Joe Murphy

@JoeMurphyLondon · joined 30 Jun 2009

Ex-Political Editor of the Evening Standard, the Sunday Telegraph & the Mail on Sunday.

33 090Followers

1 272Following

12 849Posts total

430.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views44 029this account1 540median for 10K–100K

Reach, %133.06%this account4.74%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.26%this account1.87%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	44 029	1 540	28.6×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	133.06%	4.74%	28.1×
Engagement rate	0.26%	1.87%	0.14×

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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

45K29 Jun

183.8K10 Jul

43.8K

44.2K

20.2K

1.5K28 Jul

2.4K30 Jul

89.7K4 Sep

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.18%29 Jun

0.11%10 Jul

0.14%

0.26%

0.39%28 Jul

0.33%30 Jul

0.49%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.87%.

What the audience does

Likes58.3%598 in total

Reposts3.3%34 in total

Replies31.0%318 in total

Quotes1.8%18 in total

Bookmarks5.7%58 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

Hi Tim, you’ve known me long enough to decide whether I’m deranged or malign, but I find a lot about JKR’s presentation to disagree with. I don’t accept the terms “men” or “fetishists” for people who sincerely feel they were born in the wrong gender and are doing their best. 89.7K views · 138 likes · 2 reposts · 291 replies 04 Sep 2026 Take note, Andy Burnham — London is more fragile than you imagine. Hat tip @nicholascecil #goldengoose #ghosttown London's first 'real' population fall for 37 years as 420,000 quit capital https://t.co/aaiMhV7U1d 2.4K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jul 2026 Londoners -- Andy Burnham is giving clear signals that he wants your money. Is that fair or unfair? All the quotes and numbers here in this essential piece by @nicholascecil https://t.co/H8mObkZbIh 1.5K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 28 Jul 2026 @JoeMurphyLondon My vicar used to say, “There isn’t an exam, just the dreadful day of judgement”. I can’t imagine for a second that Ann would have used the expression, “Passing” instead of death. 20.2K views · 51 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 10 Jul 2026 She didn’t get much support - her era had already drawn to a close and a kinder politics was replacing her rough-edged right wing brand. None of us who report politics will forget when her “something of the night” intervention that derailed Michael Howard. She was a one-off. 44.2K views · 94 likes · 6 reposts · 14 replies 10 Jul 2026 “let’s get the story of the way, then we can have a proper chat and a gossip.” Of course, the gossip was the best part of the lunch. She launched her failed leadership bid in 2001 with an interview with me in the Sunday Telegraph. She didn’t get much support — her era… 2/3 43.8K views · 55 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 10 Jul 2026 I am very very sad to hear of Ann Widdecombe’s dreadful passing. In her heyday, she was tremendous fun for a political reporter to deal with. I remember her coming to lunch from the Home Office: she would pull a piece of paper from her huge handbag and say: “Let’s get … 1/3 183.8K views · 184 likes · 10 reposts · 8 replies 10 Jul 2026 What a pleasure to listen to a thoughtful speech without having to them monitor the four big news broadcasters asking variations of exactly the same question and papers trying to get an angle on the England manager! Let’s have more speeches and more pressers - separately 45K views · 65 likes · 8 reposts · 3 replies 29 Jun 2026