Joe O'Brien

@JoeDoesNews · Australia · joined 17 Jul 2011

News coverage .. primarily Australia Other bits and pieces Quotes from key players not my views

38 771Followers

865Following

29 467Posts total

22.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews5 Apr

@JoeDoesNews Ahhh. Thought I saw you in passing in Darwin. Welcome (back) to the Top End. 157 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews5 Apr

@JoeDoesNews That’s beautiful. 60 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews5 Apr

@JoeDoesNews Life being renewed. Nature is healing 53 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews5 Apr

Storms rolling across the Kakadu savanna woodlands ... pretty magic to be immersed in it https://t.co/CvaoFp3LgV

6.5K views · 482 likes · 58 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews26 Mar

Exmouth copping the full force of Cyclone Narelle right now with maximum winds on the eye wall https://t.co/ZV1r3KTXiR

2.6K views · 50 likes · 18 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews7 Mar

Attack of the baby goats 🤗.. New Backroads ep on Daylesford/Hepburn is up .. look it up on abciview: People so lovely the goats didn't even make the cut! https://t.co/tWLWi2GIbw

2.1K views · 155 likes · 6 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews4 Feb

@JoeDoesNews This most definitely is a newsworthy story, Joe; but I strongly believe that he should have been protected; away from the intense scrutiny of frenzied media coverage. Austen Applebee needs rest, peace & time to properly recover & return to ‘normal’ life as soon as po 83 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews3 Feb

@JoeDoesNews What a great story. Austin’s courage, tenacity and determination saved his family. 98 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews3 Feb

@JoeDoesNews Never underestimate a brave kid . Maybe Qantas needs to give him a family holiday as a reward for his wonderful effort . 125 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews3 Feb

Terrific little yarn here .. Here's to Austin Applebee! https://t.co/WO5UIUg6EI 6.8K views · 470 likes · 49 reposts · 20 replies Open on X →

Joe O'Brien@JoeDoesNews9 Aug 2025

Pretty magic start for Sydney's annual winter run to the beach #CityToSurf https://t.co/2PuxSZ6nvr

4.2K views · 108 likes · 8 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

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

4.2K9 Aug

6.8K3 Feb

125

834 Feb

2.1K7 Mar

2.6K26 Mar

6.5K5 Apr

157

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.78%9 Aug

7.98%3 Feb

8.00%

3.06%

3.61%4 Feb

7.87%7 Mar

2.77%26 Mar

8.55%5 Apr

1.89%

3.33%

1.27%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes86.8%1 284 in total

Reposts9.5%141 in total

Replies3.0%44 in total

Quotes0.3%4 in total

Bookmarks0.4%6 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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Engagement rate per post

What the audience does

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