@sophiasmithgalerSophia Smith Galer

Journalist who writes about language Author of How To Kill A Language Host of Word For Word podcast

card updated Oct 17, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 2,264 · 19,600,000 likes total

Engagement10.33%above average

Account summary

@sophiasmithgaler has 591,300 followers and 1,202 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 123,193 views and 12,025 likes. Engagement to views is 10.33%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−0.99 pp). Posts roughly 0.4 times a week. An average clip reaches 21% of the follower count.

Followers

591.3K

−200 in period

Engagement

10.33%

−0.99 pp newer half

Average views

123.2K

median 93.6K

Likes per clip

12K

303 comments avg

Shares / saves

402 / 1K

0.84% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.4 / wk

reach 21% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

The magic - and challenge - of geminate consonants ✨ 🇮🇹 in Italian, fo — @sophiasmithgaler

236.3K2:36The magic - and challenge - of geminate consonants ✨ 🇮🇹 in Italian, for Italian learners 23.4K6971.6K2.3K

just wait till he finds out Canada has *checks notes* 70 other languag — @sophiasmithgaler

21.4K2:21just wait till he finds out Canada has *checks notes* 70 other languages TLDW: Trump says he loves French Canadians - s2.1K9588162

Why don’t monolingual Europeans want to learn other languages? Turns o — @sophiasmithgaler

130.4K1:41Why don’t monolingual Europeans want to learn other languages? Turns out not all countries think the same… data source: 10.4K462165815

Based on the language you speak, Claude isn’t giving answers to you ba — @sophiasmithgaler

187.5K2:16Based on the language you speak, Claude isn’t giving answers to you based on, er, what the answer is. It’s giving answer15.1K1669352.5K

Kurt is so inspiring! — @sophiasmithgaler

19.7K1:07Kurt is so inspiring! 2.8K5451175

English wasn’t official in Aotearoa New Zealand in a de jure sense - t — @sophiasmithgaler

93.6K1:45English wasn’t official in Aotearoa New Zealand in a de jure sense - that means written into law - but it OBVIOUSLY was 8.3K760133722

👉🏻👈🏻 let’s build something different: shows, books and a community for — @sophiasmithgaler

7K👉🏻👈🏻 let’s build something different: shows, books and a community for everyone who thinks languages and their speakers 26115018

It look over three years of my life, god knows how many interviews, ab — @sophiasmithgaler

50.9K1:56It look over three years of my life, god knows how many interviews, about three months abroad and nine international tri4.2K5363536

Credit to @aileensophiee who did the incredible video on this that cam — @sophiasmithgaler

32.7K2:00Credit to @aileensophiee who did the incredible video on this that came up on my feed (she is far better than I am - fun1.9K2634219

We’re all getting sick of AI slop, but are individuals not divulging A — @sophiasmithgaler

5.8K2:01We’re all getting sick of AI slop, but are individuals not divulging AI’s role in their work the only problem here? Imag4149331

Coming for East London’s multilingualism? NOT ON MY WATCH 😤 #languages — @sophiasmithgaler

380K2:17Coming for East London’s multilingualism? NOT ON MY WATCH 😤 #languages #london #whitechapel 47.2K1.2K1.4K3.6K

Did I get any questions relevant to my degree? Nope. Did my niche inte — @sophiasmithgaler

289.1K2:20Did I get any questions relevant to my degree? Nope. Did my niche interests finally justify themselves though? Absobloom16.3K157144535

How many languages are spoken in London? We don’t know…yet. But with a — @sophiasmithgaler

147.2K1:36How many languages are spoken in London? We don’t know…yet. But with a bit of good old fashioned journalism and a widely24K2075851.8K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 16.8% ER

Dec 17Jul 31Aug 27

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Aug 27, 2026	236,300	23,400	697	1,649	2,282	10.90%
Aug 25, 2026	21,400	2,059	95	88	162	10.48%
Aug 23, 2026	130,400	10,400	462	165	815	8.46%
Aug 21, 2026	187,500	15,100	166	935	2,495	8.64%
Aug 11, 2026	19,700	2,773	54	51	175	14.61%
Aug 3, 2026	93,600	8,332	760	133	722	9.86%
Jul 31, 2026	6,957	261	15	0	18	3.97%
Jul 29, 2026	50,900	4,213	53	63	536	8.50%
Jul 27, 2026	32,700	1,879	26	34	219	5.93%
Jul 24, 2026	5,750	414	9	3	31	7.41%
Feb 14, 2026	380,000	47,200	1,244	1,373	3,641	13.11%
Dec 23, 2025	289,100	16,300	157	144	535	5.74%
Dec 17, 2025	147,200	24,000	207	585	1,785	16.84%