Philip Hensher

@PhilipHensher

Author of novels, including To Battersea Park. Prof of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Comes with Schnauzer. Views personal.

9 235Followers

1 773Following

16 785Posts total

40.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 100this account7 264median for under 10K

Reach, %11.91%this account475.35%median for under 10K

Engagement, %1.14%this account0.97%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 100	7 264	0.15×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.91%	4.8× audience	0.03×
Engagement rate	1.14%	0.97%	1.18×

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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

37.7K3 Sep

1.8K

404

232

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.69%3 Sep

0.50%

0.99%

1.29%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 0.97%.

What the audience does

Likes66.1%829 in total

Reposts10.7%134 in total

Replies4.0%50 in total

Quotes1.3%16 in total

Bookmarks17.9%225 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

@PhilipHensher @yaba_badoe Such a wonderful read! 232 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @PhilipHensher Many congratulations on the publication! I have been looking forward to reading this for almost a month now. Are there any plans for an audiobook release? 404 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 @PhilipHensher I bought it last weekend in Waterstones! Hugely enjoying but didnt realise I was buying an embargoed copy! 1.8K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 It's publication day! The Guardian called it a "masterpiece"; the Times said it was "exemplary"; the Spectator said it was "the most enjoyable work of literary criticism I've read for many years." It's got a rating on goodreads of 4.88. Off you go: John Sandoe opens at 9.30. http 37.7K views · 817 likes · 134 reposts · 46 replies 03 Sep 2026