Daniel Finkelstein ✓

@Dannythefink · joined 12 Jul 2009

Times columnist, Conservative peer, Director Chelsea FC, Chair @cfcfoundation, Dad of 3. Author of Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad https://t.co/ZmwCBbSMrv

389 749Followers

2 767Following

89 465Posts total

1.7MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views72 474this account8 935median for 100K–1M

Reach, %18.60%this account3.24%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.82%this account1.32%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	72 474	8 935	8.11×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	18.60%	3.24%	5.74×
Engagement rate	0.82%	1.32%	0.62×

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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

793.7K23 Aug

70K14 Aug

75K

21.9K

174.2K25 Aug

562.8K

39.1K28 Aug

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

0.08%23 Aug

1.00%14 Aug

5.49%

0.63%

0.13%25 Aug

0.31%

1.01%28 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes75.4%6 122 in total

Reposts7.3%594 in total

Replies14.5%1 177 in total

Quotes1.0%81 in total

Bookmarks1.8%143 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

I think some of these policies will prove a problem for them as they get closer to an election. 39.1K views · 313 likes · 30 reposts · 48 replies 28 Aug 2026 My favourite (and true) story is of a friend of a friend who in their twenties missed the coach to Southampton and so got on one to Northampton with the idea that when she got there she could walk from one to the other. 562.8K views · 1.5K likes · 79 reposts · 101 replies 25 Aug 2026 @Dannythefink @mrianleslie Once met a lovely Polish couple near Newport Pembrokeshire who had put the wrong Newport into their satnav and were none the wiser for the further three hours their journey took them. In their favour, the Pembs version is much nicer 174.2K views · 195 likes · 6 reposts · 19 replies 25 Aug 2026 Even if it had been contested it is the voters OF CLACTON who have spoken. 21.9K views · 105 likes · 9 reposts · 24 replies 14 Aug 2026 Congrats to @Nigel_Farage for a resounding win last night. Great to be there for the party. The voters have spoken! https://t.co/4IUPXqRMXs 75K views · 3.2K likes · 365 reposts · 524 replies 14 Aug 2026 Obviously (obviously) if it was actually a stunning outcome, he’d have been at the count. 70K views · 599 likes · 56 reposts · 44 replies 14 Aug 2026 The US Edition of HITLER, STALIN, MUM AND DAD is now available for ordering. TWO ROADS HOME is coming to the US on September 19: https://t.co/IwTxlwTUDM #TwoRoadsHome” 793.7K views · 186 likes · 49 reposts · 417 replies 23 Aug 2023