Gareth Dennis

@GarethDennis · York, UK · joined 21 Aug 2009

Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @Railnatter and @_Trainsatlantic. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE available everywhere. He/him.

35 367Followers

3 582Following

181 889Posts total

562KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views13 122this account3 598median for 10K–100K

Reach, %37.10%this account11.59%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.87%this account1.38%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	13 122	3 598	3.65×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	37.10%	11.59%	3.20×
Engagement rate	0.87%	1.38%	0.63×

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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

53.3K28 Aug

22.3K

355.5K1 Sep

92.1K

8.2K

3.4K

2.3K

18.1K2 Sep

4.2K

2.5K

Last 10 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%28 Aug

0.95%

1.26%1 Sep

0.16%

0.12%

0.67%

1.21%

3.22%2 Sep

3.73%

0.80%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.38%.

What the audience does

Likes78.1%4 548 in total

Reposts15.0%875 in total

Replies3.2%185 in total

Quotes3.3%193 in total

Bookmarks0.4%25 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

now imagine if I was just half way through recording a two part @Railnatter history of PFI... that might be, let's say, informative here 2.5K views · 16 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 It's a good job the Conservatives and then Labour cancelled all of those electrification projects. 4.2K views · 138 likes · 14 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026 People claiming Burnham is going to renationalise water & other key services are lying Here's a govt minister explaining that he's actually going to work alongside the private sector in a public private partnership. Does that sound like rolling back the last 40 years? https 18.1K views · 367 likes · 173 reposts · 22 replies 02 Sep 2026 I suspect this is as much to do with him being very likely to lose his seat to the Greens at the next election as it is about him being a self-serving liar. 2.3K views · 27 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 without The Bridge, any book like this is incomplete 3.4K views · 22 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 I very much approve of books like this in school libraries. However, not a single Brunel structure and the Forth Rail Bridge doesn't get a look in 👎 https://t.co/BYITPpjOFa 8.2K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer to step down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras: https://t.co/JSRZLV6Jv0 92.1K views · 68 likes · 36 reposts · 10 replies 01 Sep 2026 BREAKING: Brent crude oil prices surge above $92/barrel after two oil tankers are struck in the Strait of Hormuz. Markets are pricing-in another wave of inflation. https://t.co/E8bgCHfaRd 355.5K views · 3.6K likes · 616 reposts · 137 replies 01 Sep 2026 "The driver reported seeing a kink in the track which rocked the driving cab as the train passed over it." 22.3K views · 198 likes · 11 reposts · 3 replies 28 Aug 2026 We’re investigating https://t.co/4QT37eDe51 after the rearmost vehicle of a passenger train derailed near Wickford, Essex, 14 August 2026. The train remained upright throughout with no reported injuries to the 62 people estimated to be on board. #Derailment #Wickford #Essex 53.3K views · 124 likes · 21 reposts · 5 replies 28 Aug 2026