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Brian Groom

@GroomB · Saddleworth · joined 16 Mar 2010

Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'These Isles', 'Northerners: A History' and 'Made in Manchester'.

36 713Followers
9 822Following
78 677Posts total
38KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Killing the pig, a family affair, Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland, 1955, photo by Robert Cresswell, American anthropologist. https://t.co/ZdXWtdP6Zr 1.2K views · 16 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
Change of venue: now at St John's Church Centre, School Lane, Hartford CW8 1NF. 749 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Hebridean Solace, isle of Tiree, painting by Sarah Anderson, Scottish landscape artist. https://t.co/aL5juzJ0qP 1.2K views · 69 likes · 16 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
Fascinating people, famous or not, have come from all parts of the isles. Explore their stories in 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales'. https://t.co/3u6KDns3ou 896 views · 18 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
@GroomB @pchapman24 Tory party / Labour Party caused this , the uni party are a bloody joke .., 675 views · 30 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@GroomB My Dad since 1958 and two older brothers worked there 70s & 80s free variety packs on a Friday great Xmas parties for the kids and always had a fun day in the summers. 1.7K views · 41 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@GroomB Production has been moved abroad to Wrexham. 2.4K views · 32 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
I'll be talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' at Northwich u3a, Cheshire, on Weds 16th Sept 2pm. Owley Wood Recreation Club, Barrymore Road, Weaverham. Non-members £1. https://t.co/rSPYshOUQe https://t.co/gvX6iR4Z2n 3.4K views · 26 likes · 12 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
OUT NOW: 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' (@HarperNorthUK). Previous books 'Northerners: A History' (2022), 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' (2024). https://t.co/SBo5ZK8SZJ 25.9K views · 136 likes · 57 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 170this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %3.19%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %2.36%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post1 1709241.27×
Reach (views ÷ followers)3.19%3.62%0.88×
Engagement rate2.36%1.52%1.55×

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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

25.9K28 Feb
3.4K30 Jul
2.4K3 Sep
1.7K
675
8964 Sep
1.2K
749
1.2K

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.78%28 Feb
1.22%30 Jul
1.47%3 Sep
2.60%
4.74%
2.68%4 Sep
7.47%
0.40%
2.13%

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

What the audience does

Likes73.6%370 in total
Reposts20.7%104 in total
Replies3.2%16 in total
Quotes0.8%4 in total
Bookmarks1.8%9 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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