Brian McDonald ✓

@BrianMcDonaldIE · joined 04 Dec 2024

Irish. Long time Russia-based journalist. Interested in facts and objectivity. Not interested in ideology or wishful thinking.

28 982Followers

255Following

10 017Posts total

18.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views538this account942median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.85%this account3.24%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.62%this account1.99%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	538	942	0.57×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.85%	3.24%	0.57×
Engagement rate	0.62%	1.99%	0.31×

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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

8.7K5 Sep

490

696

1.4K

585

126

293

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.44%5 Sep

1.43%

0.67%

0.57%

1.54%

1.37%

0.00%

1.72%

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.99%.

What the audience does

Likes71.7%91 in total

Reposts7.9%10 in total

Replies7.1%9 in total

Quotes7.9%10 in total

Bookmarks5.5%7 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

The problem with this theory is that the evidence refuses to cooperate, given Moscow has announced a three-day halt to strikes on Kyiv during the envoys’ visit. 94 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@BrianMcDonaldIE no new Ideas? What's the point then? 58 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

In St Petersburg, half a month’s rain fell in just 24 hours, breaking a daily record set in 1982. Public transport was disrupted and dozens of flights were delayed at Pulkovo. https://t.co/fKQj77pxi4 293 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@BrianMcDonaldIE https://t.co/6RD646S7cj 126 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Surreal scenes in Berlin yesterday as three rival demonstrations converged outside the Russian House on Friedrichstrasse. Several hundred supporters of keeping it open, including German leftist activists and Russian protesters, faced a smaller Russian anti-Kremlin group https:// 585 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived for lunch at a Moscow restaurant (Avrora) ahead of talks with Putin. The restaurant is decorated with the slogan: “Everything for Victory!” Make of it what you will. https://t.co/1xAQa4rJGZ 1.4K views · 19 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Former Russian parliamentary hopeful Igor Ibyshev has just wrecked a $400,000 Ferrari 812 Superfast in central Moscow, Mash reports. Ibyshev sought the United Russia nomination for the State Duma in 2016, taking part in the party’s primaries for the Odintsovo constituency. https 696 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told reporters not to “get ahead of ourselves,” adding that Trump has made clear US negotiators aren't bringing “new ideas” to Moscow. “The meeting with the president will indeed take place,” Peskov said. “There will be discussions, ass a htt 6K views · 31 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@cym27s hahaha he’s gonna cave. Anything for getting acceptance from the West. Love to see the cope 490 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

JUST IN: Putin has ordered Russian forces not to strike Kiev for three days, beginning at midnight on September 5, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says. Peskov said the pause is linked to preparations for and meetings involving US negotiators in Kiev. Ukrainian media had earlier 8.7K views · 24 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →