BBC Radio 4 Today ✓

@BBCr4today · London, UK · joined 13 Aug 2007

@BBCRadio4 flagship news programme, on air 6-9am weekdays and 7-9am on Saturday #R4Today.

631 402Followers

11 414Following

69 709Posts total

142.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 566this account22 159median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.25%this account6.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.23%this account1.18%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 566	22 159	0.07×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.25%	6.71%	0.04×
Engagement rate	0.23%	1.18%	0.19×

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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

134.1K20 Aug

4.5K3 Sep

1.9K

1.2K

831

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

0.36%20 Aug

0.29%3 Sep

0.31%

0.17%

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.18%.

What the audience does

Likes17.7%94 in total

Reposts41.2%219 in total

Replies33.5%178 in total

Quotes1.3%7 in total

Bookmarks6.4%34 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

“Cultural diplomacy…can bring people together and change the context.” The UK Government’s Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry Loan, Lord Peter Ricketts, speaks to @bbcnickrobinson about the power of cultural diplomacy. https://t.co/XcRK9NzBSA 831 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 "This tapestry... is in effect something that illustrates our common history." French Culture Minister Catherine Pégard talks about the significance of the Bayeux Tapestry loan and exhibition for the relationship between the UK and France. https://t.co/xCf6hJk4F1 1.2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 "I can understand why people would be unhappy with it and I accept it's a difficult decision." Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge defends the Conservatives' plan to cut money from the welfare budget to increase defence spending. https://t.co/1XkH43TQcV 1.9K views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies 03 Sep 2026 Andy Burnham will have his first meeting as prime minister with French President Emmanuel Macron later today. Chief political correspondent @hzeffman calls it 'an important meeting' and says that the topic of small boat crossings will be on the agenda. https://t.co/8d9Axzd0RR 4.5K views · 3 likes · 2 reposts · 5 replies 03 Sep 2026 Want to listen to #R4Today from outside the UK? 📻 Overseas listeners can now listen to Today, @BBCWorldatOne, @BBCPM and Broadcasting House at any time on catch-up. 📱 Go to https://t.co/n9LnDms15d https://t.co/583oHUOB4q 134.1K views · 88 likes · 216 reposts · 169 replies 20 Aug 2025