Kevin Powell

@poetkevinpowell · New York City, borough of Brooklyn · joined 16 Mar 2009

GRAMMY-nominated poet; author of 17 books; A POEM FOR EVANGELINE, AND OTHER SONGS is newest title.

71 979Followers

70 608Following

138 155Posts total

21.6KViews on collected posts

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Kevin Powell@poetkevinpowell18 Sep

PHILADELPHIA last night was first stop for my 10-city national book tour. THANK YOU Free Library of Philadelphia and folks who came out and bought copy of my 17th book, A POEM FOR EVANGELINE, AND OTHER SONGS. And my gosh community conversation after I read poems was everything! h

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Kevin Powell@poetkevinpowell17 Sep

Today is National Dads Bring Your Child to School Day. Had honor of leading an interactive conversation with fathers at a public school in The South Bronx. A really beautiful and honest convo about manhood, fatherhood, emotional wellness, more. https://t.co/daiMyxpLED

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Kevin Powell@poetkevinpowell16 Sep

@PHLfamilies I AM COMING TO PHILLY! I launch my 10-city book tour THURS SEPT 17 at Free Library of Philadelphia. FREE, all welcome, 6pm, in celebration of my 17th and newest book, A POEM FOR EVANGELINE, AND OTHER SONGS. PLEASE REGISTER AT THIS LINK: https://t.co/WidBGYDg9l https:

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Kevin Powell@poetkevinpowell16 Sep

@PHLschools I AM COMING TO PHILLY! I launch my 10-city book tour THURS SEPT 17 at Free Library of Philadelphia. FREE, all welcome, 6pm, in celebration of my 17th and newest book, A POEM FOR EVANGELINE, AND OTHER SONGS. PLEASE REGISTER AT THIS LINK: https://t.co/WidBGYDg9l https:/

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Kevin Powell@poetkevinpowell12 Sep

TUPAC SHAKUR. This month/year marks 30 long years since he passed, sadly, tragically. I interviewed him many times, was there in Las Vegas when he died. This is the only thing I have to say about it all publicly, for now, my newest article for NEWSWEEK: https://t.co/V6b5kTGMrL 19.4K views · 518 likes · 138 reposts · 20 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views763this account935median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.06%this account3.43%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.61%this account1.55%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	763	935	0.82×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.06%	3.43%	0.31×
Engagement rate	2.61%	1.55%	1.69×

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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

19.4K12 Sep

24016 Sep

321

88017 Sep

76318 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.52%12 Sep

0.42%16 Sep

1.56%

2.61%17 Sep

3.67%18 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.

What the audience does

Likes61.5%568 in total

Reposts15.4%142 in total

Replies2.5%23 in total

Quotes0.8%7 in total

Bookmarks19.9%184 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.