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Nic Robertson ✓

@NicRobertsonCNN · London · joined 16 Mar 2009

CNN International Diplomatic Editor

115 096Followers

959Following

2 989Posts total

1.2MViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

@NicRobertsonCNN The government buddy. Only proxies are the Saudi/CIA backed ones. 1.8K views · 84 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

@NicRobertsonCNN The network you work for is a proxy of Israel 1.3K views · 81 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

@NicRobertsonCNN I know there’s an editor getting chewed out for taking longer to edit this piece than it did for Ansarallah to take the island lol 2.2K views · 84 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

@NicRobertsonCNN Saudi bombed Yemen in July which started this war. Yemen did not join in Iran’s war prior to that. How are they a proxy? 10.4K views · 550 likes · 23 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

@NicRobertsonCNN Why would you post this now lol https://t.co/Js84J16cn2

858 views · 72 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

@NicRobertsonCNN lol they already have fire control over the island. 3.6K views · 110 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

Exclusive access to fight to stop Iran's powerful Yemen proxy - the Houthis who want this vital waterway - could drive up cost of oil - and pressure Trump https://t.co/kHF1u5WeNM

7:17

265.1K views · 531 likes · 123 reposts · 54 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

Exclusive access to Island that may soon fall to Iran's powerful proxy the Houthis - overnight they appear closer to control of vital Yemen Island that could drive price of oil even higher.. https://t.co/63ShDPSZmD

3:44

868.6K views · 1.1K likes · 319 reposts · 89 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN10 Sep

Why this tiny island matters to the world - unconfirmed reports claim Iran backed Houthis made rapid gains overnight towards Perim (Mayun) Island in Bab Al Mandab Strait https://t.co/fFMAvPtlZ9

2:02

8.3K views · 89 likes · 34 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN31 Aug

Here’s how Yemen’s forgotten war - is going global - Iran’s most powerful proxy the Houthis are helping ramp oil price pressure on President Trump - we get special access at Bab Al Mandab strait - smaller twin to the Strait of Hormuz.. a vital waterway getting more dangerous http

5:55

6.9K views · 55 likes · 17 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nic Robertson ✓@NicRobertsonCNN27 Aug

Ratko Mladic - perhaps deadliest convicted war criminal since WWII - responsible for the biggest mass murder in almost 50 years - the cold blooded killing of more than 7,000 Bosnian men and boys from the town of Srebrenica - now dead aged 84 https://t.co/lZOQGYuXxC

2:39

4.4K views · 26 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views4 428this account6 070median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.85%this account1.60%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %3.05%this account0.97%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	4 428	6 070	0.73×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.85%	1.60%	2.40×
Engagement rate	3.05%	0.97%	3.12×

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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

4.4K27 Aug

6.9K31 Aug

8.3K10 Sep

868.6K

265.1K

3.6K

858

10.4K

2.2K

1.3K

1.8K

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

0.81%27 Aug

1.05%31 Aug

1.54%10 Sep

0.18%

0.28%

3.05%

8.51%

5.61%

3.85%

6.36%

4.75%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.97%.

What the audience does

Likes69.8%2 820 in total

Reposts13.0%525 in total

Replies4.1%165 in total

Quotes0.9%38 in total

Bookmarks12.2%495 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

14 Sep

Daily snapshots since 14 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

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