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@BBCNewsNI
Latest and breaking news from the @BBCNewsNI newsroom. For complaints: https://t.co/SQ0T3Vfd6E
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@BBCNewsNI @AlexKane221b Very sorry to learn of the death of former BBC journalist Stephen Walker RIP a true gentleman who spoke to everyone. Condolences to his family, colleagues and friends.
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@BBCNewsNI @mandy_mcauley I am so sad to hear this news. He was such a decent man and the type of balanced and fair journalist we need. Deepest condolences to his family and close friends. RIP 💔🙏❤️
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@BBCNewsNI Oh my God, this is very sad. RIP Stephen.
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The award-winning journalist and author Stephen Walker has died at the age of 61.
https://t.co/WgR970YbtV
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@BBCNewsNI Lovely wee story. Such a gentleman
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@BBCNewsNI Best wishes to you Eugene for a long, healthy and relaxed retirement 🎉🎉
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On Sunday Eugene Diamond will pull the shutters down on Diamonds newsagents for the final time after 49 years. https://t.co/AYAnSfvz4q
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@BBCNewsNI Join psni and become a pawn of MI5.
No wonder catholics reject this charade of impartial policing.
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@BBCNewsNI Illegally , isn't that a criminal offence.
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MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have been ordered to pay £20,000 in damages to a journalist, after they illegally obtained his phone records.
https://t.co/MRxviZyks1
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@BBCNewsNI Jim was a legend in local journalism. An editor like no other. I once did a shift onthe Sunday News only to end ul behind the bar at Bennys.
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@BBCNewsNI @cahillbooks Great man who I played alongside for a few years at Malone. He was a font of amazing stories & always a bit of craic. He had the best turn of phrase describing Lurgan (where we were playing) with ‘Ah, Lurgan - where the cloud of sectarianism hangs low to t
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@BBCNewsNI @cahillbooks Ah. Sorry to hear that. Farewell Jim.
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The veteran journalist Jim McDowell has died. https://t.co/z2H4UEIkMZ
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Against accounts of the same size
12 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.
Median views1 367this account5 000median for 100K–1M
Reach, %0.39%this account1.74%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.41%this account1.22%median for 100K–1M
| Metric | This account | Median for 100K–1M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 1 367 | 5 000 | 0.27× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 0.39% | 1.74% | 0.22× |
| Engagement rate | 0.41% | 1.22% | 0.33× |
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Growth & engagement
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.
Views per post
2.1K24 Apr
1.8K
96.1K23 Jul
1.5K
61324 Jul
164
25.6K28 Aug
577
80
2929 Aug
73.8K6 Sep
1.4K
3.5K
1.4K
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.33%24 Apr
0.43%
0.13%23 Jul
0.34%
0.33%24 Jul
1.22%
0.80%28 Aug
0.17%
0.00%
0.00%29 Aug
0.47%6 Sep
0.59%
0.77%
0.72%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.22%.
What the audience does
Likes69.9%696 in total
Reposts15.8%157 in total
Replies5.7%57 in total
Quotes5.9%59 in total
Bookmarks2.7%27 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
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7 Sep
Daily snapshots since 07 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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