I Gained 500+ Followers From Just 1 Tweet: Apparently, My Message Mattered

The aftermath of a single tweet

On October 20th, 2021, something crazy happened.

I posted a random tweet after not tweeting for two months and went to bed early.

My tweet from Oct 20 that went viral

The next day I woke up, ate breakfast, worked in my new job for four hours and watered my dying orchid — completely oblivious to the fact my tweet had gone viral.

At 1:47 pm, I decided to open Twitter and my jaw hit the floor.

My off-the-cuff tweet had earned roughly 600 likes, 70 retweets, 50 replies. And I’d gone from around 1,100 followers to over 1,300 followers.

I had to scroll for almost a minute to get to the bottom of all the new notifications.

And that was just the beginning. Three days later as I write this blog post, my tweet has:

261,264 impressions, 2,493 likes, 204 retweets and 141 replies.