James Montague

@JamesPiotr · joined 13 Jan 2009

Minnowcore. Co-founder @dgquarterly. New book: Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World, out now with @BlinkPublishing. IG: @thirtyonenil

17 809Followers

3 461Following

57 568Posts total

852.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

James Montague@JamesPiotr14 Sep

Never, ever rent a car from @bookingcom (or @hertz) Still waiting for the deposit two months later. And I don’t think I’ve spoken to a human yet, or interacted with one online. The future of AI! 2.7K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

James Montague@JamesPiotr3 Sep

This is amazing work. We’ll see how it all shakes out but maybe some encouragement for the English Premier League that it is possible to punish the oligarch class if they are found to break the rules… 2.7K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Montague@JamesPiotr3 Sep

Based on my own experience, I honestly wouldn't recommend booking a rental car through @bookingcom . I couldn't collect the car, didn't get a refund, and the customer service was really disappointing. 3.6K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

James Montague@JamesPiotr4 Aug

Crikey 5.7K views · 35 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Montague@JamesPiotr29 Jul

None of these earnest press releases mean they oppose Infantino’s gambit at all. They’re just complaining about process before they fall in line. 10.7K views · 62 likes · 11 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

James Montague@JamesPiotr29 Jul

AFC takes note of FIFA's announcement on the proposed establishment of FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE). https://t.co/btAnIDYkpg 823K views · 658 likes · 234 reposts · 134 replies Open on X →

James Montague@JamesPiotr17 Jul

The updated paperback version of “Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World” is out today. Including: Trump’s peace prize, Infantino, Newcastle winning the league cup, the Iran war and the fall of LIV Golf. Which are all weirdly connected… https://t.co/zHoU9HapmP 4K views · 14 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views4 040this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %22.69%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.62%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 040	924	4.37×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	22.69%	3.62%	6.27×
Engagement rate	0.62%	1.52%	0.41×

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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

4K17 Jul

823K29 Jul

10.7K

5.7K4 Aug

3.6K3 Sep

2.7K

2.7K14 Sep

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

0.54%17 Jul

0.15%29 Jul

0.70%

0.62%4 Aug

0.70%3 Sep

0.18%

0.99%14 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes51.5%789 in total

Reposts16.6%254 in total

Replies10.7%164 in total

Quotes11.9%182 in total

Bookmarks9.3%142 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.