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@BBCNewsnight · London, UK · joined 10 Feb 2009

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701 575Followers

327Following

63 416Posts total

112.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views19 521this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %2.78%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.45%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	19 521	21 891	0.89×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.78%	6.81%	0.41×
Engagement rate	0.45%	1.14%	0.39×

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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

19.5K2 Sep

37.1K

18.1K

18K

19.7K

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.52%2 Sep

0.38%

0.69%

0.31%

0.45%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes54.5%303 in total

Reposts15.6%87 in total

Replies18.7%104 in total

Quotes2.9%16 in total

Bookmarks8.3%46 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

“Is Andy Burnham right when he lays it at the Conservatives’ door?” Who is to blame for the UK’s economic vulnerability? FT columnist Soumaya Keynes tries to be “annoyingly fair” in explaining. #Newsnight https://t.co/fzAFcL5BS8 19.7K views · 45 likes · 7 reposts · 32 replies 02 Sep 2026 Is Andy Burnham a "people pleaser" on the economy? Labour's Rosena Allin-Khan and Conservative Richard Fuller debate the PM's prospects after the UK's borrowing costs rise. #Newsnight https://t.co/AY7KpUqUuf 18K views · 19 likes · 6 reposts · 29 replies 02 Sep 2026 "This country is overtaxed." Richard Fuller, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, criticises the Prime Minister's approach to the UK's finances - and says he "hasn't given a sense that he's got a plan." #Newsnight https://t.co/DEo9vbQf5V 18.1K views · 92 likes · 13 reposts · 17 replies 02 Sep 2026 “An absolute cover-up.” Ex-Veterans Minister Tobias Ellwood says the UK Nuclear Test Veterans “scandal” is bigger than infected blood, post office scandals and Windrush, "because of the longevity this has been going on and the number of people involved". #Newsnight https://t. 37.1K views · 84 likes · 34 reposts · 19 replies 02 Sep 2026 "A complete lie [which misled the veterans]". Former Veterans Minister Tobias Ellwood told Newsnight that Ministry of Defence officials deliberately withheld information about nuclear test veterans' medical records. #Newsnight https://t.co/BPnVVgme0z 19.5K views · 63 likes · 27 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026