@zekedarwinscienceZeke Darwin

Middle School Science Teacher & Colossal Foundation Ambassador Teaching About Evolution, Ancient DNA & How it Connects to Our Conservation Crisis 🧬 🦣 🐘

card updated Oct 16, 2026 · 12 clips parsed · following 510 · 37,100,000 likes total

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Engagement3.11%normal range

Account summary

@zekedarwinscience has 980,800 followers and 3,645 videos. Across the 12 parsed clips the average is 1,607,085 views and 48,504 likes. Engagement to views is 3.11%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is rising (+10.87 pp). Posts roughly 0.1 times a week. An average clip reaches 164% of the follower count.

Followers

980.8K

+18.7K in period

Engagement

3.11%

+10.87 pp newer half

Average views

1.6M

median 15.2K

Likes per clip

48.5K

517 comments avg

Shares / saves

910 / 2.9K

0.18% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.1 / wk

reach 164% of followers

Latest clips

12 collected

Ancient Human History in Southwest China | First there was Denisova Ca — @zekedarwinscience

9203:59Ancient Human History in Southwest China | First there was Denisova Cave, Now We Have Bianfu Cave | 2 New Denisovan Stud1244214

Epigenetics and Namibia’s Shapeshifting Cheetahs | Floaters & Territor — @zekedarwinscience

15.7K2:59Epigenetics and Namibia’s Shapeshifting Cheetahs | Floaters & Territory Holders #animals #cats #evolution #learning #bio2.2K4175242

Replying to @kevinmartin9616 The Jaguarundi and the Elusive Puma Genus — @zekedarwinscience

14.8K2:32Replying to @kevinmartin9616 The Jaguarundi and the Elusive Puma Genus | 2 Cats That Evolved Down Different Paths #anima2.1K3051134

The Last of the Periodical Cicadas? Doomed by their own evolution #ani — @zekedarwinscience

13.8K3:10The Last of the Periodical Cicadas? Doomed by their own evolution #animals #insects #conservation #evolution #learnontik1.7K234192

Narwhal Tusks are some of the most mysterious structures in all of evo — @zekedarwinscience

13K3:22Narwhal Tusks are some of the most mysterious structures in all of evolutionary biology. A new study revealed a new clue1.4K282178

Ancient DNA is Flipping the Script on North America’s “American Cheeta — @zekedarwinscience

58.9K2:47Ancient DNA is Flipping the Script on North America’s “American Cheetah” | Miracinonyx in the Yukon Territory #animals #8.1K95267892

Dire Wolf Origins | Did ancient hybridization lead to the robust wolf — @zekedarwinscience

44.1K3:30Dire Wolf Origins | Did ancient hybridization lead to the robust wolf cousin that targeted North America’s ice age megaf5.1K41114594

Replying to @CT90Yj Genetically Modified Trees | USDA Approval has jus — @zekedarwinscience

11.9K3:58Replying to @CT90Yj Genetically Modified Trees | USDA Approval has just been granted for the Darling 54 line of the Amer2.3K4982128

The Mystery of the Hulu Cave Humans & East Asia’s Place in the Story o — @zekedarwinscience

11.9K4:01The Mystery of the Hulu Cave Humans & East Asia’s Place in the Story of Ancient Hominins #evolution #learning #archaeolo1.6K2526122

7 animals, 7 countries, and a quarter of a million dollars | The Colos — @zekedarwinscience

1.1M5:217 animals, 7 countries, and a quarter of a million dollars | The Colossal Foundation's Species Reintroduction Fund puts 20.3K843592.1K

New Zealand’s Giant Birds, Island Evolution, What Happens When Humans — @zekedarwinscience

8.2M3:29New Zealand’s Giant Birds, Island Evolution, What Happens When Humans Arrive on Islands, and How We Can Do Things Differ193.3K1.7K4.3K14.6K

Reply to @xtina1418 Whales have hands and “noses” #sciencetok #cetacea — @zekedarwinscience

9.8M1:16Reply to @xtina1418 Whales have hands and “noses” #sciencetok #cetacean #marine #biology #whale #evolution #learnontikt343.9K4.1K5.6K16K

Engagement per clip

12 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 20.4% ER

Feb 5Sep 5Sep 9

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 9, 2026	920	124	4	2	14	14.13%
Sep 9, 2026	15,700	2,223	41	75	242	14.90%
Sep 8, 2026	14,800	2,077	30	51	134	14.58%
Sep 7, 2026	13,800	1,687	23	41	92	12.69%
Sep 6, 2026	13,000	1,443	28	21	78	11.48%
Sep 5, 2026	58,900	8,054	95	267	892	14.29%
Sep 4, 2026	44,100	5,084	41	114	594	11.88%
Sep 3, 2026	11,900	2,298	49	82	128	20.41%
Sep 2, 2026	11,900	1,560	25	26	122	13.54%
Aug 6, 2026	1,100,000	20,300	84	359	2,112	1.89%
Apr 9, 2026	8,200,000	193,300	1,672	4,323	14,596	2.43%
Feb 5, 2022	9,800,000	343,900	4,116	5,559	16,023	3.61%