@simplebiologistSimpleBiologist

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card updated Nov 7, 2026 · 10 clips parsed · following 521 · 1,500,000 likes total

Engagement5.58%normal range

Account summary

@simplebiologist has 61,600 followers and 107 videos. Across the 10 parsed clips the average is 67,242 views and 3,628 likes. Engagement to views is 5.58%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is rising (+1.81 pp). Posts roughly 0.2 times a week. An average clip reaches 109% of the follower count.

Followers

61.6K

+0 in period

Engagement

5.58%

+1.81 pp newer half

Average views

67.2K

median 22.6K

Likes per clip

3.6K

34 comments avg

Shares / saves

88 / 348

0.52% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.2 / wk

reach 109% of followers

Latest clips

10 collected

Proteins are essential for life, but how they work together can change — @simplebiologist

1.6K1:27Proteins are essential for life, but how they work together can change what the world looks like. In cells without a nu783515

Metamorphosis is crazy! This paper from researchers at UW and UMich is — @simplebiologist

6.1K1:29Metamorphosis is crazy! This paper from researchers at UW and UMich is a masterpiece. The two facts that caught my eye 1457817

I love rats so much that I have a tattoo of one, but I get that they c — @simplebiologist

44.4K1:15I love rats so much that I have a tattoo of one, but I get that they can be a problem. Rat poison isn’t very effective 1.3K359292

Inspired by the east coast earthquake. Log scales are very fun but a b — @simplebiologist

8.7K1:27Inspired by the east coast earthquake. Log scales are very fun but a bit confusing. Earthquake magnitude, decibels, pH26762134

There are a few well followed rules in biology and it is super fun whe — @simplebiologist

98.5K1:29There are a few well followed rules in biology and it is super fun when they get broken. Researchers in the UK found a 8.8K50219767

Long Covid causes brain fog, memory problems, and low energy. We still — @simplebiologist

24.3K1:29Long Covid causes brain fog, memory problems, and low energy. We still dont know exactly why this happens, but new resea2.9K81199589

We learned how cats purr in a seriously intense way. Thanks to researc — @simplebiologist

416.3K1:15We learned how cats purr in a seriously intense way. Thanks to researchers in Austria, we know cats have thick pads on t20.1K1022511.7K

Evolution can take forever, but it’s much faster in yeast! Researchers — @simplebiologist

4.7K1:25Evolution can take forever, but it’s much faster in yeast! Researchers centrifuged yeast every day for 600 days to see h44013434

The 2023 Nobel Prize went to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for thei — @simplebiologist

20.9K1:25The 2023 Nobel Prize went to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA and how cells recognize it. Their 1.2K1457104

Who doesn’t love fun ocean facts? The Underworld by Susan Casey has qu — @simplebiologist

46.9K1:26Who doesn’t love fun ocean facts? The Underworld by Susan Casey has quite a few. I’m only sharing my favorites. There a9823026104

Engagement per clip

10 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 12.9% ER

Sep 1Feb 2Aug 5

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Aug 5, 2024	1,577	78	3	5	15	5.45%
May 21, 2024	6,144	145	7	8	17	2.60%
Apr 17, 2024	44,400	1,338	35	92	92	3.30%
Apr 7, 2024	8,720	267	6	21	34	3.37%
Feb 2, 2024	98,500	8,824	50	219	767	9.23%
Jan 17, 2024	24,300	2,863	81	199	589	12.93%
Dec 18, 2023	416,300	20,100	102	251	1,722	4.91%
Oct 8, 2023	4,674	440	13	4	34	9.78%
Oct 5, 2023	20,900	1,239	14	57	104	6.27%
Sep 1, 2023	46,900	982	30	26	104	2.21%