Jonathan Freedland

@Freedland · London · joined 04 Jun 2009

Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy with @leviyonit. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE Sept 2025

130 433Followers

1 460Following

34 861Posts total

47.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views5 538this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %4.25%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.26%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	5 538	12 273	0.45×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.25%	3.89%	1.09×
Engagement rate	0.26%	1.25%	0.21×

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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

25.5K5 Sep

4.1K31 Jul

4.1K

7.2K28 Aug

6.9K2 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.29%5 Sep

0.02%31 Jul

0.17%

0.35%28 Aug

0.56%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes50.3%86 in total

Reposts19.3%33 in total

Replies14.0%24 in total

Quotes2.3%4 in total

Bookmarks14.0%24 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

'An end of history never meant an end to thinking.' My interview with Francis Fukuyama https://t.co/e8s1irYlFL 6.9K views · 24 likes · 13 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 On Meta, why $18bn is petty cash and what has to come next. Latest column https://t.co/7BZLEUGP0I 7.2K views · 14 likes · 7 reposts · 3 replies 28 Aug 2026 With Israeli elections coming, the Likud goes even further right - plus: more on Rahm Emanuel vs Zohran Mamdani. Latest Unholy with me and @LeviYonit https://t.co/CxvXNtWEjk 4.1K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 31 Jul 2026 With the Democrats' progressive wing gaining ground, some on the left are eyeing up 2028 - and asking if AOC should be their candidate. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with The Nation's @sunraysunray https://t.co/Gkso0AKMAQ 4.1K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Jul 2026 @simonmontefiore Book promotion klaxon 🚨The Traitors Circle comes out next week - this gives you a flavour of what it’s about, along with some of the early responses. (Sound on) You can get the book here https://t.co/J89mV9Zikj https://t.co/z9DLBiSXHy 25.5K views · 43 likes · 12 reposts · 18 replies 05 Sep 2025