Wayne Drehs ✓

@W_Drehs · Chicago · joined 07 Apr 2009

Visiting Professor of Practice, The University of Iowa School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Previously: 23-year Emmy Award-winning storyteller at ESPN.

10 971Followers

791Following

22 308Posts total

335.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views16 859this account1 005median for 10K–100K

Reach, %153.67%this account3.31%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.80%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	16 859	1 005	16.8×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	153.67%	3.31%	46.4×
Engagement rate	0.80%	2.01%	0.40×

Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →

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

74K23 Feb

187

2.3K

8224 Feb

11.6K4 Sep

2.2K

187.1K

16.9K

21.1K

19.9K

5275 Sep

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

0.35%23 Feb

1.07%

0.48%

1.22%24 Feb

1.15%4 Sep

0.72%

0.50%

0.55%

0.80%

2.27%

3.23%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes85.9%1 857 in total

Reposts4.9%106 in total

Replies4.7%101 in total

Quotes1.0%21 in total

Bookmarks3.6%77 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

5 Sep

Daily snapshots since 05 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

One last @StubHub update for those who shared & commented on yesterday’s mini ordeal. New tickets have been downloaded & all eight of us are good to go for today’s @HawkeyeFootball game! Once I finally spoke to someone they were super helpful & made the situation righ 527 views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Happier to report replacement tickets have been secured and I can enjoy tomorrow without worry. Thank you @stubhub. Apparently a shady seller and they took care of it for me. 19.9K views · 442 likes · 1 reposts · 9 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Happy to report that I sent an online complaint, somebody just called me — a super nice actual human! — and he told me they are working on this and promise we will get into the game tomorrow in comparable seats. We will see. I’m optimistic. 21.1K views · 168 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@W_Drehs @StubHub @HawkeyeFootball Never ever use @StubHub Everyone has a horror story 16.9K views · 88 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Guess who is the latest fool to fall victim to @StubHub's top notch customer service? Seven family and friends coming to Iowa City for tomorrow's @HawkeyeFootball game. Bought Ironman Box tickets so we could all sit together. Likely in the shade. Seller sends link for ticket 187.1K views · 807 likes · 52 reposts · 68 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Would you look at that? The son of a former @TheDailyIowan sports editor on the cover of @dipregame. Love to see it. Great piece by @JMill42348. Congrats to the Vonnahme family on DJ’s success! https://t.co/Mo4EWNLq3N 2.2K views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

While I think it’s absolutely fair to point out the evolution of ESPN’s journalistic priorities like I and many others did yesterday, it’s equally important to note that evolution mirrors society’s lack of interest and support of legitimate investigative and enterprise 11.6K views · 115 likes · 13 reposts · 4 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@W_Drehs Brought me back to your ESPN days. This was so well done, Wayne! 82 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 24 Feb 2026 · Open on X →

@W_Drehs This was *so* well done, Wayne. (Go Hawks, Go Cubs, go you!) 2.3K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Feb 2026 · Open on X →

@W_Drehs @ColeWright The images are awesome 😎 shoutout to the photographer 187 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 23 Feb 2026 · Open on X →

Excited to share this one with you all. My profile of the entertaining Pete Crow Armstrong and the fight within himself to achieve greatness. https://t.co/QkfRfkKZez 74K views · 196 likes · 36 reposts · 14 replies 23 Feb 2026 · Open on X →