James Olley

@JamesOlley · London · joined 22 Sep 2009

Senior Football Writer at ESPN. Views mine. Society of Editors & SJA award winner. LFA panel member. Latest book: https://t.co/zN3qBsCobc

153 595Followers

656Following

28 938Posts total

638.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views10 076this account4 505median for 100K–1M

Reach, %6.56%this account1.88%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.66%this account1.48%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	10 076	4 505	2.24×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.56%	1.88%	3.49×
Engagement rate	0.66%	1.48%	0.44×

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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

580.7K30 Jul

1.8K

5.6K

995

14.6K1 Sep

6K4 Sep

18.1K

359

10.1K

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

0.19%30 Jul

0.11%

0.39%

0.20%

0.66%1 Sep

0.93%4 Sep

1.19%

0.00%

0.45%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.48%.

What the audience does

Likes72.3%1 280 in total

Reposts12.4%220 in total

Replies1.9%34 in total

Quotes1.4%24 in total

Bookmarks12.0%212 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

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal showed enough ambition in the transfer market this summer despite missing out on signing a top class forward. Story: https://t.co/h6BnBnE2v7 10.1K views · 38 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 @JamesOlley Bruno Guimaraes please be ok 🙏 359 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Arteta on Guimaraes: "He had a knock and he is being assessed but probably tomorrow he will be OK for training." On Mosquera: "[Going off at Villa was] more precautionary more than anything else so we will have to see tomorrow how he feels." 18.1K views · 187 likes · 25 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Mikel Arteta speaking here shortly ahead of Arsenal v Chelsea. https://t.co/TUNzLVzPmp 6K views · 52 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Chelsea had the opportunity to stop the Enzo Fernandez deal after Camara's move collapsed but they chose to honour the agreement with Manchester City. 14.6K views · 75 likes · 10 reposts · 8 replies 01 Sep 2026 @JamesOlley Wow! Great read! Appreciate Josh Kroenke so much more now and more than happy that Arteta is our Manager. It is no longer a question of if we will win the league but when we will... And I feel that this 24/25 season might just be it. 995 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jul 2024 @JamesOlley That interview will certainly get supporters talking about the Stadium. The Emirates is a great stadium but at 20 years old and in comparison with the one we played in the other day it certainly lags behind now. 5.6K views · 19 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 30 Jul 2024 @JamesOlley @David_Dein_FC Great interview. 1.8K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jul 2024 Exclusive interview with Arsenal co-chair Josh Kroenke. - how KSE's relationship with Arsenal has changed - taking inspiration from the Rams + others - Super League fallout - if KSE ever thought about selling - "conversations starting" over stadium work https://t.co/kpMCeKbGbR 580.7K views · 905 likes · 177 reposts · 21 replies 30 Jul 2024