TikTok · Aug 13
The 30 minutes of editing I stopped doing, and what replaced it.
Behind the Curtain
Snapshot: Saturday, August 15, 2026
01 — Social snapshot
What my socials actually did this week.
Pulled straight from my own analytics dashboard, Aug 9–15. Every platform I post to, one week, real numbers — not a highlight reel.
Total Followers
503
▲ +11 · +2% this week
Total Audience Exposure
2,873
▼ −53% vs last week
Total Interactions
97
▼ −43% vs last week
Posts Shipped
47
▼ −67 vs last week
* Week 7, Aug 9–15. Both this window and last are a full seven days, so these totals compare straight across. They are down across the board: exposure 6,111 to 2,873, interactions 169 to 97, posts 114 to 47. The simple reason is that I stopped. I posted on 4 of the 7 days — nothing on Aug 9, 14 or 15 — after posting 6 of 7 last week. TikTok, which carried all of last week, halved: 2,945 down to 1,343. Instagram is the one bright spot, reach up 18% to 491 on 7 posts instead of 17. X still has not posted since Jul 22 and stays out of the totals. Instagram saves this week: 0, the third week running I have reported a zero on the thing I said I would fix.
🏆 Leading platform this week — TikTok, 1,343 views
Platform
Followers
Reach / Views
Engagement
* “—” means that platform’s API didn’t report the metric, not zero activity. X has posted nothing since Jul 22, so it has no reach or engagement to report and sits outside the totals. LinkedIn’s engagement column is link clicks. Instagram saves this week were 0. Pulled Aug 15, covering Aug 9–15, a full seven days with posts on only four of them. Platform name links to my live profile.
01
481
views
02
YouTube · Aug 11
Consistency Beats Motivation: A Bass Practice Lesson
304
views
03
TikTok · Aug 12
A breakthrough needs three things. A strategy. A story. A state.
263
views
02 — Best performing video
The two videos worth studying.
One is the best thing I have ever posted. One is the best thing I posted this week. No ads behind either of them.
Best ever
1,280
views on YouTube
“Day 5 of 30. I said I’d post every day in July. I said I’d grill for my family. I did both.”
Best this week
481
views on TikTok
“The 30 minutes of editing I stopped doing, and what replaced it.”
* “Best ever” means the highest-viewed video across every platform I have analytics for. Jul 5 is still the one to beat, six weeks on. Tap either card to watch it.
03 — Where I can help
Free pep talk
If staying consistent is the part that keeps breaking, let me help.
These numbers only exist because I kept posting on the weeks nothing was working. If that is the part you are stuck on, book a free pep talk and bring whatever is stopping you. No pitch, no deck, just the two of us figuring out what unsticks you.