Brett Kelman

@BrettKelman · Nashville, TN · joined 22 Feb 2013

Reporter with KFF Health News. Previously: The Tennessean, The Desert Sun and Pacific Daily News. Charisma is my dump stat. 615 218 8496, BrettK@kff.org

15 953Followers

3 635Following

21 546Posts total

9.1KViews on collected posts

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Brett Kelman@BrettKelman1 Oct 2025

Fun fact: One the hospitals in this story is so close to a major American river that the only way I could take a good photo was from a kayak. 1.7K views · 15 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Brett Kelman@BrettKelman1 Oct 2025

The government might be shut down, but Mother Nature doesn't care. At least 170 American hospitals face a major flood risk, which could cut off ERs and force evacuations. A @KFFHealthNews investigation from me, @hollyhacker and @dchangmiami. https://t.co/zBny0wQKL5 1.4K views · 8 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Brett Kelman@BrettKelman5 May 2025

I'm wading back in to the hellhole that is Twitter to share this story about the hellhole that is payday loans. Tennessee lawmakers are allowing "flex loans" to eat their constituents alive. Story by @TNLookout and @propublica, some of the best. https://t.co/eFZGqGfLTR 535 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Brett Kelman@BrettKelman1 Apr 2025

The man responsible for a $1.3 billion fraud scheme. A doctor who gave unnecessary eye injections. A CEO made a fortune on pain and pee. President Trump claims he will stop health care fraudsters. In his first term, he let these fraudsters go. https://t.co/9vG3unX09R 852 views · 9 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Brett Kelman@BrettKelman1 Nov 2024

I keep writing about dentistry because I can't stop writing about dentistry. There is too much to say. https://t.co/GGwg7DQqfk 318 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Brett Kelman@BrettKelman1 Nov 2024

I keep writing about dentistry because I can't stop writing about dentistry. There is too much to say. https://t.co/epzvg60Q2c 370 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Brett Kelman@BrettKelman1 Nov 2024

I never would have guessed my journalistic niche would be "dental body horror," and yet here we are. https://t.co/1gxQoCWG04 4K views · 29 likes · 11 reposts · 6 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

4K1 Nov

370

318

8521 Apr

5355 May

1.4K1 Oct

1.7K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.16%1 Nov

0.81%

0.63%

1.76%1 Apr

1.50%5 May

0.83%1 Oct

1.32%

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

What the audience does

Likes62.6%72 in total

Reposts21.7%25 in total

Replies9.6%11 in total

Bookmarks6.1%7 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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