max seddon ✓

@maxseddon · joined 06 Aug 2011

moscow bureau chief @FT. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com

351 314Followers

4 627Following

32 789Posts total

2.1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views30 018this account22 159median for 100K–1M

Reach, %8.54%this account6.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.48%this account1.18%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	30 018	22 159	1.35×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.54%	6.71%	1.27×
Engagement rate	0.48%	1.18%	0.41×

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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

1.3M12 Nov

41K18 Aug

13.9K20 Aug

19K21 Aug

732.2K1 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.24%12 Nov

0.39%18 Aug

0.32%20 Aug

1.16%21 Aug

0.56%1 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes62.3%5 306 in total

Reposts21.1%1 797 in total

Replies2.8%236 in total

Quotes2.7%227 in total

Bookmarks11.1%946 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

NEW: Russia has been secretly helping Iran develop advanced supersonic cruise missiles in one of the most significant known transfers of strategic military technology from Moscow to Tehran. with @MilesMJohnson @charles_clover https://t.co/01SxsOypLq 732.2K views · 2.7K likes · 1.1K reposts · 140 replies 01 Sep 2026 Ukraine is seeking approval to use Starlink-equipped drones against ballistic missile launchers up to 200km inside Russia as Kyiv faces a severe shortage of air-defence interceptors, @ChristopherJM reports: https://t.co/IIpHbrcM8T 19K views · 165 likes · 44 reposts · 9 replies 21 Aug 2026 Ukrainian drone strikes aren’t putting Russians off their beach vacation, @nastyastognei reports. “Drones are flying all over the country. But people are so tired of living through this nightmare that they just don’t care. They want a change of scenery.” https://t.co/KxeFR5HDoT 13.9K views · 36 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies 20 Aug 2026 New from me and @ak_mack: Rodney Mims Cook Jr, Trump’s ballroom commissioner was given a diplomatic passport and extensive briefings before Russia’s flagship economic forum, where he met Kremlin officials and was assigned a diplomatic security detail. https://t.co/UHPet6H3fD 41K views · 98 likes · 54 reposts · 1 replies 18 Aug 2026 As their yacht bobbed on the Mediterranean, the microchip executive snapped a picture of his Russian partner asleep on the deck. He only knew the Russian by his first name, Maxim. But he knew Maxim was using a shadowy network to get the chips for the Russian defense industry. ht 1.3M views · 2.3K likes · 554 reposts · 84 replies 12 Nov 2023