolutely amazing news, thanks to a wave of public support for UK science! 5.6K views · 162 likes · 21 reposts · 5 replies 03 Sep 2026 You're not wrong. I suspect Nature's incentive is that (unfortunately) editorials engage a broader audience than science and some only care about the opinion journalism and don't care about science at all Or when was the last time you commented on a research paper in Nature? 3.4K views · 28 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies 03 Sep 2026 Interesting failure of governance at @Nature. Scientists peer review for the scientific journal for free--building up the prestige of the brand--while the Editor-in-Chief & her team get to trash the brand with politicised opinion journalism. https://t.co/1btvjyJlKe 48.7K views · 1.3K likes · 152 reposts · 31 replies 03 Sep 2026 Great map of all planned Solar System missions 6.2K views · 112 likes · 10 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026 What are the backgrounds for our event of interest LZ230616, and why can't they currently explain it? 🤔 A thread: 🧵 [Images from the TeVPA talk, available on our website https://t.co/7umtMqblbP] #darkmatter #LZ230616 13.3K views · 99 likes · 24 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 Andy Burnham has committed to saving the important Jodrell Bank telescope, following an outcry from scientists and the public over the decision to pull research funding for the site #highered #JodrellBank #research https://t.co/55Zsodnws6 10.3K views · 48 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 Map of all active & planned Solar System missions and their destinations as of September 1st 2026. The @NASARoman has launched, @ESA_JUICE Earth flyby, Parker perihelion #29 #keepExploring https://t.co/EDusgoPpbR 19.9K views · 429 likes · 121 reposts · 8 replies 01 Sep 2026 The public outcry over the cuts to Jodrell Bank and UK physics is genuinely encouraging. It is not often expressed this way, but people in the UK have a deep appreciation for the inspiration we draw from studying the cosmos and seeking to understand the fundamental laws of https: 32.8K views · 1.1K likes · 285 reposts · 51 replies 30 Jul 2026

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