Sebastian Payne ✓

@SebastianEPayne · Blandford Forum and Mortehoe · joined 03 Jul 2010

Leaders and columns for @TheTimes. Exploring 'Where Power Lies' for @panmacmillan (2027).

117 368Followers

4 061Following

5 192Posts total

66.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views6 552this account4 257median for 100K–1M

Reach, %5.58%this account1.61%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.32%this account1.31%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	6 552	4 257	1.54×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.58%	1.61%	3.47×
Engagement rate	0.32%	1.31%	0.25×

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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

26.2K13 Aug

4.5K

2.6K

699

9.2K3 Sep

8.6K4 Sep

1.8K

12.6K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.34%13 Aug

0.31%

0.19%

1.00%

0.24%3 Sep

0.70%4 Sep

0.17%

0.39%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.31%.

What the audience does

Likes67.9%199 in total

Reposts6.5%19 in total

Replies7.8%23 in total

Quotes2.4%7 in total

Bookmarks15.4%45 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

This was quite the exchange 12.6K views · 41 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

📺 Another very normal day in Reformland. Shall be discussing it all on @BBCNewsnight with @ayeshahazarika @MrHarryCole @LukeTryl and more. Join us at 10:30pm! 1.8K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

🏠 Are the Tories now the party of Yimbys? Kemi Bandenoch’s bracing shad cab reshuffle is a break with the Nimbyism of the past - look at the promotions for Katie Lam, Andrew Griffith, Jack Rankin and Claire Coutinho. Latest @thetimes column https://t.co/P7idyKrvgO 8.6K views · 44 likes · 9 reposts · 6 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Congratulations @northumbriana on Howay the Lads launch tonight! It’s a brilliant history of NUFC and Newcastle for fans and foes alike. Haven’t been to the Tyneside Irish Centre since childhood ceilidhs https://t.co/0aTo6539dq 9.2K views · 21 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@SebastianEPayne @thetimes Absolute scenes 699 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 13 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@vanmildert1965 Enjoy my student memories along with those of @CharlotteIvers and @CindyXiaodanYu You don’t have to go clubbing or be a genius — what we wish we knew at uni https://t.co/fyMNRu8ueY 2.6K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 13 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

As vice president of @vanmildert1965 JCR during my last year, I carried out my discipline responsibilities with mixed results. https://t.co/OLHhXKYPSB 4.5K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 13 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

🏫Happy A-Level results day! If you’re off to university, you may well be tempted by student politics. I was at Durham and it was, er, interesting. I’ve written for @thetimes today about why you should do it - but shouldn’t take it too seriously. https://t.co/Um1TOrOadn 26.2K views · 69 likes · 3 reposts · 13 replies 13 Aug 2026 · Open on X →