@practicalengineeringGrady Hillhouse

Civil engineer and YouTube nerd

card updated Oct 12, 2026 · 10 clips parsed · following 107 · 742,900 likes total

Engagement4.07%normal range

Account summary

@practicalengineering has 107,200 followers and 60 videos. Across the 10 parsed clips the average is 73,378 views and 2,921 likes. Engagement to views is 4.07%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is rising (+1.6 pp). Posts roughly 0.6 times a week. An average clip reaches 68% of the follower count.

Followers

107.2K

+600 in period

Engagement

4.07%

+1.6 pp newer half

Average views

73.4K

median 23.8K

Likes per clip

2.9K

25 comments avg

Shares / saves

42 / 146

0.2% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.6 / wk

reach 68% of followers

Latest clips

10 collected

All aboard! We’re still talking railcars! #practicalengineering #railc — @practicalengineering

80K0:55All aboard! We’re still talking railcars! #practicalengineering #railcars #containerization #flatcars #wellcar #freightr3.6K2331124

Do droughts make floods worse? #droughtseason #practicalengineering #e — @practicalengineering

12.3K7:42Do droughts make floods worse? #droughtseason #practicalengineering #earthswonders #engineeringinplainsight #precipitati461252046

Let’s keep talking about railcars! #freightcars #flatcars #bulkheadcar — @practicalengineering

40.7K1:54Let’s keep talking about railcars! #freightcars #flatcars #bulkheadcars #centerbeam #tofc #cofc #practicalengineering #a1.9K2514160

We’re getting back on the digging train! Part II #constructiontools #a — @practicalengineering

14.8K2:41We’re getting back on the digging train! Part II #constructiontools #adayinthelifeofaconstructionworker #practicalengine1K201239

Let’s talk railcars and ballast. #practicalengineering #engineeringlif — @practicalengineering

25.6K3:18Let’s talk railcars and ballast. #practicalengineering #engineeringlife #railcars #ballast #tieexchanger#trainsoftiktok 1.9K224693

These tools do all of the heavy lifting! #constructionlife #constructi — @practicalengineering

11.7K2:42These tools do all of the heavy lifting! #constructionlife #constructiontiktok #practicalengineering #toolsinaction #too672231741

Where does grounded electricity go? #practicalengineering #imaginethis — @practicalengineering

22.8K5:20Where does grounded electricity go? #practicalengineering #imaginethis #civilengineering #stemstudentsknow #electrical1.8K2441133

Take a ride with me on the digging train #Part1 #constructiontools #ex — @practicalengineering

9.5K3:17Take a ride with me on the digging train #Part1 #constructiontools #excavators #skidsteer #loaderoperator #dumptrucktikt63712729

How does coastal erosion work? #practicalengineering #engineeringinpla — @practicalengineering

491.6K2:12How does coastal erosion work? #practicalengineering #engineeringinplainsight #coastalerosion #engineeringlife #seawalls15.5K63212725

How do you clean sewage with gravity #engineeringinplainsight #sewagew — @practicalengineering

24.8K3:24How do you clean sewage with gravity #engineeringinplainsight #sewagewater #gravityisworking #wastewatertreatment #physi1.6K171568

Engagement per clip

10 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 8.3% ER

Jun 29Oct 1Oct 15

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 15, 2023	80,000	3,614	23	31	124	4.58%
Oct 12, 2023	12,300	461	25	20	46	4.11%
Oct 9, 2023	40,700	1,944	25	14	160	4.87%
Oct 4, 2023	14,800	1,001	20	12	39	6.98%
Oct 1, 2023	25,600	1,919	22	46	93	7.76%
Sep 25, 2023	11,700	672	23	17	41	6.09%
Sep 24, 2023	22,800	1,836	24	41	133	8.34%
Sep 14, 2023	9,480	637	12	7	29	6.92%
Jun 30, 2023	491,600	15,500	63	212	725	3.21%
Jun 29, 2023	24,800	1,627	17	15	68	6.69%