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card updated Oct 15, 2026 · 12 clips parsed · following 274 · 12,400,000 likes total

Engagement11.61%above average

Account summary

@openlynews has 332,300 followers and 1,231 videos. Across the 12 parsed clips the average is 97,587 views and 10,760 likes. Engagement to views is 11.61%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−3.64 pp). Posts roughly 0.2 times a week. An average clip reaches 29% of the follower count.

Followers

332.3K

+600 in period

Engagement

11.61%

−3.64 pp newer half

Average views

97.6K

median 17.1K

Likes per clip

10.8K

150 comments avg

Shares / saves

421 / 678

0.69% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.2 / wk

reach 29% of followers

Latest clips

12 collected

Mister Samo is a UK-based trans street artist, activist, and educator — @openlynews

5.7K1:44Mister Samo is a UK-based trans street artist, activist, and educator who creates bold murals that celebrate trans joy, 4006810

Are you an early-career reporter with experience producing social-firs — @openlynews

12.6KAre you an early-career reporter with experience producing social-first video formats and a passion for global LGBTQ+ is28301

In June, Ray Collins was appointed the UK’s new LGBTQ+ envoy – tasked — @openlynews

12.4K1:09In June, Ray Collins was appointed the UK’s new LGBTQ+ envoy – tasked with promoting queer rights around the world. But 23771228

Since 2019, housing discrimination against trans people has technicall — @openlynews

12.6K1:32Since 2019, housing discrimination against trans people has technically been illegal in India. In practice, though, it's1784213

Housing discrimination against trans people has technically been banne — @openlynews

2.3K1:49Housing discrimination against trans people has technically been banned in India since 2019. But that hasn't stopped it 2026717

What is access to gender-affirming care like where you live? 🎙️ Report — @openlynews

34.4K1:13What is access to gender-affirming care like where you live? 🎙️ Reporter: @Chris Vazquez in Chicago, Illinois 🇺🇸 #trans5.2K123202550

Thousands of LGBTQ+ Berliners and allies gathered for a community vigi — @openlynews

614.9K0:57Thousands of LGBTQ+ Berliners and allies gathered for a community vigil at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Sunday (July 26)76.5K2317152.9K

U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI campaign has had serious conseq — @openlynews

5.4K1:32U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI campaign has had serious consequences for Pride organisers around the world, with29314744

Last May, Ghana's parliament passed a bill that would further toughen — @openlynews

21.6K0:47Last May, Ghana's parliament passed a bill that would further toughen the country's colonial-era legislation criminalisi1.9K3464179

In the past few years, anti-trans legislation in the United States has — @openlynews

122.8K1:27In the past few years, anti-trans legislation in the United States has broken records annually, with hundreds of state b22.8K5353K3.1K

At Trust Conference in London we met Frank Mugisha, a veteran LGBTQ+ a — @openlynews

205.6K0:39At Trust Conference in London we met Frank Mugisha, a veteran LGBTQ+ activist in Uganda, where a 2023 law toughening leg10.8K673529621

What is it like to be queer in Kenya? We asked three LGBTQ+ Kenyans ab — @openlynews

120.7K1:08What is it like to be queer in Kenya? We asked three LGBTQ+ Kenyans about the challenges queer people face in the countr10.6K161530688

Engagement per clip

12 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 21.4% ER

Mar 5Aug 12Sep 2

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 2, 2026	5,735	400	6	8	10	7.22%
Aug 31, 2026	12,600	28	3	0	1	0.25%
Aug 27, 2026	12,400	237	7	12	28	2.06%
Aug 24, 2026	12,600	178	4	2	13	1.46%
Aug 15, 2026	2,349	202	6	7	17	9.15%
Aug 12, 2026	34,400	5,161	123	202	550	15.95%
Jul 27, 2026	614,900	76,500	231	715	2,881	12.59%
Jul 21, 2026	5,356	293	14	7	44	5.86%
Jul 14, 2026	21,600	1,915	34	64	179	9.32%
Apr 10, 2026	122,800	22,800	535	2,973	3,103	21.42%
Oct 22, 2025	205,600	10,800	673	529	621	5.84%
Mar 5, 2025	120,700	10,600	161	530	688	9.35%