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Ed Balls

@edballs · London-Castleford-Cambridge MA · joined 12 Oct 2008

Dad, cook, pianist, drummer, Good Morning Britain, Political Currency, King’s College Ldn, Holocaust Fdn co-Chair, NCFC, retired dancer, former Cabinet Minister

281 491Followers
1 966Following
10 373Posts total
254.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views16 317this account8 935median for 100K–1M
Reach, %5.80%this account3.24%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.12%this account1.32%median for 100K–1M
MetricThis accountMedian for 100K–1MRatio
Median views per post16 3178 9351.83×
Reach (views ÷ followers)5.80%3.24%1.79×
Engagement rate0.12%1.32%0.09×

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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

28.9K9 Jul
27.7K
16.3K24 Aug
10.7K
124.9K26 Aug
17.4K
310
53427 Aug
16.9K3 Sep
7.5K
3.2K

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.11%9 Jul
0.12%
0.02%24 Aug
0.07%
1.85%26 Aug
0.15%
1.29%
1.12%27 Aug
0.09%3 Sep
0.07%
0.12%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes90.7%2 266 in total
Reposts4.2%106 in total
Replies2.7%67 in total
Quotes0.6%14 in total
Bookmarks1.8%46 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

Check out the @YouTube video - our @polcurrency team have done such a brilliant job - and the British Museum lead curator, Michael Lewis @Tostig1066 is excellent - and not just because of the #ncfc shirt 3.2K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Don’t miss this cracking @polcurrency - recorded today at the British Museum: we discuss the Bayeaux Tapestry plus @andyburnham in parliament, the vital October Budget and how the opposition parties are responding - listen now or watch this evening on @YouTube @George_Osborne 7.5K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 “It’s an amazing way to see it” Recorded inside the Bayeux Tapestry exhibit, Ed and George speak to curator Michael Lewis about what makes this new display so special. 🎧 LISTEN: https://t.co/GW3JsbGNcG  🖥️ WATCH on YouTube later this evening https://t.co/sWfe1uT8Tr 16.9K views · 9 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @edballs Above this "career highlight?" https://t.co/itFEGDAKf7 534 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 27 Aug 2026 @edballs Surely interviewing your wife (Home Sec.) and throwing low ball questions was the highlight? 310 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 @edballs As I recall the Perm Sec was so star struck he couldn’t speak 17.4K views · 24 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 26 Aug 2026 Career highlight.. 124.9K views · 2.2K likes · 82 reposts · 55 replies 26 Aug 2026 And thanks for the great question Richard 10.7K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 24 Aug 2026 Interesting answers @edballs @George_Osborne - the "what next?" is a bit of fun, but the "what made a difference?" bit is the core of historical analysis. Thanks for answering question & I think the team relationships/chemistry point rings true as ways to go beyond individual 16.3K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 24 Aug 2026 Our fourth Harvard-Kings paper on regional growth - a decidedly mixed stocktake of progress over the last two years, plus what the new Prime Minister needs to do to revive the growth agenda - is out today. Dan has done a great thread with a link to the paper at the top: 27.7K views · 18 likes · 10 reposts · 5 replies 09 Jul 2026 Two years ago Labour promised a “devolution revolution” to drive growth. Today, with @edballs, Nyasha Weinberg, @annastansbury and @ElsdenEsme, we publish our verdict: a government at risk of squandering the best opportunity in a generation. A🧵 https://t.co/JB0lV0eSPF 28.9K views · 20 likes · 6 reposts · 3 replies 09 Jul 2026

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