Andrew Lilico ✓

@andrew_lilico

Economist PhD, formerly taught philosophy at university, dabbles in politics writing, likes maths models, keen on terraforming Mars.

8 974Followers

283Following

27 036Posts total

399.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views789this account6 244median for under 10K

Reach, %8.79%this account415.20%median for under 10K

Engagement, %1.32%this account1.06%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	789	6 244	0.13×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.79%	4.2× audience	0.02×
Engagement rate	1.32%	1.06%	1.24×

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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

388.4K2 Sep

8.8K

769

7893 Sep

607

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

0.15%2 Sep

3.83%

1.56%

0.38%3 Sep

1.32%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.06%.

What the audience does

Likes54.8%555 in total

Reposts5.7%58 in total

Replies29.6%300 in total

Quotes4.8%49 in total

Bookmarks5.0%51 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

@andrew_lilico @TheNewsAgents @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall No, caused by Thatcher obviously. 607 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @andrew_lilico @TheNewsAgents @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall Whatever mental gymnastics they want to do. Doesn’t change the remedy for high borrowing costs. Borrow less. 789 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @andrew_lilico @TheNewsAgents @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall Now please - listen to the experts with degrees in English, politics and sociology! 769 views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 @TheNewsAgents @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall What on Earth are you on about!? Are you seriously claiming that the movements or levels of UK yields now have been caused by *Liz Truss*?!? 8.8K views · 318 likes · 11 reposts · 8 replies 02 Sep 2026 “Tokyo, Berlin, Washington. They're not having problems with their borrowing costs because of Andy Burnham.” Why is Burnham getting blamed for the global rise in debt, whilst Liz Truss is treated as a guru? @maitlis | @jonsopel | @lewis_goodall https://t.co/lvZ4zMVMET 388.4K views · 215 likes · 47 reposts · 291 replies 02 Sep 2026