Ed Aarons

@ed_aarons · London · joined 10 Feb 2009

Football writer @Guardian_sport Made in Africa book: https://t.co/64H29aRw6W… And podcast: https://t.co/7TH9fORlLr Owned by a beagle

74 000Followers

4 488Following

43 914Posts total

320.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views20 187this account980median for 10K–100K

Reach, %27.28%this account3.27%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.33%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	20 187	980	20.6×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	27.28%	3.27%	8.34×
Engagement rate	0.33%	2.01%	0.16×

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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

29.7K3 Sep

85.9K

140.7K

10.1K

11.2K

4.7K

9.3K

29.2K4 Sep

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

0.58%3 Sep

0.32%

0.34%

0.19%

0.30%

0.15%

0.81%

0.38%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes87.3%1 064 in total

Reposts6.1%74 in total

Replies1.1%14 in total

Quotes1.6%20 in total

Bookmarks3.9%47 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

Welcome to Crystal Palace… Despite missing out on Malick Fofana, Pierre Sage has taken a chaotic deadline day in his stride and now wants his new team to make an impression on the pitch https://t.co/JZLbGnrl1g 29.2K views · 104 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Gabriel Martinelli leaves Arsenal for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal in £60m deal https://t.co/j4Tec6ggHK 9.3K views · 68 likes · 8 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@ed_aarons And this is why, like Olise, and Eze, when the time comes he will go with the Fans blessing . We will be both sad and proud. 4.7K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@ed_aarons Well done Mrs Wharton 11.2K views · 30 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@ed_aarons I love Adam Wharton to bits. 10.1K views · 17 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Pierre Sage says that Crystal Palace received some offers for Adam Wharton in the summer transfer window but the England midfielder wanted to stay at Selhurst Park. Asked if he can reveal which clubs, he says “No. I think it’s really smart to stay at least one year more.” 140.7K views · 424 likes · 31 reposts · 8 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Pierre Sage admits Ismaila Sarr “needs time” to get over his failed move to Liverpool but says he doesn’t agree with comments made by the Senegal forward’s agent that he was treated like ‘a commodity’. “The club is always respectful and wants the best for our players.” 85.9K views · 253 likes · 17 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Arsenal bank on continuity to stay ahead of the pack after big names elude them in transfer window https://t.co/1fIM0XrwrE 29.7K views · 161 likes · 9 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →