Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh · London · joined 03 Dec 2012

British-Austrian Historian, FRHistS. Author of 15 books on German history, French gastronomy and wine. Last book, 'On Germany' (Hurst) published August 2019.

10 903Followers

7 860Following

394 655Posts total

626Views on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views65this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %0.60%this account3.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.65%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	65	949	0.07×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.60%	3.23%	0.18×
Engagement rate	3.65%	2.00%	1.82×

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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

1996 Sep

149

137

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

2.01%6 Sep

16.67%

5.37%

3.65%

16.67%

0.00%

1.54%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes76.2%16 in total

Reposts4.8%1 in total

Replies19.0%4 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

The End of the British Garrison in Berlin: https://t.co/B9VNnutj7W https://t.co/8Duj2UNaQ9 65 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Gallows humour and the melancholy of anatomy https://t.co/6tLbYAS2EJ 58 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@GilesMacDonogh Jared is a big fag 6 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

My first 2024 vintage ports. The Burmester is the lighter, earlier drinking port, the Kopke is a bombshell worth waiting for. https://t.co/n4akh3282L 137 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Two Russian stooges arrive in Kiev: https://t.co/PytW8Gfezf 149 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@GilesMacDonogh tbf Giles, he's not involved in politics he's involved in something much darker 12 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

I heartily agree with Farridge's 'family.' It's time for him to give up politics. 199 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →