Jessica Elgot

@jessicaelgot · Westminster & North Yorkshire · joined 29 Sep 2008

deputy political editor at the @guardian 📧 jessica.elgot@theguardian.com some tweets about #lufc

110 992Followers

3 180Following

3 014Posts total

690.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views6 858this account7 037median for 100K–1M

Reach, %6.18%this account2.88%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.39%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	6 858	7 037	0.97×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.18%	2.88%	2.15×
Engagement rate	0.39%	1.40%	0.28×

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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

337.7K29 Jul

720

1.1K

545 Aug

93.1K1 Sep

111.2K

6.9K2 Sep

116.3K

5.5K

4.8K

2.7K

10.9K

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.32%29 Jul

0.97%

1.12%

12.96%5 Aug

0.44%1 Sep

0.39%

0.13%2 Sep

0.12%

0.45%

0.04%

0.26%

1.47%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes78.4%1 901 in total

Reposts7.1%172 in total

Replies6.6%159 in total

Quotes2.6%64 in total

Bookmarks5.3%128 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

Reform UK has banned some journalists from its annual conference who have reported critically on the party and Nigel Farage. It includes the Guardian’s City editor, Anna Isaac, who uncovered the £5m gift. https://t.co/23mdOmeUxT 10.9K views · 95 likes · 47 reposts · 9 replies 02 Sep 2026 @jessicaelgot @PippaCrerar His ego is such that he won’t want to risk losing so he won’t stand. 2.7K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 @jessicaelgot Yes but what about @CountBinface for Holborn and St Pancras? 4.8K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 @jessicaelgot @PippaCrerar If he doesn’t win is that the end of his (relatively bonkers) leadership or will he adopt a “fought bravely” line for the party? 5.5K views · 22 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras sounds like a done deal from the hints the party is dropping over the past 24 hours. Needs the formality of local party sign-off. 116.3K views · 106 likes · 16 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026 Paul was a wonderful editor and a joy in the newsroom, as well as a kind human being and genuinely hilarious company. I’m so sorry to hear this! 6.9K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 NEW - The cabinet was told on Tuesday that the Burnham government will have three key priorities- - cutting costs of essentials like childcare and mortgages - regeneration of communities - greater public control of water, housing and energy. 111.2K views · 278 likes · 50 reposts · 70 replies 01 Sep 2026 Numb at the news my old colleague and mentor Paul Vale has passed away. Vividly remember meeting him on my first day @HuffPostUK and him telling me how he took his tea. He had an impeccable sense of humour, was marvellous company, lit up the newsroom whenever he entered it and 93.1K views · 392 likes · 11 reposts · 5 replies 01 Sep 2026 @jessicaelgot Dear members of the American press! Steve Jobs once said, "If you can convince the press of your technology, and the press convinces us, we'll pay attention." That's why I'm reaching out to you. For years, the development of personal devices has been driven by ad 54 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Aug 2026 @jessicaelgot For my late grandfather’s 90th birthday I asked Tony Blair to write him a birthday card as he was lifelong Labour supporter. My grandfather was blown away by the card. He wrote back to say thank you. Blair wrote back to say thank you for the thank you. Could have 1.1K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 29 Jul 2023 @jessicaelgot I actually really want to know how much Denis Healey was paying for a decent suit in 1981. 720 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 29 Jul 2023 Clearing out my grandparents flat this weekend and coming across these treasures - thank you cards from Denis Healey and Leeds MP Joe Dean - my grandfather made their suits. He was so proud of that. https://t.co/DdoOGNHh4g 337.7K views · 967 likes · 48 reposts · 63 replies 29 Jul 2023