Strange Horizons

@strangehorizons · joined 31 Mar 2009

Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, & articles, FREE to read. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024.

34 245Followers

1 888Following

19 348Posts total

13.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 255this account2 968median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.66%this account9.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.90%this account1.42%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 255	2 968	0.42×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.66%	9.18%	0.40×
Engagement rate	0.90%	1.42%	0.63×

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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

7.6K18 Jun

2.2K9 Jul

87813 Jul

1.6K14 Jul

67017 Jul

64920 Jul

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

0.07%18 Jun

2.59%9 Jul

0.91%13 Jul

0.67%14 Jul

0.90%17 Jul

1.69%20 Jul

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.42%.

What the audience does

Likes70.7%70 in total

Reposts25.3%25 in total

Quotes2.0%2 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.

Latest posts

The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2027 raised $27,407. That's enough for us to pay 9c/word for fiction in 2027! We thank everyone for donating, recognising our efforts and continuing to support the SFFH community. We're excited to publish for another year! 649 views · 9 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 20 Jul 2026 ‼️ It's the final 10 hours of the Strange Horizons Fund Drive ‼️ Help us with this final push! You can still support a poem, review or short story as a pledge or as an add-on! Link in thread ⬇️ 670 views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 17 Jul 2026 📣 3 days left and we're $210 away from 9c/word! 📣 Our first stretch goal towards keeping our fiction rates the same is almost here! (That's also $5210 away from 10c/word! 👀) Link in thread ⬇️ 1.6K views · 7 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 14 Jul 2026 The Strange Horizons Fund Drive ends in 4 days! Increasing 2027 fiction rates to 9c/word is just $1520 away! You can still fund a poem, review or short story directly or secure one of our Fund Drive patches. If you've already donated, please share widely! Link in thread ⬇️ 878 views · 5 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 13 Jul 2026 Strange Horizons is fully funded ‼️ As it stands, we will only be able to offer 8c/word for fiction, down from the 10c/word in recent years. We want to keep those rates through our stretch goals: $25,000 - 9c/word $30,000 - 10c/word Link to donate in the thread ⬇️ 2.2K views · 42 likes · 14 reposts · 0 replies 09 Jul 2026 We hope you love what we do! Please donate to keep us publishing in 2027! We literally can't do it without you. You can donate and read more about Strange Horizons' journey into the SFFH sphere over on our BackerKit page! https://t.co/4F7Zgy6RfC 7.6K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 Jun 2026