@ianruhterIan ruhter

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card updated Oct 18, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 20 · 6,500,000 likes total

Engagement5.52%normal range

Account summary

@ianruhter has 186,000 followers and 180 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 159,438 views and 8,506 likes. Engagement to views is 5.52%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−0.68 pp). Posts roughly 0.1 times a week. An average clip reaches 86% of the follower count.

Followers

186K

+8.6K in period

Engagement

5.52%

−0.68 pp newer half

Average views

159.4K

median 7.8K

Likes per clip

8.5K

69 comments avg

Shares / saves

222 / 481

0.3% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.1 / wk

reach 86% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

Making wet plates at the foot, Mount Whitney in the Alabama Hills. One — @ianruhter

559.3K1:29Making wet plates at the foot, Mount Whitney in the Alabama Hills. One thing that people don’t understand about Wet Plat27.2K1816051.3K

You can only get through days like this if you truly love what you do. — @ianruhter

5.9K1:36You can only get through days like this if you truly love what you do. It would be so easy just to say Wet Plate is too 292111911

I will be dropping an original work of mine (studio ambrotype) in New — @ianruhter

2.1K0:59I will be dropping an original work of mine (studio ambrotype) in New York City Times Square on August 22, 2026. I will 102812

It’s always nice to see jinx when I visit Slab City. But to see her wi — @ianruhter

7.2K1:30It’s always nice to see jinx when I visit Slab City. But to see her with no tattoos was a shocking moment for both of u4258719

When Polaroid went out of business,I started moving into the Wet Plate — @ianruhter

7.2K1:27When Polaroid went out of business,I started moving into the Wet Plate collodion process. Although it’s a lot more work,3666511

Using an 1850s photographic process called Wet Plate collodion to make — @ianruhter

3K7:21Using an 1850s photographic process called Wet Plate collodion to make a picture of Waterboy and Slab City. What an incr157218

From Slab City book project I had the opportunity to make a few 8 x 10 — @ianruhter

3.1K1:32From Slab City book project I had the opportunity to make a few 8 x 10“ Ambrotypes of DNA. It’s nice to work with a fell169358

They say, Slab cities lawless in some ways I think of it as a modern d — @ianruhter

7.8K1:39They say, Slab cities lawless in some ways I think of it as a modern day Wild West frontier town. Excited all of this wa3534915

Continue on with the Slab City book project. It takes significant amou — @ianruhter

10.2K1:34Continue on with the Slab City book project. It takes significant amount of time to make one plate and in that time you 822192551

It’s been over 10 long years that I have been working on this project. — @ianruhter

8.2K0:28It’s been over 10 long years that I have been working on this project. I tried so many times to release this and I just 4015528

I am so excited to get this package!! it’s been an incredible journey — @ianruhter

66.9K1:27I am so excited to get this package!! it’s been an incredible journey and yes, it took 14 years. But when you’re making 3.1K11054215

Making film and developing it on the tailgate of my truck!! Supper coo — @ianruhter

1.2M1:19Making film and developing it on the tailgate of my truck!! Supper cool🔥 #wetplatecollodion #filmphotography #ianruhter 68.2K4101.8K3.9K

Recently I was able to spend some time in the dark room with my dear f — @ianruhter

191.8K1:35Recently I was able to spend some time in the dark room with my dear friend Gary Oldman. During the process things got a9K136406738

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 8.5% ER

Dec 3Jul 21Aug 25

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Aug 25, 2026	559,300	27,200	181	605	1,283	5.00%
Aug 18, 2026	5,944	292	11	19	11	5.42%
Aug 6, 2026	2,128	102	8	1	2	5.22%
Aug 5, 2026	7,191	425	8	7	19	6.12%
Jul 28, 2026	7,175	366	6	5	11	5.25%
Jul 24, 2026	2,981	157	2	1	8	5.37%
Jul 21, 2026	3,107	169	3	5	8	5.70%
Jul 14, 2026	7,793	353	4	9	15	4.70%
Jun 30, 2026	10,200	822	19	25	51	8.49%
Jun 24, 2026	8,181	401	5	5	28	5.02%
Oct 23, 2024	66,900	3,116	110	54	215	4.90%
Oct 30, 2023	1,200,000	68,200	410	1,750	3,867	5.86%
Dec 3, 2022	191,800	8,979	136	406	738	4.96%