Beth Rigby ✓

@BethRigby · joined 02 Feb 2009

Political Editor, Presenter & Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year 2023.🎙️Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday🎙️

512 207Followers

2 229Following

61 195Posts total

1.7MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views30 278this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %5.91%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.20%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	30 278	21 891	1.38×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.91%	6.81%	0.87×
Engagement rate	0.20%	1.14%	0.18×

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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

665.2K26 Apr

546K

107.6K2 Sep

22.8K

271.3K3 Sep

15.4K

30.3K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.10%26 Apr

0.38%

0.20%2 Sep

0.17%

2.03%3 Sep

0.25%

0.17%

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

What the audience does

Likes84.1%7 321 in total

Reposts8.9%773 in total

Replies4.6%398 in total

Quotes1.0%85 in total

Bookmarks1.5%129 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

There’s been quite a bit of fall-out over @HarrietHarman & @RuthDavidsonPC’s conversation on Tues’ #EDinsider re Claire Coutinho’s promotion to shadow biz sec while on maternity leave. So we’ve chewed it over in our latest episode of #electoraldysfunction, which is out Friday 30.3K views · 28 likes · 3 reposts · 20 replies 03 Sep 2026 Quite a lot of point-scoring in this ‘new era’ of politics… 15.4K views · 13 likes · 6 reposts · 19 replies 03 Sep 2026 Not everything has to be looked at through the lens of discrimination. Conservatives managed to choose our first woman leader 51 years ago. Meanwhile Labour are celebrating Andy Burnham as their first female Prime Minister. Claire has been promoted because she is excellent and 271.3K views · 4.7K likes · 628 reposts · 145 replies 03 Sep 2026 New term, new PM and a new style of #PMQs - or was it? 22.8K views · 19 likes · 2 reposts · 16 replies 02 Sep 2026 Andy Burnham has been enjoying a 'summer honeymoon' but now, it's back to reality. Sky's @BethRigby breaks down his first PMQs. 🔗 Read more political news: https://t.co/KGHnuAujoq https://t.co/hfevTvwNSx 107.6K views · 160 likes · 21 reposts · 33 replies 02 Sep 2026 Got round London Marathon in 4.45hrs, progress on 2025. The crowds were incredible, the experience exhilarating & humbling. I ran in memory of Laura for @NLondonHospice. I’ve raised £24k over 2 years, thanks to all you wonderful people for sponsoring me 🙏🏻 https://t.co/zwxQhL 546K views · 1.8K likes · 83 reposts · 138 replies 26 Apr 2026 Sky News political editor @BethRigby has completed the London Marathon for a second time in honour of one of her childhood friends - and to raise money for the North London Hospice. Rigby says running the marathon has been 'quite satisfying'. https://t.co/XspOnzv19W 665.2K views · 589 likes · 30 reposts · 27 replies 26 Apr 2026