David Aaronovitch ✓

@DAaronovitch · beside my Macbook · joined 06 May 2010

Presenter of BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room, author of Voodoo Histories, now Substacking with Notes from the Underground. Instagram: david_aaronovitch

169 933Followers

2 771Following

147 288Posts total

1.9MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views57 472this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %33.82%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.95%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	57 472	21 891	2.63×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	33.82%	6.81%	4.97×
Engagement rate	0.95%	1.14%	0.83×

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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

1.3M31 Mar

22.5K1 Sep

411K

79K2 Sep

8.4K3 Sep

57.5K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.07%31 Mar

0.95%1 Sep

0.26%

0.93%2 Sep

1.02%3 Sep

2.19%

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

What the audience does

Likes57.5%2 562 in total

Reposts9.4%420 in total

Replies27.9%1 244 in total

Quotes2.1%93 in total

Bookmarks3.1%136 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

Not so long ago (as in the case of Mo Farah) this would've been seen as a sign of Britain's success. The overt and almost violent racism displayed in this post it's truly disturbing. Buckley has no interest in this woman as a human being, in her talents or aptitudes. 57.5K views · 853 likes · 156 reposts · 231 replies 03 Sep 2026 God! And I was worried that she might be a Pakistani. Thanks for the reassurance! 8.4K views · 73 likes · 6 reposts · 7 replies 03 Sep 2026 This is the Labour front runner to replace Keir Starmer. Sagal Abdi-Wali is a Somalian refugee. We do not hate Labour enough. https://t.co/31tRIPVtfi 79K views · 576 likes · 68 reposts · 77 replies 02 Sep 2026 Some of the personal attacks on Jon Ronson this week for telling the obvious (and very visible and sad) truth about Graham Linehan, very much seem to prove his point. Worse, I suspect many of those attacking Ronson know that he's right, but feel they have to stick with the 411K views · 609 likes · 41 reposts · 381 replies 01 Sep 2026 I hate making predictions. But given the level of hysteria around today, here's one. Labour will hold onto Starmer's seat pretty easily. And in fact, this is a pretty good time for him to resign, if he insisted on going before the next election. 22.5K views · 172 likes · 21 reposts · 19 replies 01 Sep 2026 If you miss me in the middle of The Times You can't find me nowhere Come on over to the Underground I'll be writing right there... https://t.co/6BRQ9KUmjU 1.3M views · 279 likes · 128 reposts · 529 replies 31 Mar 2023