@arisofficehoursDr. Ari’s Office Hours

College Professor / PhD, helping you with life 📚 📧: ari@officehoursdecoded.com THIS IS MY ONLY ACCOUNT✨

card updated Oct 25, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 13 · 2,000,000 likes total

Engagement9.52%above average

Account summary

@arisofficehours has 61,500 followers and 265 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 142,392 views and 13,030 likes. Engagement to views is 9.52%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is rising (+1.3 pp). Posts roughly 0.4 times a week. An average clip reaches 232% of the follower count.

Followers

61.5K

+400 in period

Engagement

9.52%

+1.3 pp newer half

Average views

142.4K

median 20.2K

Likes per clip

13K

180 comments avg

Shares / saves

342 / 2.8K

1.93% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.4 / wk

reach 232% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

Getting a PhD doesn’t mean you’re pigeon-holing yourself. In a lot of — @arisofficehours

24.7K1:33Getting a PhD doesn’t mean you’re pigeon-holing yourself. In a lot of instances, PhDs are respected more OUTSIDE of acad1.8K2526277

The faculty hiring process is super involved and the hard part about i — @arisofficehours

15.9K1:34The faculty hiring process is super involved and the hard part about it is that you can’t really predict what the commit851509129

There’s way more to grad school than whatever your classes require. Th — @arisofficehours

72K1:36There’s way more to grad school than whatever your classes require. The learning curve is steep, but it doesn’t mean you9.5K862822.8K

Dissertation proposals aren’t for and entire completed dissertation. T — @arisofficehours

17.4K1:31Dissertation proposals aren’t for and entire completed dissertation. They’re exactly what they sound like: PROPOSALS. In1.6K20100903

Prestige is obviously something to think about but think harder about — @arisofficehours

15.6K1:40Prestige is obviously something to think about but think harder about what lifestyle you’ll have in grad school before m1.4K1923252

A research agenda feels super complicated, but is probably something w — @arisofficehours

11K1:35A research agenda feels super complicated, but is probably something we already think about often, just never actually w1K1030448

Reusing and building upon previous work should be something you’re doi — @arisofficehours

15K1:42Reusing and building upon previous work should be something you’re doing all the time in grad school. #HigherEd #GradSch1.4K1829379

Funding is not set in stone and it shouldn’t be treated as such. Don’t — @arisofficehours

11.7K1:35Funding is not set in stone and it shouldn’t be treated as such. Don’t be scared to ask for more. #HigherEd #GradSchool 9771024331

Academic Conferences can seem so annoying to attend. But it’s what hap — @arisofficehours

20.2K1:33Academic Conferences can seem so annoying to attend. But it’s what happens OUTSIDE all of the presentations that makes t2.2K3853399

Accelerated Masters programs have been the topic of lots of conversati — @arisofficehours

59.4K1:36Accelerated Masters programs have been the topic of lots of conversations, but they aren’t great for everyone…#HigherEd 3.3K5754629

Musings from an empty classroom: most people don’t need a master’s, th — @arisofficehours

575.3K1:33Musings from an empty classroom: most people don’t need a master’s, they just think they do. #LearnOnTikTok #TikTokLearn39.4K4956965.2K

Degree regret is rarely about the major itself, it’s about debt, plann — @arisofficehours

384.5K1:44Degree regret is rarely about the major itself, it’s about debt, planning, and job pathways. #highered #highereducation 43.2K6807086.7K

Some degrees look interchangeable on paper, but they’re not. This is o — @arisofficehours

628.4K1:38Some degrees look interchangeable on paper, but they’re not. This is one of the most common reasons people feel stuck ha62.9K8282.4K17.3K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 13.6% ER

Jan 11Sep 14Sep 21

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 21, 2026	24,700	1,779	25	26	277	7.41%
Sep 19, 2026	15,900	851	50	9	129	5.72%
Sep 18, 2026	72,000	9,457	86	282	2,767	13.65%
Sep 17, 2026	17,400	1,558	20	100	903	9.64%
Sep 16, 2026	15,600	1,448	19	23	252	9.55%
Sep 15, 2026	11,000	1,003	10	30	448	9.48%
Sep 14, 2026	15,000	1,395	18	29	379	9.61%
Aug 27, 2026	11,700	977	10	24	331	8.64%
Aug 19, 2026	20,200	2,168	38	53	399	11.18%
Aug 12, 2026	59,400	3,255	57	54	629	5.67%
May 5, 2026	575,300	39,400	495	696	5,165	7.06%
Feb 2, 2026	384,500	43,200	680	708	6,743	11.60%
Jan 11, 2026	628,400	62,900	828	2,413	17,346	10.53%