Nic Cheeseman

@Fromagehomme · Birmingham, England · joined 14 Jan 2011

Prof of Democracy, Director @CEDAR_Bham at @unibirmingham, founder @AfricaDemocracy, columnist @TheAfricaReport, collab with @thecontinent_, retwts not...

38 422Followers

4 366Following

29 784Posts total

154.8KViews on collected posts

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Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme20 Aug

Very sorry to hear this. I was lucky enough to go to the conference in his honour, and had benefited immensely from his scholarship. 2.1K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme20 Aug

Colleagues will be sorry to hear that historian John Iliffe has this morning passed away in Cambridge at age 87. Iliffe was a maker of the academic field of African history. He took up a post at the University of Dar es Salaam shortly after Tanganyika's independence. 1/ https://

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Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme19 Aug

Lots of engagement with our piece on why the Zambian elections may have been flawed ... Those interested may want to read this update from the European Union EOM 👇 "... the conduct of tabulation seriously deteriorated ..." "heavy military presence ..." https://t.co/mW6F0NcXGq

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Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme18 Aug

@Fromagehomme Just stay out of our internal matters. There won't be rerun!!! 727 views · 16 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme18 Aug

@Fromagehomme Reckless on your part, but anyway. 1.8K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme18 Aug

🚨 Zambia’s election looks to have been flawed and may need to be rerun🚨 Major discrepancies between turnout for presidential and parliamentary races indicate widespread vote inflation. Further investigation now needed. #Zambia #ZambiaDecides https://t.co/N1A8KbwQq5 56.3K views · 211 likes · 97 reposts · 30 replies Open on X →

Nic Cheeseman@Fromagehomme23 Aug 2024

Great start to the weekend, as these lovely things arrived just now! New and updated copies of How to Rig an Election for the year of elections, with the brilliant @brianklaas You can pick up a copy now from 👇 https://t.co/5lM3Z1RISs https://t.co/yCuA3Gb7al

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6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views5 828this account991median for 10K–100K

Reach, %15.17%this account3.67%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.89%this account1.61%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	5 828	991	5.88×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	15.17%	3.67%	4.13×
Engagement rate	0.89%	1.61%	0.55×

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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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14K23 Aug

56.3K18 Aug

1.8K

727

9.6K19 Aug

70.3K20 Aug

2.1K

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Engagement rate per post

0.41%23 Aug

0.65%18 Aug

1.11%

2.34%

1.90%19 Aug

0.66%20 Aug

0.48%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.61%.

What the audience does

Likes58.5%713 in total

Reposts23.1%282 in total

Replies5.4%66 in total

Quotes4.3%53 in total

Bookmarks8.6%105 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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