Miles O'Brien ✓

@milesobrien · In the Air · joined 14 Dec 2007

Miles O’Brien is a veteran science journalist, pilot & PBS NewsHour correspondent, telling stories on aviation, space, climate & technology.

67 050Followers

4 187Following

14 196Posts total

38.6KViews on collected posts

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

1.1K11 Mar

31.7K12 Mar

935

193

228

1.2K17 Mar

1.8K20 Mar

1.3K23 Mar

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.96%11 Mar

0.12%12 Mar

1.18%

2.59%

0.88%

0.66%17 Mar

0.93%20 Mar

1.46%23 Mar

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes76.5%91 in total

Reposts5.9%7 in total

Replies8.4%10 in total

Quotes1.7%2 in total

Bookmarks7.6%9 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

3 Sep

Daily snapshots since 03 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

A deadly runway collision at LaGuardia is more than an accident—it’s a warning about the limits of an overstretched aviation system. https://t.co/L6G1vwL8tD 1.3K views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies 23 Mar 2026 A century-old aviation mystery may finally be within reach. In Part 3 of Miles Ahead, we follow the evidence to a remote pond in Newfoundland—and make a push to solve the fate of the White Bird before 2027. Listen now. Help us find the truth. #WhiteBird #AviationHistory 1.8K views · 12 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 20 Mar 2026 Revisiting one of the most haunting aviation stories I’ve ever covered: Japan Airlines Flight 123 — the deadliest single-aircraft crash in history. Part 1 of my series with Lars Perkins explores how a routine flight became an unimaginable tragedy — and the human stories inside 1.2K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 17 Mar 2026 @milesobrien Part 1 seems to be missing from the podcast feed 228 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 12 Mar 2026 @milesobrien Many parties crossed the Atlantic non-stop before Lindberg; the Orteig Prize was for New York to Paris (or Paris to NY), non-stop, and didn't require being solo. Ireland to Newfoundland is about half the NYC-Paris distance. 193 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 12 Mar 2026 @milesobrien Of course, Lindbergh's historic flight was solo. Alcock and Brown did the first non-stop crossing, and there was NC-4, but multi-stop and other qualifiers. 935 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 12 Mar 2026 Two weeks before Lindbergh, two French aviators may have already crossed the Atlantic. Listen now. #WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead The White Bird Mystery Deepens, by @milesobrien https://t.co/UEx6o6KY7U 31.7K views · 32 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 12 Mar 2026 The U.S. power demand boom is here. AI, data centers, rising costs—and one Texas coal plant planning a solar future. My latest story for PBS NewsHour. @milesobrien https://t.co/eXoqnK8lpB 1.1K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 11 Mar 2026