Mark Carruthers

@MarkCarruthers7 · Belfast, Northern Ireland · joined 08 Aug 2012

Personal account | Presenter of The View, Sunday Politics & Red Lines for BBC NI | Visiting Professor of Media at Ulster University | New book out now…

48 890Followers

1 726Following

23 892Posts total

581.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers711 Sep

#BBCTheView 1.7K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers711 Sep

Stormont's Education Minister Paul Givan says he is "confident" of a revised funding offer from the government on Friday, but still does not believe it will go far enough to resolve the budget deadlock. https://t.co/IrmxS9Ncw2 8.6K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers77 Sep

Funeral Times | Death Notice Stephen Walker https://t.co/UvfoRoRMIR 20.9K views · 63 likes · 9 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers76 Sep

Heartbroken 💔 https://t.co/5tTOO2cKEK 139.5K views · 602 likes · 36 reposts · 35 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers76 Sep

@MarkCarruthers7 @StepWalkTV Deepest condolences to Stephens family and friends at this sad time. He was a real gentleman and a pleasure to chat with at all times. 5.2K views · 62 likes · 9 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers76 Sep

@MarkCarruthers7 @davidarcherNI @StepWalkTV Stephen our dearest friend and colleague. You always put life in perspective. You made us laugh in the newsroom. You loved a tunnock… you made such an impression. A husband, dad, son, brother friend, colleague, journalist and Author. 4.2K views · 67 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers76 Sep

@MarkCarruthers7 @StepWalkTV So very sorry to hear this. Stephen was such a talented journalist and a real gentleman. Thoughts with his family, friends and former colleagues. I know he'll be sorely missed. 6.4K views · 36 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers76 Sep

https://t.co/en90mx78DX

390.6K views · 765 likes · 74 reposts · 108 replies Open on X →

Mark Carruthers@MarkCarruthers75 Sep

Adrian Dunbar on home, Irish unity and his new Line of Duty catchphrase… #BBCRedLines https://t.co/K8OOWmxYPD 4.4K views · 27 likes · 7 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views6 375this account1 027median for 10K–100K

Reach, %13.04%this account4.03%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.48%this account1.55%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	6 375	1 027	6.21×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	13.04%	4.03%	3.24×
Engagement rate	0.48%	1.55%	0.31×

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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

4.4K5 Sep

390.6K6 Sep

6.4K

4.2K

5.2K

139.5K

20.9K7 Sep

8.6K11 Sep

1.7K

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

0.92%5 Sep

0.25%6 Sep

0.66%

1.62%

1.36%

0.48%

0.36%7 Sep

0.03%11 Sep

0.06%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.

What the audience does

Likes81.2%1 625 in total

Reposts7.2%144 in total

Replies7.6%153 in total

Quotes2.1%43 in total

Bookmarks1.8%37 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

7 Sep13 Sep

Daily snapshots since 07 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

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