CapX ✓

@CapX · Westminster, UK · joined 24 Apr 2014

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32 559Followers

2 758Following

79 852Posts total

5.1KViews 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 views435this account964median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.34%this account3.25%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.34%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	435	964	0.45×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.34%	3.25%	0.41×
Engagement rate	0.34%	2.01%	0.17×

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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

1.2K23 Aug

9264 Sep

252

242

618

7815 Sep

894

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

0.17%23 Aug

0.00%

0.76%4 Sep

1.61%

0.00%

0.41%

1.22%

0.16%

0.26%5 Sep

1.12%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes59.3%16 in total

Reposts11.1%3 in total

Replies18.5%5 in total

Quotes3.7%1 in total

Bookmarks7.4%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

Editor's Pick of the Week: @ManiBasharzad says Andy Burnham is trying to convince MPs that a state already spending 44% of GDP doesn't spend enough. https://t.co/XdAorVuCSj 894 views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

ICYMI: @jcdinnage on Reform UK's conference and whether the insurgent party will be able to overcome its recent scandal Read more: https://t.co/UX99vsHvIB 781 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

🧵Scandals notwithstanding, the Reform faithful remain optimistic at conference, and widely regard Channel 4’s investigation as yet another example of their party being unduly scrutinised by the powers that be. The mood in the main hall remained buoyant on Thursday morning as the 618 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@VincentGeloso Recently, Chiara Cordelli, a political philosopher at the University of Chicago, delivered her ‘three years in the making’ commissioned piece on ‘capitalism’. 82 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@VincentGeloso The piece went viral. The reason that it sparked such attention is that it read to many as basically a rehash of old online talking points spewed by more refined trolls. 242 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@VincentGeloso That is unfair but there is truth to the claim that there is no smoke without fire. It is indeed a boring ‘takedown’ of capitalism – that fails to engage it's defenders actual arguments. Read more: https://t.co/GQGOg5QjGn 252 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@VincentGeloso As such, entries added to it are unlikely to generate strong responses by the experts deeply familiar with each individual entry. Every rule has exceptions though. 62 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

🧵The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is not a publication most would be familiar with. It is meant as a repository of overviews of big topics in philosophy broadly defined, inclusive of political theory. ✍️@VincentGeloso https://t.co/dJt9CCSLuF 926 views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@CapX @DaliborRohac Capitalism since the Nixon Shock 1971 is 5 times more in credit creation than GDP growth, in the US virtually to 100% for assets and asset inflation. Literally inflating Wall Street and stock markets, yet devaluing labor. Free trade = Offshoring jobs, taxes 18 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 23 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Can capitalism save the West? @DaliborRohac on why we need to unshackle our economies. Plus: slow growth is a security risk, Nimbys are a defence nightmare, and why we need more free trade, not less https://t.co/b2HNpvRs75 1.2K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Aug 2026 · Open on X →