The World at One

@BBCWorldatOne · joined 29 Apr 2013

Latest news at 1pm weekdays on @BBCRadio4. Presented by @Sarah_Montague and @JonnyDymond #bbcwato Also The World This Weekend Sundays at 1pm #tw2

25 541Followers

119Following

12 505Posts total

13.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views591this account2 747median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.31%this account8.35%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.57%this account1.45%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	591	2 747	0.22×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.31%	8.35%	0.28×
Engagement rate	0.57%	1.45%	0.40×

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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

9.1K20 Aug

87431 Aug

7031 Sep

5912 Sep

700

5103 Sep

585

581

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.40%20 Aug

0.57%31 Aug

0.28%1 Sep

1.18%2 Sep

0.71%

0.20%3 Sep

0.34%

0.86%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.45%.

What the audience does

Likes28.8%21 in total

Reposts12.3%9 in total

Replies46.6%34 in total

Bookmarks12.3%9 in total

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

Followers by day

3 Sep

Daily snapshots since 03 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

"I suspect it will be necessary to raise taxes." Senior Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry tells the World at One that 'people will understand - they will understand that it needs to happen'. The Budget happens in October. https://t.co/Bri6ou1zjb 581 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 "I don't believe for a moment that Andy Burnham's government would fight to hold the Falklands." Journalist Sir Max Hastings, who wrote The Battle for the Falklands, reacts to Argentina's President Javier Milei staking the nation's claim to the archipelago. https://t.co/hCYQhhjq 585 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 “She was a political figure through and through and to the end, but she did it with grace and with charm.” Spare Rib magazine co-founder Baroness Rosie Boycott tells @Sarah_Montague about the legacy of feminist icon Gloria Steinem. https://t.co/LNA6HoClxw 510 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 "You start to lose a lot of your faith in humanity." Police failed to inform the families of Nottingham attack victims Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar that a mentally ill man was stalking them. Grace's mother Sinead says they are only at the beginning of grieving. https 700 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 "It's not acceptable. No-one is really concerned for our safety." Police failed to tell the parents of two of Valdo Calocane's victims that they were being stalked by another mentally ill man. Sinead O'Malley's daughter Grace was one victim - she says they don't feel safe. https 591 views · 3 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 "He's actually trying to develop a different form of communication... People are definitely listening to him." Alastair Campbell, former director communications under Sir Tony Blair, on Andy Burnham's communication style ahead of his first address to parliament as PM. https://t. 703 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 "Everything's just missing. It looks like a lunar landscape." Professor Arnold Dix, former head of the International Tunnelling Association, is advising the rescue efforts in Nepal as authorities try to find 933 missing hydropower employees. He says there are many challenges. h 874 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 Want to listen to #BBCWato from outside the UK? 🔊 Overseas listeners can now listen to the World At One, Broadcasting House, @BBCPM and @BBCR4Today at any time on catch-up. 🔗 Go to https://t.co/klTiT0QrFW https://t.co/g2djxH1jCE 9.1K views · 7 likes · 4 reposts · 26 replies 20 Aug 2025