Hadley Freeman

@HadleyFreeman · joined 11 Jul 2011

So tell me everything is not about me. But what if it is?

174 757Followers

3 890Following

10 389Posts total

272.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views17 719this account8 935median for 100K–1M

Reach, %10.14%this account3.24%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.68%this account1.32%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	17 719	8 935	1.98×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.14%	3.24%	3.13×
Engagement rate	0.68%	1.32%	0.52×

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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

77.9K19 Aug

2.3K

1.6K

1.1K

53.4K24 Aug

14.7K30 Aug

17.7K31 Aug

56.5K2 Sep

47.5K

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

1.67%19 Aug

0.68%

0.63%

2.58%

0.98%24 Aug

1.72%30 Aug

0.57%31 Aug

0.00%2 Sep

0.62%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes84.0%2 202 in total

Reposts7.1%187 in total

Replies4.4%115 in total

Quotes0.9%24 in total

Bookmarks3.5%92 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

No, this is not correct. It was not a book review and it was not "nasty." It was a very largely sympathetic account of how transactivists impacted Linehan's (and also my) career. You can read it here: https://t.co/aEkY7kVB8C 47.5K views · 270 likes · 13 reposts · 10 replies 02 Sep 2026 e tu brute? @HadleyFreeman 56.5K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 @British_Airways I've now spent over an hour on hold trying to get through about a booking and three times I've been told I need to call a different number which results in more hold time and then turns out to be incorrect again. How can I add someone to a holiday booking? 17.7K views · 79 likes · 7 reposts · 9 replies 31 Aug 2026 In today’s @thetimes I’ve written about Dolly Parton, who I was lucky enough to talk to three times. Truly America’s last truly bipartisan figure 🩷 The day Dolly Parton showed me her steely side https://t.co/S0mN2w3WV7 14.7K views · 226 likes · 19 reposts · 5 replies 30 Aug 2026 Wow, an OJ pile on. What is this, 2019? 53.4K views · 432 likes · 11 reposts · 75 replies 24 Aug 2026 @HadleyFreeman Will Self, the misogynistic arse, who bullied his ex wife while she was dying. No-one should listen to Will Self. I'd bet his personal computer is a bin fire of 🚩. 1.1K views · 29 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 @HadleyFreeman We want the press regulated so pile ons and hounding won’t drive more me to suicide. EXCEPT THESE FASCIST TRAITOR DOGS. And JK Rowling to just for old time’s sake. Bring out a classic to round off the encore at the gig. 1.6K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 @HadleyFreeman Preach! 2.3K views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 19 Aug 2026 This, along with people publishing lists of journalists’ names to target and Will Self insisting journalists’ computers be impounded. We’ve had a lot of moments of collective madness in recent years. But this one is quite something 77.9K views · 1.1K likes · 137 reposts · 13 replies 19 Aug 2026