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card updated Oct 19, 2026 · 12 clips parsed · following 27 · 13,200,000 likes total

Engagement8.4%above average

Account summary

@scientificamerican has 359,600 followers and 591 videos. Across the 12 parsed clips the average is 197,364 views and 15,711 likes. Engagement to views is 8.4%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is rising (+5.71 pp). Posts roughly 0.2 times a week. An average clip reaches 55% of the follower count.

Followers

359.6K

+12.2K in period

Engagement

8.4%

+5.71 pp newer half

Average views

197.4K

median 22.1K

Likes per clip

15.7K

174 comments avg

Shares / saves

686 / 959

0.49% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.2 / wk

reach 55% of followers

Latest clips

12 collected

16.6K2:57Newsletter editor Emma Gometz is back with another newsletter roundup of science news for the week. Want the latest in s2.1K3171112

Scientists may have finally caught a glimpse of dark matter. The LUX-Z — @scientificamerican

37.9K1:48Scientists may have finally caught a glimpse of dark matter. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, nearly a mile underground i4.4K13387354

Take a look at newly discovered marine life from the deep waters of Tr — @scientificamerican

2.8K0:41Take a look at newly discovered marine life from the deep waters of Trinidad and Tobago. During the country’s first loca43973319

It’s back-to-school season. For most parents of the U.S.’s school-aged — @scientificamerican

2.1KIt’s back-to-school season. For most parents of the U.S.’s school-aged kids, that means filling out medical forms and ma105245

NASA’s newest telescope is officially on its way to deep space after m — @scientificamerican

45.7K0:29NASA’s newest telescope is officially on its way to deep space after more than a decade of development and high anticipa7.2K214349483

A telescope built for spying on Earth is about to turn its gaze toward — @scientificamerican

27.6K1:41A telescope built for spying on Earth is about to turn its gaze toward the universe. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Tele2.9K79144231

Two decades ago renewable energy was a bit player on the world stage. — @scientificamerican

3.3KTwo decades ago renewable energy was a bit player on the world stage. Today renewables account for nearly half of all gl2178415

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch Sunday, Augu — @scientificamerican

3.2K2:02NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch Sunday, August 30 and will rewrite how we study the universe. 30673024

The solid-state battery race is speeding up. Two American companies ar — @scientificamerican

5.1KThe solid-state battery race is speeding up. Two American companies are pursuing rival manufacturing strategies for thes21651026

A massive flood, potentially triggered by a large chunk of ice breakin — @scientificamerican

130.5K0:47A massive flood, potentially triggered by a large chunk of ice breaking off a high-altitude glacier, has swept through s84225401137

Our staff reviewers were forced to make some tough decisions...what wo — @scientificamerican

693.5K1:22Our staff reviewers were forced to make some tough decisions...what would your choices be? Participants: Brianne Kane, E68.8K9711.9K2.3K

Like flipping over a rock in the forest to see the undisturbed critter — @scientificamerican

1.4M0:47Like flipping over a rock in the forest to see the undisturbed critters underneath, a broken ice sheet in Antarctica rev101K6015.2K7.7K

Engagement per clip

12 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 17.1% ER

Mar 25Aug 30Sep 4

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 4, 2026	16,600	2,073	31	71	112	13.10%
Sep 3, 2026	37,900	4,384	133	87	354	12.15%
Sep 2, 2026	2,846	439	7	33	19	16.83%
Sep 1, 2026	2,090	105	2	4	5	5.31%
Aug 30, 2026	45,700	7,236	214	349	483	17.07%
Aug 30, 2026	27,600	2,912	79	144	231	11.36%
Aug 28, 2026	3,281	217	8	4	15	6.98%
Aug 28, 2026	3,221	306	7	30	24	10.65%
Aug 27, 2026	5,125	216	5	10	26	4.51%
Aug 27, 2026	130,500	842	25	401	137	0.97%
Jun 18, 2026	693,500	68,800	971	1,887	2,349	10.33%
Mar 25, 2025	1,400,000	101,000	601	5,216	7,748	7.63%