Sam Dalrymple

@SamDalrymple123 · Following You · joined 03 Feb 2012

International Bestselling Author of Shattered Lands. Best History Book 2025 in FT, Spectator, NPR & BBC. https://t.co/qz4iyxhm0t

28 543Followers

189Following

3 504Posts total

68.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views11 684this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %40.93%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.51%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	11 684	2 896	4.03×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	40.93%	9.51%	4.30×
Engagement rate	3.51%	1.56%	2.26×

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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

10.2K25 Aug

21.7K26 Aug

11.7K

20.4K29 Aug

4.2K2 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.51%25 Aug

1.48%26 Aug

3.95%

2.78%29 Aug

3.54%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes75.1%1 617 in total

Reposts7.8%169 in total

Replies2.5%54 in total

Quotes0.8%17 in total

Bookmarks13.7%296 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

So thrilled that Shattered Lands has made the final shortlist for the Cundill Prize alongside such incredible authors! https://t.co/GB2UDuqHGW 4.2K views · 119 likes · 15 reposts · 12 replies 02 Sep 2026 Houses of the Viceroys: The Lytton Estate In the 19th century, much of the British Empire was being run by the occupants of a single country house north of London. https://t.co/MtNaIfbhkS 20.4K views · 507 likes · 53 reposts · 5 replies 29 Aug 2026 The Hampi of North India "Bayana, were it not for its shortage of water, might have been the capital of India." So begins Mehrdad Shokoohy's book on Bayana, one of the great forgotten cities of India, just half an hour from Bharatpur. https://t.co/QQDfi1YYKi 11.7K views · 413 likes · 42 reposts · 6 replies 26 Aug 2026 The Curzon India Collection Kedleston Hall is the ancestral residence of the Curzon family and like every other Viceroy House, it is full of antiques and ivories. https://t.co/ryxOZOiHHR 21.7K views · 265 likes · 31 reposts · 18 replies 26 Aug 2026 The Tomb of Viceroy Lord Curzon In the small All Saints Church of Northern England stands the tomb of one of the most consequential figures in South Asian history: Lord Curzon. https://t.co/WLyNWzoRdS 10.2K views · 313 likes · 28 reposts · 13 replies 25 Aug 2026