Karin Smyth

@karinsmyth · Bristol · joined 06 Feb 2012

Labour MP for Bristol South. Minister of State for Health.

15 950Followers

2 018Following

22 229Posts total

88.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views8 251this account2 578median for 10K–100K

Reach, %51.73%this account7.77%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.50%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	8 251	2 578	3.20×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	51.73%	7.77%	6.66×
Engagement rate	1.50%	1.47%	1.02×

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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

2.4K13 Jul

42.1K14 Jul

1.8K

1.9K16 Jul

25.9K22 Jul

14.1K9 Aug

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

1.11%13 Jul

1.89%14 Jul

0.57%

1.37%16 Jul

1.64%22 Jul

3.89%9 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes72.8%1 340 in total

Reposts9.9%182 in total

Replies15.3%282 in total

Quotes1.4%26 in total

Bookmarks0.6%11 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

This week we lost my Mum, aged 91yrs. She came to London 70yrs ago, met my Dad working on the buses. She always said never run after a man or a bus as there’s another one after this one! https://t.co/9AuwI0MX9Q 14.1K views · 491 likes · 21 reposts · 33 replies 09 Aug 2026 Very pleased to have been reappointed as Minister of State in the Department of Health. I look forward to continuing the work of rebuilding our NHS to make it fit for the future. https://t.co/hg4KlGzoEj 25.9K views · 274 likes · 19 reposts · 124 replies 22 Jul 2026 Thanks to Labour colleagues and Opposition for work over recent weeks in Committee scrutiny for the NHS Modernisation Bill. Pleased to have completed this evening as Parliament rises for the summer recess. https://t.co/58Zw21Eo2L 1.9K views · 21 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 16 Jul 2026 Great support for parents and even better to have trial in Bristol 1.8K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 14 Jul 2026 Q: What use is government help if you don’t know about it and can’t figure out how to use it? A: None at all. That’s why Innovation Fellow Teneeka and her team built a new portal for our free childcare offering in just 90 days - a process that historically took 18 months. https: 42.1K views · 528 likes · 133 reposts · 119 replies 14 Jul 2026 Corridor care is not acceptable, and must never be normalised. Very pleased to contribute to this debate and to set out how the Government is undertaking the reforms necessary to end the routine use of corridor care by the end of this Parliament: https://t.co/LPSiBlTR5s 2.4K views · 19 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 13 Jul 2026