Simon Marks

@MarksSimon · Kenya · joined 08 Apr 2011

Senior Reporter @BloombergAfrica | Previously @nytimes + @Politico | smarks44@bloomberg.net | Follow me on https://t.co/770BuWeV3K

22 317Followers

2 492Following

4 274Posts total

15.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Simon Marks@MarksSimon11 Sep

As the Houthis gain ground in Yemen and strike Saudi Arabia, the kingdom faces a stark choice: escalate a military campaign that’s for years failed or tolerate greater rebel leverage over the Red Sea. With @veenaalikhan1 @PeterMartin_PCM https://t.co/X012dWsLX2 387 views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Marks@MarksSimon10 Sep

The Houthis advanced toward Red Sea coastal areas bordering the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, as fighting between the militant group and Saudi-backed forces intensifies. In particular, they’ve gained ground in seizing Mokha near the southern end of the Red Sea. https://t.co/mPT3U7r7cJ 463 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Marks@MarksSimon28 Aug

@MarksSimon His father must be Trump 1 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Marks@MarksSimon25 Aug

Here we go! Uganda’s army chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba and the son of long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni, said he plans to run for the presidency in 2031, when the country next holds elections. https://t.co/dqqKs30zlT 11.8K views · 9 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Simon Marks@MarksSimon31 Jul

“There is no alert system, so people sleep in what they hope to be a safe corner of their home. Young children all talk about drones. It’s become part of everyday life.” How drones are reshaping the soundscape of war. https://t.co/7Y2zvrQpVa 734 views · 2 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Marks@MarksSimon26 Jun

The plight of the population in what is now South Sudan's Block 5A is unfathomable. First the atorcities that occured when Sweden's Lundin Oil were present. Then a massive health fallout after @Petronas took over, which we reported on last year: https://t.co/opqk3KitkH 268 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Marks@MarksSimon26 Jun

Could two of Sweden's top oil bosses go to jail for crimes that occured in Sudan between 1999 and 2003. @jacoblorinc and I spent months investigating the allegations and uncovered cases of threats made against witnesses in the landmark trail. https://t.co/wT53e5J8kb 1.4K views · 4 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views463this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.07%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.22%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	463	924	0.50×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.07%	3.62%	0.57×
Engagement rate	0.22%	1.52%	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

1.4K26 Jun

268

73431 Jul

11.8K25 Aug

128 Aug

46310 Sep

38711 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

0.79%26 Jun

0.75%

0.68%31 Jul

0.14%25 Aug

0.00%28 Aug

0.22%10 Sep

0.26%11 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes38.6%17 in total

Reposts38.6%17 in total

Replies4.5%2 in total

Bookmarks18.2%8 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.