Thomas Hawk ✓

@thomashawk · San Francisco, CA · joined 22 Dec 2006

American Photographer — publishing one million photographs.

66 424Followers

1 036Following

45 107Posts total

272.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views2 675this account3 259median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.03%this account10.24%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %4.29%this account1.40%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 675	3 259	0.82×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.03%	10.24%	0.39×
Engagement rate	4.29%	1.40%	3.06×

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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

235.8K31 Aug

5.1K

14.1K

6.8K

4.4K3 Sep

1.9K

1.4K

2.7K

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.48%31 Aug

1.46%

4.29%

4.97%

8.21%3 Sep

9.78%

4.08%

3.51%

3.12%

5.39%

5.38%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes71.3%8 509 in total

Reposts8.2%976 in total

Replies3.9%464 in total

Quotes0.5%63 in total

Bookmarks16.1%1 919 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

Written on the back of the photograph: "S.F. Beach, March 26, ’44" She didn’t know D-Day was 72 days away. She didn’t know the war still had a year and a half left. She just knew the Pacific was freezing, the light was perfect, and someone she loved was standing on the sand h 2.7K views · 126 likes · 7 reposts · 11 replies 03 Sep 2026 Tells me Lies I Love to Believe... https://t.co/x9XPGKdBNs 1.4K views · 69 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 @thomashawk Fantastic work. Looking forward to what you choose to post from your library. I’m betting it’s a vast collection. 64 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 @thomashawk Love that flash. Shows movement in one part, while the rest is still. 57 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @thomashawk Stunning image. Wow. 49 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 I just asked Bentley if he wanted to go take a walk in the park… He said YES!!! https://t.co/AjdHPDoFRo 1.9K views · 169 likes · 6 reposts · 12 replies 03 Sep 2026 I’ve collected hundreds of photography books over the years. The good ones, the ones you keep pulling off the shelf. Fine art, street work, color stuff, early black and whites, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, an eclectic mix. I’m going to start posting some of my favorite ht 4.4K views · 325 likes · 22 reposts · 17 replies 03 Sep 2026 @thomashawk I scanned many of my uncle's slides from the late 50's and early 70's. The colors are super vibrant. I don't know who most of the people are. But they are amazing! This is Pomona, CA 1963. A gentleman names Bob Ury and his bride. https://t.co/9df3cVJxl6 6.8K views · 312 likes · 11 reposts · 11 replies 31 Aug 2026 @thomashawk Would you mind greatly if I use this in my weekend "Dave's Car ID Service" thread? Fantastic photos. BTW left car is a fairly rare 1942 Chevy Fleetline, right is a 1950 Buick Special. 14.1K views · 568 likes · 15 reposts · 23 replies 31 Aug 2026 @thomashawk I love it when you post these "slice of life" photos from the past. Moments that seem as if they were completely forgotten by time, yet hold so much of the personality and fervor of the participants. I'm not sure why, but it makes me feel... better? Peaceful? Thes 5.1K views · 69 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 31 Aug 2026 I bought a box of slides in a Los Angeles warehouse for twenty dollars. Thanksgiving, 2019. An antique store was emptying an old warehouse. Inside was a pile of Kodachrome that almost went nowhere. The woman selling it said the slides had belonged to a photographer whose house 235.8K views · 6.9K likes · 908 reposts · 384 replies 31 Aug 2026