💧Michael West ✓

@MichaelWestBiz · Australia · joined 11 Aug 2011

Journalist covering the rising power of corporations over democracy michael@michaelwest.com.au

104 649Followers

16 181Following

30 623Posts total

76.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

15 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views1 223this account4 256median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.17%this account1.64%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %7.87%this account1.36%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 223	4 256	0.29×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.17%	1.64%	0.71×
Engagement rate	7.87%	1.36%	5.80×

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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

1.2K2 Sep

1.2K3 Sep

1.7K

4.8K5 Sep

6.4K

216

157

169

219

144

2.9K

3.1K

1.5K

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

13.90%2 Sep

15.04%3 Sep

15.76%

8.30%5 Sep

7.87%

5.56%

4.46%

5.33%

4.11%

4.17%

1.94%

9.86%

33.33%

11.56%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes63.4%3 133 in total

Reposts26.9%1 330 in total

Replies5.9%292 in total

Quotes1.5%76 in total

Bookmarks2.3%113 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

Richard Marles: "Accelerate force posture .. interoperability"? Give more Australian sovereignty to US war machine crazies you mean? #scamoftheweek #auspol #AUKUS #economy #china https://t.co/fbBToEbyJp https://t.co/f97NFS0t9E 1.5K views · 118 likes · 46 reposts · 15 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz @UrbanWronski On the surface Burgess is attacking the government but he is trying to blame the Australian public too by smearing us with the disgusting accusation of enabling the shootings through antisemitism. This is a smear right out of the mouths of Jillian Se 24 views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Malinauskas to chop down 400 trees in Adelaide's pristine city park for MotoGP @MrRexPatrick not impressed #auspol https://t.co/TdlZTPHgTo 3.1K views · 170 likes · 91 reposts · 32 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Australia's first political assassination was 32 years to this day. Is Phuong Ngo innocent of the killing of John Newman? Carlotta McIntosh #auspol https://t.co/KIEte1tFJq 2.9K views · 37 likes · 15 reposts · 4 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz @jommy_tee @UrbanWronski ASIO refuses to issue their own former asset a visa to allow him to give in person evidence on the security failings. https://t.co/w5yMMTG5fN 144 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz Yes but they are using it also for operations they know are illegal. Basically they not only surveille but they can manipulate and modify all digital records and communications including tampering of evidence, cutting off access to various individuals or even I’ve 219 views · 6 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz Why hasn't these things been questioned in parliament ? My tax dollars are being used for surveillance on me. Fts. 169 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz @UrbanWronski It’s far far worse than incompetence. ASIO has been involved in misusing its authority to coerce judges to agree to orchestrate predetermined outcomes in court cases and instructing police to deny any protection under the law to victims of serious cr 157 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz You can see why so many data centres are needed by those in authority 216 views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Likelihood you will be watched by foreign surveillance firms = high https://t.co/DaahOvwoeY https://t.co/J3MUSLRE3G 6.4K views · 310 likes · 158 reposts · 29 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

As ASIO is trending amid calls for more Royal Commission, let's not forget the actual Bondi failure @UrbanWronski https://t.co/6skZZXZaFY 4.8K views · 260 likes · 111 reposts · 19 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz @Lochinvar001 Minns must resign. This is beyond despicable 1.7K views · 215 likes · 42 reposts · 6 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz @HumanSoTired @Lochinvar001 Australian citizens who were raped by IDF were harassed by Australian border staff when coming home. Where was their protection? 1.2K views · 146 likes · 34 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@MichaelWestBiz @Lochinvar001 Name another country on earth that invites the MURDERS, KIDNAPPERS and TORTURERS of THEIR citizens for a fun run? 1.2K views · 127 likes · 30 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

"NSW Police found 36 officers for a fun run" Police ran 36 bodyguards for the IDF runners in the Sydney Marathon. Why? @Lochinvar001 #auspol https://t.co/ICqs1IK8ja 52.5K views · 1.7K likes · 796 reposts · 182 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →