Table 1
Summary statistics on social media reach as of 13th February, 2021. Impressions are defined as the number of times people viewed the tweet and engagements as the number of times people interacted with the tweet (including likes, retweets, replies). Poems were presented as Twitter ‘threads’ providing context to the science – summary engagement statistics represent the sum for all tweets in a ‘thread’.
| POEM | IMPRESSIONS | TOTAL ENGAGEMENTS | LIKES | RETWEETS AND QUOTE TWEETS | WEB LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | 3507 | 200 | 20 | 7 | https://twitter.com/HywelGriffiths/status/1154340372404944896 |
| The Patch | 6240 | 162 | 33 | 7 | https://twitter.com/HywelGriffiths/status/1154517217633013766 |
| The West Antarctic Ice Sheet | 2037 | 60 | 5 | 5 | https://twitter.com/HywelGriffiths/status/1154773065710149635 |
| Arcas, Aguas, Atlas | 3643 | 83 | 26 | 4 | https://twitter.com/HywelGriffiths/status/1155108407038369792 |
Figure 1
Exterior of Convention Centre Dublin, from across the River Liffey. Photo: Hywel Griffiths.
Table 2
Summary statistics of other Twitter poetry and science posts (October 17, 2021).
| TOPIC | AUTHOR AND TWITTER HANDLE | IMPRESSIONS | TOTAL ENGAGE-MENTS | LIKES | RETWEETS AND QUOTE TWEETS | WEB LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poem to the new year, 2021 | Hywel Griffiths (@HywelGriffiths) | 2401 | 242 | 20 | 5 | https://twitter.com/HywelGriffiths/status/1344953678869000193?s=20 |
| Research project fieldwork post | Hywel Griffiths (@HywelGriffiths) | 1536 | 144 | 18 | 1 | https://twitter.com/HywelGriffiths/status/1434276284859830281?s=20 |
| Science poem on interstellar objects | Hywel Griffiths (@HywelGriffiths) | 3288 | 61 | 11 | 10 | https://twitter.com/HywelGriffiths/status/1100704767125401601?s=20 |
| Increases in light pollution, linking to blog post. | Sam Illingworth @samillingworth | N/A | N/A | 21 | 14 | https://twitter.com/samillingworth/status/1438788831084482563?s=20 |
| Sea levels and volcanic activity | Sam Illingworth @samillingworth | N/A | N/A | 63 | 31 | https://twitter.com/samillingworth/status/1423553525922029570?s=20 |
| Kaleidoscopic ice | Andy Emery @AndyDoggerBank | N/A | N/A | 12 | 4 | https://twitter.com/AndyDoggerBank/status/1388100844889980928?s=20 |
| Summary of artist-in-residence activity at EGU 2021 | EGU @EuroGeosciences | N/A | N/A | 24 | 8 | https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences/status/1389852615010394112?s=20 |