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National Portrait Gallery USA

@smithsoniannpg · Washington, DC · joined 09 Feb 2009

We tell the story of the U.S. by portraying the people who shape the nation's history, development, and culture. #myNPG | Legal: https://t.co/NfuTGkjD9M

174 438Followers
520Following
9 916Posts total
320.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

@smithsoniannpg Fix this. Nixon was never impeached. https://t.co/xIGYjcFABh 114 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@smithsoniannpg Your organization is so petty: 65 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@smithsoniannpg Please fix. Also, why are you commemorating a random celebrity's birthday in this post under which I'm replying? 67 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
I trust that the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery @smithsoniannpg will take immediate steps to correct this mistake, lest its many visitors are misled about the 37th President. ⬇️ https://t.co/kyBOIYS6Y7
315.4K views · 3.9K likes · 817 reposts · 182 replies Open on X →
Best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, George Takei was born #OnThisDay in Los Angeles, California, in 1937. Live long and prosper, George Takei! 🖖🛸 ⁣ 📸: https://t.co/vhmsBHX6Ey https://t.co/j5aYIZzk6A
Black and white seated portrait of the actor in costume as Hikaru Sulu.
1.5K views · 21 likes · 4 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →
Aretha Franklin was born #OnThisDay in 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. Franklin became the "Queen of Soul" by merging a background in gospel with influences from jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. #WomensHistoryMonth 📸: https://t.co/viNKJf1GeE (detail) © Anthony Barboza https:/
Close-up portrait. Franklin tilts her head back with her eyes closed. She wears a golden outfit, a cat earring, and purple eyeshadow. Her hair is styled in an afro.
918 views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
Due to inclement weather, today, Monday, Mar. 16, Smithsonian museums in the DC area including the National Zoo will close at 2 p.m. ET. https://t.co/C2BrczTIGf
Museum exterior on a stormy day
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In this playful group portrait, Sarah Weston Seaton’s son Augustine dangles a few cherries just beyond the reach of his sister, Julia. He holds a book that makes his purpose clear: “The Art of Teasing Made Easy.” 📚🍒 🖼️: Charles Bird King, c. 1815 🏛️: On view on the 1st floor ht
A mother seated on a couch with two young children sitting on opposites sides of her. The girl reaches across the woman and the boy smiles, holding cherries in one hand and a small booklet in the other.
918 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
#OnThisDay in 1909, Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville Wright became the first Americans to join the L'Aero Club De France. Pictured here is his membership pass. ✈️ These photos were taken by his friend Léon Bollée. Read the rest over on our Instagram https://t.co/NgO2h87jRm
Sepia photograph of a young man and a suite and paperboy cap. He poses with his arm resting on his knee.
Infographic showing Wilbur Wright and a group of men standing next to an early plane. Overlayed is a two-fold small book written in French and dated to the 7th of January, 1909.
850 views · 8 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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

8508 Jan
9186 Feb
94016 Mar
91825 Mar
1.5K20 Apr
315.4K27 May
67
65
114

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

1.41%8 Jan
0.76%6 Feb
1.06%16 Mar
1.63%25 Mar
2.18%20 Apr
1.58%27 May
5.97%
6.15%
2.63%

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

What the audience does

Likes76.4%3 992 in total
Reposts15.8%827 in total
Replies3.7%191 in total
Quotes1.4%72 in total
Bookmarks2.8%144 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.

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