@mental_flossMental Floss

Home for all things curious. 🧠

card updated Sep 13, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 29 · 2,300,000 likes total

Engagement15.33%above average

Account summary

@mental_floss has 41,600 followers and 412 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 209,457 views and 29,934 likes. Engagement to views is 15.33%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−6.95 pp). Posts roughly 0.1 times a week. An average clip reaches 504% of the follower count.

Followers

41.6K

history is still being collected

Engagement

15.33%

−6.95 pp newer half

Average views

209.5K

median 1.6K

Likes per clip

29.9K

102 comments avg

Shares / saves

2.1K / 1.4K

0.66% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.1 / wk

reach 504% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

From hokey pokey men to loblolly boys, these forgotten jobs served a p — @mental_floss

1.9K1:31From hokey pokey men to loblolly boys, these forgotten jobs served a purpose in years past. #fyp #foryoupage #history #t145133

Can you believe terribly unpleasant jobs like poop collectors and sin — @mental_floss

1K2:53Can you believe terribly unpleasant jobs like poop collectors and sin eaters once existed? Here’s the history. 💩 #histor84112

Edgar Allan Poe’s death remains one of the most chilling unsolved myst — @mental_floss

1.7K1:22Edgar Allan Poe’s death remains one of the most chilling unsolved mysteries in American history #edgarallanpoe #history 134039

We’ll tell you so you don’t have to ask: Here’s how astronauts go to t — @mental_floss

1.7K1:12We’ll tell you so you don’t have to ask: Here’s how astronauts go to the bathroom in space. #space #facts #trivia #fyp #91203

Historical overlaps that don’t feel real (part 3): Mammoths still exis — @mental_floss

1.5K1:39Historical overlaps that don’t feel real (part 3): Mammoths still existed at the time Egyptians started building pyramid161133

Historical overlaps that don’t feel real (part 2): Londoners could’ve — @mental_floss

1.3K1:06Historical overlaps that don’t feel real (part 2): Londoners could’ve taken the Tube to witness a public hanging #histor131278

Historical overlaps that don’t feel real (part 1): Did you know the Ti — @mental_floss

1.6K1:17Historical overlaps that don’t feel real (part 1): Did you know the Titanic sank the same year Oreos debuted? #fyp #fory192428

In 1864, a simple bet in a Nevada mining town turned into one of the m — @mental_floss

3042:57In 1864, a simple bet in a Nevada mining town turned into one of the most unexpected fundraising stories in American his30011

Groundhog Day is a popular tradition said to predict the timing of spr — @mental_floss

1.3K0:39Groundhog Day is a popular tradition said to predict the timing of spring’s arrival, but another, more obscure ritual sa111271

Welcome in spring by… killing a snake?! #fyp #foryoupage #history #sup — @mental_floss

1.1K1:13Welcome in spring by… killing a snake?! #fyp #foryoupage #history #superstitions #weird 106014

Happy #InternationalCatDay. 🐈 #cat #writer #history — @mental_floss

55.8KHappy #InternationalCatDay. 🐈 #cat #writer #history 2.1K35172128

Remembering Mary Katharine Goddard, the only woman whose name appeared — @mental_floss

2.2MRemembering Mary Katharine Goddard, the only woman whose name appeared on the Declaration of Independence. 🇺🇸 #july4 #d331.3K9957.5K13.8K

Cats from history got dressed up by their humans too. #nationalpetmont — @mental_floss

453.6KCats from history got dressed up by their humans too. #nationalpetmonth54.6K28819.2K4K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 16.3% ER

Jun 1Apr 8May 5

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
May 5, 2026	1,922	145	1	3	3	7.75%
Apr 30, 2026	1,040	84	1	1	2	8.27%
Apr 24, 2026	1,715	134	0	3	9	7.99%
Apr 17, 2026	1,654	91	2	0	3	5.62%
Apr 11, 2026	1,505	161	1	3	3	10.96%
Apr 9, 2026	1,330	131	2	7	8	10.53%
Apr 8, 2026	1,611	192	4	2	8	12.29%
Apr 2, 2026	304	30	0	1	1	10.20%
Mar 30, 2026	1,332	111	2	7	1	9.01%
Mar 28, 2026	1,127	106	0	1	4	9.49%
Aug 8, 2024	55,800	2,057	35	172	128	4.06%
Jul 4, 2024	2,200,000	331,300	995	7,493	13,848	15.44%
Jun 1, 2024	453,600	54,600	288	19,200	4,014	16.33%