Andrew Neil ✓

@afneil

Columnist for Daily Mail UK and MailOnline USA. @TimesRadio anchor. Former Chairman of The Spectator, Editor Sunday Times, BBC TV anchor, Chairman Sky TV

1 226 450Followers

476Following

96 135Posts total

132.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views1 137this account8 780median for 1M–10M

Reach, %0.09%this account0.36%median for 1M–10M

Engagement, %3.96%this account1.44%median for 1M–10M

Metric	This account	Median for 1M–10M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 137	8 780	0.13×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.09%	0.36%	0.26×
Engagement rate	3.96%	1.44%	2.75×

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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

129.4K2 Sep

1.2K

817

1.1K

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

4.01%2 Sep

3.91%

4.16%

3.37%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 1.44%.

What the audience does

Likes73.1%4 041 in total

Reposts18.8%1 038 in total

Replies3.2%177 in total

Quotes0.9%50 in total

Bookmarks4.1%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

@afneil I grew up in the 1970s under labour and remember exciting moments such as endless strikes and power cuts . These are just stories to my son and I never thought he'd be able to experience them first hand . This is one sequel that may be better than the original 1.1K views · 32 likes · 0 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 @afneil You are right. Frightening to see the delusions of Labour left in charge. The failure to note that Labour failures in the 60s and 70s needed Thatcher to fight for the country. To think this cretin believes we should go back to the 70s defies belief… 817 views · 33 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @afneil Why are people like you Andrew not in politics? People that actually know what they are talking about. 1.2K views · 35 likes · 1 reposts · 9 replies 02 Sep 2026 Britain continues to come off badly in a second day of worldwide bond sell-off. Yield on 30-year gilts hit 5.89% = higher mortgages. As I write, 10-years are over 5.26%. Alas the nation’s Bus-Conductor-in-Chief said nothing to calm the markets in his Commons debut yesterday. He 129.4K views · 3.9K likes · 1K reposts · 163 replies 02 Sep 2026