@njapoetSam Pierstorff (Ninja Poet)

Professor. Poet. Ninja CEO @ Modesto Artists Movement Owner @ Queen Bean Coffee & Social House IG: @njapoet

card updated Sep 21, 2026 · 22 clips parsed · following 5,352 · 19,100,000 likes total

Engagement18.8%above average

Account summary

@njapoet has 461,700 followers and 3,720 videos. Across the 22 parsed clips the average is 145,566 views and 25,538 likes. Engagement to views is 18.8%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−12.0 pp). Posts roughly 0.1 times a week. An average clip reaches 32% of the follower count.

Followers

461.7K

+0 in period

Engagement

18.8%

−12.0 pp newer half

Average views

145.6K

median 1.1K

Likes per clip

25.5K

292 comments avg

Shares / saves

1.5K / 621

0.43% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.1 / wk

reach 32% of followers

Latest clips

22 collected

In class today, we were writing journal entries from the perspective o — @njapoet

7591:06In class today, we were writing journal entries from the perspective of an object or a thing. I chose to write from the 53424

Climbing the stairs to the SSecond floor of Founders Hall for 20+ year — @njapoet

1.2K0:35Climbing the stairs to the SSecond floor of Founders Hall for 20+ years keeps me in shape physically, and the students a86922

I gave my English class a seven minute freewrite: "You wake up as an o — @njapoet

7261:15I gave my English class a seven minute freewrite: "You wake up as an object (not an animal). Write a journal entry from49116

One of the things I love most about freewriting is how creativity emer — @njapoet

6051:01One of the things I love most about freewriting is how creativity emerges when we stop "trying" to be creative. Student39111

It's taken me many months to get my wrist strength back, but it's fina — @njapoet

5720:31It's taken me many months to get my wrist strength back, but it's finally starting to improve after a pretty bad fall on18300

This little things has given my elbows a second chance at life and als — @njapoet

5880:20This little things has given my elbows a second chance at life and also ... it's not a bad forearm workout to just hold 31111

After 27+ years of teaching, I’ve learned that sometimes you have to s — @njapoet

6080:14After 27+ years of teaching, I’ve learned that sometimes you have to sell the moment before you deliver the message. *Bu21211

Metacognition is the ability to think about your own thinking in order — @njapoet

1.3K0:40Metacognition is the ability to think about your own thinking in order to become aware of, examine, and evaluate your th966618

I couldn't decide between going on a run, which I never want to do, or — @njapoet

8820:33I couldn't decide between going on a run, which I never want to do, or going to the gym to lift heavy weights, and I cho38222

They taught me how to whip, and so I returned the favor by teaching th — @njapoet

3.1K0:44They taught me how to whip, and so I returned the favor by teaching them how to Nae Nae. What a fun surprise to run into15521346

We were talking about fear and overcoming it and a student in class wh — @njapoet

3461:18We were talking about fear and overcoming it and a student in class who is a parent asked how he's not supposed to fear 38310

I will climb back up eventually. 🔥💪 — @njapoet

9250:06I will climb back up eventually. 🔥💪29170

The brain forms new neural connections every time a person learns some — @njapoet

6630:24The brain forms new neural connections every time a person learns something new and difficult. The brain grows physicall30412

Uncle Walt wrote, Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict — @njapoet

8501:11Uncle Walt wrote, Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.” I am no40711

Don’t say, “I grew up in the ’80s.” Say, “I’m from jelly shoes, Run-D. — @njapoet

1.3K0:47Don’t say, “I grew up in the ’80s.” Say, “I’m from jelly shoes, Run-D.M.C., Trapper Keepers, mixtapes recorded off the 884617

This is the most difficult and most rewarding thing I have ever done. — @njapoet

13.9K0:24This is the most difficult and most rewarding thing I have ever done. One day rolls into the next. There are no breaks. 1.6K897688

“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking.” — Joan Didion Writin — @njapoet

1.9K0:36“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking.” — Joan Didion Writing is way more than grammar and punctuation and the17141149

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Envy is ignorance.” When someone else wins — @njapoet

2K1:05Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Envy is ignorance.” When someone else wins, their success doesn’t subtract from yours. Thei122179

I had to wheel this old lady out of the classroom and drop her off at — @njapoet

264.3K0:25I had to wheel this old lady out of the classroom and drop her off at a nearby dive bar. Clearly, 21 is way too old for 15.9K88168730

Abstract words and phrases tell us what to feel. Concrete images make — @njapoet

6K0:39Abstract words and phrases tell us what to feel. Concrete images make us feel it. Good writing doesn’t explain emotions.478336228

Saw this adorable couple. Had to say hello, and you’ll never guess who — @njapoet

1.1M0:49Saw this adorable couple. Had to say hello, and you’ll never guess who she’s related to. (Also, we ended up having lunch204.8K1.1K4.3K5.2K

My daughter warned me, but I didn’t listen. #wap #wapdancechallenge @i — @njapoet

1.8M0:41My daughter warned me, but I didn’t listen. #wap #wapdancechallenge @iamcardib #teachersoftiktok #dadsoftiktok #uvula338K5K29K7.3K

Engagement per clip

22 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 20.7% ER

Aug 24Sep 17Oct 29

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 29, 2026	759	53	4	2	4	7.77%
Oct 28, 2026	1,241	86	9	2	2	7.82%
Oct 28, 2026	726	49	1	1	6	7.02%
Oct 28, 2026	605	39	1	1	1	6.78%
Oct 28, 2026	572	18	3	0	0	3.67%
Oct 28, 2026	588	31	1	1	1	5.61%
Oct 27, 2026	608	21	2	1	1	3.95%
Oct 27, 2026	1,264	96	6	6	18	8.54%
Oct 26, 2026	882	38	2	2	2	4.76%
Oct 25, 2026	3,056	155	21	34	6	6.87%
Sep 17, 2026	346	38	3	1	0	12.14%
Sep 16, 2026	925	29	1	7	0	4.00%
Sep 15, 2026	663	30	4	1	2	5.28%
Sep 15, 2026	850	40	7	1	1	5.65%
Sep 15, 2026	1,312	88	4	6	17	7.47%
Sep 12, 2026	13,900	1,561	89	76	88	12.42%
Sep 11, 2026	1,922	171	4	11	49	9.68%
Sep 10, 2026	1,957	122	1	7	9	6.64%
Sep 10, 2026	264,300	15,900	88	168	730	6.11%
Sep 9, 2026	5,986	478	3	36	228	8.64%
May 14, 2022	1,100,000	204,800	1,115	4,344	5,200	19.11%
Aug 24, 2020	1,800,000	338,000	5,049	29,000	7,295	20.67%