BBC More or Less

@BBCMoreOrLess · joined 12 Aug 2011

The BBC's More or Less: Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news, and everyday life.

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BBC More or Less@BBCMoreOrLess4 Apr 2025

Donald Trump's tariff calculations "don’t tell us anything" about unfair trade, says Thomas Sampson, assistant professor @LSEEcon 1/3 3.5K views · 8 likes · 4 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

BBC More or Less@BBCMoreOrLess16 Oct 2024

@BBCMoreOrLess @robeastaway @ChrisMasonBBC @TimHarford Mason's feat (re 41 votes) was impressive, and it felt like we were in for an interesting conversation about informal maths under pressure, but instead we got this bit of maths posturing. 186 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

BBC More or Less@BBCMoreOrLess16 Oct 2024

@BBCMoreOrLess @Drew_Hyndman @robeastaway @ChrisMasonBBC @TimHarford Kev says: Wow. Why didn't they teach this when I was doing 'O' level maths, way back in the last century? 180 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

BBC More or Less@BBCMoreOrLess16 Oct 2024

"That is brilliant." Learn the maths hack from @robeastaway that blew the minds of @ChrisMasonBBC and @TimHarford https://t.co/kS090zwa1j

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13.4K views · 100 likes · 30 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

BBC More or Less@BBCMoreOrLess9 Oct 2024

Should the government target persnuffle? @BenZaranko @TheIFS tells @TimHarford how @RachelReevesMP could change the government's fiscal rule to allow more borrowing. https://t.co/VAtJklsNJv 10.1K views · 9 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

BBC More or Less@BBCMoreOrLess20 Sep 2024

“You are both absolute nerds.” @Samfr and @maxwell_marlow tell @TimHarford the rules for their somewhat intricate bet on the number of kids who will leave private school when VAT is introduced. Story 4 on this week’s @BBCRadio4 More or Less. https://t.co/mWA5xAaxON 46.9K views · 51 likes · 7 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

BBC More or Less@BBCMoreOrLess19 Sep 2024

Has the NHS got a bad case of Baumol’s cost disease? @TimHarford explains with the help of a string quartet and @BenZaranko of @TheIFS. Story 3 on this week’s @BBCRadio4 More or Less. https://t.co/mWA5xAaxON 2.5K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

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1.05%16 Oct

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes56.4%176 in total

Reposts14.4%45 in total

Replies12.2%38 in total

Bookmarks17.0%53 in total

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