Mark F. Proudman ✓

@mfproudman

Mark F. Proudman (D.Phil Modern History, Oxon., etc.) "I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'. " https://t.co/cdML96Kvqc; see highlights.

4 200Followers

973Following

22 700Posts total

47.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views989this account2 557median for under 10K

Reach, %23.55%this account165.97%median for under 10K

Engagement, %1.04%this account1.60%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	989	2 557	0.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	23.55%	165.97%	0.14×
Engagement rate	1.04%	1.60%	0.65×

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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

20K2 Sep

25.4K

905

4223 Sep

989

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

1.04%2 Sep

0.76%

2.98%

1.66%3 Sep

0.61%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.60%.

What the audience does

Likes72.3%326 in total

Reposts6.2%28 in total

Replies17.3%78 in total

Quotes2.0%9 in total

Bookmarks2.2%10 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

@mfproudman @scoopercooper How is that war with Iran going? What’s the O/U on victory statements by the President so far? 40.5? 50.5? No plan. No strategy. NSA Bahrain bombed out, Fifth Fleet can’t dock, USS Abraham Lincoln 260+ days at sea, Gulf allies under attack, etc etc et 989 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@mfproudman Rubbish. If the US were interested in fighting for the collective west they would stop cozying up to Putin and begin giving Ukraine the help they so badly need. And that's only for starters. 422 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@mfproudman "fighting the battles of the collective west" by... Checks notes... Starting a trade war with Canada... Fucking lol. I'm old enough to remember when "fighting for the west" meant being respectful of allies and working in good faith to mutually benefit from each othe 905 views · 25 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Ben Woodfinden unintentionally illustrates the invidious character of Canadian nationalism: he cannot see that the United States, the only remaining Western great power, is fighting the battles of the collective West. The Iranian regime is a civilizational enemy, but 25.4K views · 136 likes · 19 reposts · 33 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

We are rebuilding our military. We've already hit 2% spending and are going to be higher in the coming years. And we're doing lots of other things to lessen our dependency on your country that started a stupid war it can't win, how about you rebuild those patriot missile stocks 20K views · 155 likes · 9 reposts · 41 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →