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card updated Oct 15, 2026 · 12 clips parsed · following 5 · 1,600,000 likes total

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Engagement11.11%above average

Account summary

@wire_wildlife has 18,500 followers and 51 videos. Across the 12 parsed clips the average is 1,231,745 views and 131,226 likes. Engagement to views is 11.11%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−6.69 pp). Posts roughly 0.6 times a week. An average clip reaches 6658% of the follower count.

Followers

18.5K

+0 in period

Engagement

11.11%

−6.69 pp newer half

Average views

1.2M

median 7.9K

Likes per clip

131.2K

1.2K comments avg

Shares / saves

4.5K / 4.8K

0.39% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.6 / wk

reach 6658% of followers

Latest clips

12 collected

When Sloth World collapsed, the Central Florida Zoo stepped in to care — @wire_wildlife

1.2K0:18When Sloth World collapsed, the Central Florida Zoo stepped in to care for the 13 sloths left behind. At least 31 sloths102322

There’s one case retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agent — @wire_wildlife

9980:32There’s one case retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agent Ed Newcomer gets asked about more than any other. 43111

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors examine a container of hunti — @wire_wildlife

17.2K0:28U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors examine a container of hunting trophies arriving at Denver International Airpo758231230

From pigeon lofts to international smuggling rings, Ed Newcomer’s twen — @wire_wildlife

1KFrom pigeon lofts to international smuggling rings, Ed Newcomer’s twenty years as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services spec13110

Remember Netflix’s pandemic-era binge series “Tiger King?” How about i — @wire_wildlife

1.8KRemember Netflix’s pandemic-era binge series “Tiger King?” How about its lead Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado? The convers30110

“One of the things I hear from people when I talk about illegal wildli — @wire_wildlife

5.7K0:29“One of the things I hear from people when I talk about illegal wildlife trade is, ‘Well, it’s just one,’” says U.S. Fis2314914

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspector Anthony Gilmore checks a crat — @wire_wildlife

25.7K0:31U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspector Anthony Gilmore checks a crate of hunting trophies arriving at the Denver Inter1.3K232276

In 2012, writer David Quammen warned that the next pandemic would emer — @wire_wildlife

6.2KIn 2012, writer David Quammen warned that the next pandemic would emerge from a virus spilling over from wildlife to hum50211

The oceans are Earth’s life-support system, home to a staggering abund — @wire_wildlife

9.6KThe oceans are Earth’s life-support system, home to a staggering abundance of life that helps keep them healthy and resi199415

What do you see when you look at a jaguar fur coat - Luxury? Status? B — @wire_wildlife

11.5KWhat do you see when you look at a jaguar fur coat - Luxury? Status? Beauty? Or five dead jaguars. After our video of U.154302

How many jaguars does it take to make a coat? How many coats does it t — @wire_wildlife

12.5M0:38How many jaguars does it take to make a coat? How many coats does it take to make jaguars extinct? The conservation cost1.3M12K38K38.7K

There’s nowhere else in the world like it: the National Wildlife Prope — @wire_wildlife

2.2M0:46There’s nowhere else in the world like it: the National Wildlife Property Repository, just north of Denver, is where the271.8K1.8K15.7K18.5K

Engagement per clip

12 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 13.2% ER

Apr 23Jul 10Sep 18

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 18, 2026	1,203	102	3	2	2	8.89%
Aug 22, 2026	998	43	1	1	1	4.51%
Aug 7, 2026	17,200	758	23	12	30	4.61%
Jul 31, 2026	1,040	13	1	1	0	1.44%
Jul 17, 2026	1,764	30	1	1	0	1.81%
Jul 10, 2026	5,705	231	4	9	14	4.28%
Jul 1, 2026	25,700	1,326	23	22	76	5.33%
Jun 20, 2026	6,225	50	2	1	1	0.85%
Jun 8, 2026	9,601	199	4	1	5	2.12%
Jun 6, 2026	11,500	154	3	0	2	1.37%
May 1, 2026	12,500,000	1,300,000	12,000	38,000	38,686	10.80%
Apr 23, 2026	2,200,000	271,800	1,847	15,700	18,532	13.15%