Ella Whelan

@Ella_M_Whelan · London, England · joined 14 Nov 2013

Journo / Author, What Women Want /co-convenor, #BattleFest /editor, Letters on Liberty /Columnist @spikedonline / Subscribe to https://t.co/cV7ARurBbe

40 345Followers

1 231Following

6 416Posts total

18.8KViews on collected posts

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Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan19 Sep

A rowdy crowd in Cornwall last night for @BBCAnyQuestions on @BBCRadio4 in St Austell last night. We discussed Piddington, the economy, devolution, AI. Listen again here: https://t.co/XtyBWPLyZj 1.3K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan17 Sep

@Ella_M_Whelan @theipaper After voting for a Liberal Democrat council who’s entire slogan was “refugees are welcome here” I have absolutely no sympathy These places should be the first on the list for migrants 11 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan16 Sep

Listen to this discussion I took part in on the Ed Sheeran boycott, Macklemore, free speech and anti-Semitism on @bbcworldservice this afternoon: https://t.co/bmUlvNEsXE

11:59

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Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan16 Sep

@Ella_M_Whelan Excellent, Ella. I no longer read, nor TAKE the ''i'', for reasons be both might understand [but I loved The Independent under Andreas] so good to read you on this link. The Sweeney tagline was an interesting distraction! Looking forward to seeing you at BoI. My be 41 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan16 Sep

In today's @theipaper https://t.co/ashwsYI8R4

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Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan16 Sep

@Ella_M_Whelan @theipaper "[W]ith different cultural backgrounds, languages and customs," collapses those differences. It is surely worth figuring out *which* cultural backgrounds (language/dialect may be a marker - eg Pashtun v other Afghan/Pakistani) are the most hostile. Offic 140 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan15 Sep

'More than a thousand men, with different cultural backgrounds, languages and customs, landing in a sleepy rural town where they’re not wanted isn’t the makings of a happy ending.' The tale of the posh, polite revolt of Piddington - me for @theipaper: https://t.co/kgzfHqAQRL 4.8K views · 22 likes · 8 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan15 Sep

@Ella_M_Whelan @acadofideas @StudentAFAF 93 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ella Whelan@Ella_M_Whelan15 Sep

The BATTLE OF IDEAS is about to RETURN! I'm building a team of volunteers to run the festival on 17th & 18th October. Volunteers get FREE tickets, backstage access & great experience - all ages, all abilities welcome. What are you waiting for? Join us: https://t.co/jjdSyIZugI

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9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 286this account927median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.19%this account3.63%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.36%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 286	927	1.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.19%	3.63%	0.88×
Engagement rate	0.36%	1.52%	0.24×

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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.

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Engagement rate per post

1.47%15 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes56.2%109 in total

Reposts18.0%35 in total

Replies7.7%15 in total

Quotes2.1%4 in total

Bookmarks16.0%31 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.

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