David Atherton ✓

@daveatherton · London · joined 09 Feb 2010

"Campaigning journalist" -Kelvin MacKenzie, voted best X News A/C 2025, free markets, free speech. "Selfish smoker"-Daily Mirror, "Half arsed"-Jeremy Clarkson.

346 934Followers

47 620Following

334 145Posts total

365.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views9 222this account22 159median for 100K–1M

Reach, %2.66%this account6.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %5.78%this account1.18%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	9 222	22 159	0.42×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.66%	6.71%	0.40×
Engagement rate	5.78%	1.18%	4.92×

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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

236.4K21 Apr

94.8K2 Sep

13.7K

9.2K

5.7K

5.9K

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

0.34%21 Apr

5.78%2 Sep

11.44%

2.50%

8.01%

5.13%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.18%.

What the audience does

Likes64.5%5 728 in total

Reposts8.4%746 in total

Replies25.2%2 234 in total

Quotes1.5%130 in total

Bookmarks0.5%42 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

If this placard is true 👍 - yes. 5.9K views · 210 likes · 29 reposts · 59 replies 02 Sep 2026 It seems Austria 🇦🇹 is going to ban political Islam ☪️ as its incompatible with Enlightened, western liberal democracy. Austria is the only country in Europe so far. to ban the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood, who in 1928 set out to turn the west into an Islamic Caliphate. https:/ 5.7K views · 356 likes · 85 reposts · 13 replies 02 Sep 2026 PC Mohammed Abid, brother of convicted Manchester Airport thugs Mohammed Fahir Amaaz & Muhammad Amaad is facing disciplinary proceedings for teasing a black female colleague, saying her braided hair looked like a mop. With 7 others they mimicked her accent. I'm going to be 9.2K views · 160 likes · 44 reposts · 27 replies 02 Sep 2026 GMB presenter @aditray_ is complaining about people criticising women's head coverings, comparing it to the dress of Catholic nuns. I see Muslim head garb as a sign of female subjugation. I'm not aware of any Catholic schools who insist girls come to school dressed as nuns. htt 13.7K views · 1.4K likes · 177 reposts · 36 replies 02 Sep 2026 What’s your response? https://t.co/YnCWjz49rl 94.8K views · 3.2K likes · 228 reposts · 2K replies 02 Sep 2026 🚨Lawfare Update🚨 Thinking I was going to be in court, it was just a hearing & they found against me. I have instantly appealed. I'd be very grateful if you could help me towards my legal costs. Defending freedom of speech & obtaining justice is not cheap. Thank you. ht 236.4K views · 489 likes · 183 reposts · 111 replies 21 Apr 2026