Big Issue ✓

@BigIssue · UK · joined 05 Feb 2010

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63 600Followers

1 546Following

87 406Posts total

243.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views936this account2 259median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.47%this account6.80%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.30%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	936	2 259	0.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.47%	6.80%	0.22×
Engagement rate	0.30%	1.52%	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

9721 Sep

178.4K2 Sep

61K

109

8993 Sep

102

1.7K

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

1.03%1 Sep

0.01%2 Sep

0.01%

0.00%

2.11%3 Sep

0.98%

0.58%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes73.2%52 in total

Reposts19.7%14 in total

Replies4.2%3 in total

Bookmarks2.8%2 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

"Maybe the worst moment of my life" David Baddiel, Alzheimer's Society ambassador, recalls one of the most difficult moments of his life: the day he and his brother had to tell their father that their mother had died. Baddiel's father, Colin, lived with Pick's disease, a rare h 1.7K views · 7 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @BigIssue What a great collaboration. It's been fantastic to work with @bigissueuk on keeping people living with dementia at the heart of this edition. Thank you for sharing our supporters' stories, as well as a brilliant insight into dementia researcher Prof Katie Lunnon's work 102 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 🏠🐾 Would you choose safe accommodation over your pet? We're calling on the government to make temporary and emergency housing pet-friendly by default ✍️ Help us reach 10,000 signatures. Sign the petition: https://t.co/mt15gX26EH https://t.co/0a65FoRW72 899 views · 14 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @BigIssue @giffgaff Interesting perspective. 109 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @BigIssue @giffgaff Yeah, I get that. 82 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Larry believes lecanemab has helped him keep living a full life. His story shows what dementia research can make possible. Donations to @AlzResearchUK fund the science behind future studies, trials and treatments. Read Larry and Rita's story, then help bring the next breakthrough 61K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 Big Issue Recruit candidates joined @giffgaff at the Formula E London E-Prix for paid work experience. It’s part of a wider partnership helping people overcome barriers to employment through refurbished smartphones, digital skills training and support getting back into work. -ad 178.4K views · 16 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 "He just burst into tears. That was the turning point for me." 💙 As World Alzheimer's Month begins, watch David Baddiel, Alzheimer's Society ambassador, and Chris Snell open up about their fathers' experiences of living with dementia and their own experiences caring for them htt 972 views · 7 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026