Adam Payne

@adampayne26 · North London via Cumbria · joined 23 Jun 2012

Editor of @politicshome. Sometimes on TV & radio and our weekly podcast, The Rundown. Contact me: adam.payne@politicshome.com.

31 716Followers

2 916Following

71 536Posts total

30.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views5 358this account1 456median for 10K–100K

Reach, %16.90%this account4.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.25%this account1.88%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	5 358	1 456	3.68×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	16.90%	4.50%	3.75×
Engagement rate	0.25%	1.88%	0.13×

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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

4.5K21 Jul

2.2K28 Jul

6.9K30 Jul

7.3K29 Aug

3.5K1 Sep

6.2K2 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.25%21 Jul

0.56%28 Jul

0.71%30 Jul

0.10%29 Aug

0.26%1 Sep

0.24%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.88%.

What the audience does

Likes70.1%75 in total

Reposts14.0%15 in total

Replies8.4%9 in total

Quotes3.7%4 in total

Bookmarks3.7%4 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

For The House mag, I sit down with Lee Anderson on an old slag heap in Nottinghamshire Ahead of Reform conference, we discuss Burnham, Restore Britain, Tory MP "snobbery" towards how he speaks, and why he'd shorten recess and make MPs vote at weekends https://t.co/9aoMsKxNnw 6.2K views · 6 likes · 4 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 From the weekend: @robfordmancs for us on why a snap election isn't worth the risk for Burnham 'Labour’s polls have rebounded... but only from dire to poor. Current projections still suggest Labour would do well to emerge as the largest party, let alone win a majority' 3.5K views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 With every Labour poll lead comes speculation that Burnham could try to capitalise on his bounce by calling a snap election However, doing so soon really isn't worth the risk for the new PM While Labour's ratings have improved, they're not exactly great. Losses would be almost 7.3K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 29 Aug 2026 Imagine the thrill in the UEFA press office when this absolute nuke was being signed off. What a statement. I'd run through brick for Aleksander Ceferin 6.9K views · 42 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jul 2026 A second pollster has found Labour in the lead for the first time in well over a year Yesterday, More in Common put Labour 4% ahead of Reform on 28% – the party's first lead since March 2025 Today, Survation puts Labour 2% ahead of Reform on 26% – its first lead since May 2025 2.2K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 28 Jul 2026 The Stockport / Blossoms government 4.5K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 21 Jul 2026