Michael Reid

@michaelreid52 · Madrid/Latin America · joined 19 Jun 2012

Writer, journalist, speaker on LatAm+ (@LetrasLibres, @AmerQuarterly + others), Spain @Economist Books "Spain", "Forgotten Continent" (on Lat Am) and "Brazil"

53 355Followers

1 380Following

18 774Posts total

31.2KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Michael Reid@michaelreid5210 Sep

My report from Ceuta: https://t.co/NSuelZOZsb 3.3K views · 9 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Michael Reid@michaelreid528 Sep

Spain: the PISA education tests show a general decline, as elsewhere. Particularly striking are the poor results in the Basque Country, where pupils performed worse than in Andalucía in reading and science. The result of forcing them to learn Euskara, rather than allowing choice? 9.7K views · 58 likes · 10 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →

Michael Reid@michaelreid528 Sep

The decline of the west: the US, UK and France are all now spending more on debt servicing than on defence https://t.co/UPr2tHcKv6 1.4K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Michael Reid@michaelreid526 Sep

Looks like AFD can form a government in Saxony-Anhalt since BSW, its potential ally, has crossed the 5% threshold and will have seats. A regional, not national, election but still an ominous moment for Germany and Europe 14K views · 12 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Michael Reid@michaelreid521 Sep

"President-elect"???? Elected only by Trump 2.8K views · 28 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views3 280this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.15%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.49%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 280	924	3.55×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.15%	3.62%	1.70×
Engagement rate	0.49%	1.52%	0.32×

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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

2.8K1 Sep

14K6 Sep

1.4K8 Sep

9.7K

3.3K10 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

1.16%1 Sep

0.14%6 Sep

0.21%8 Sep

0.86%

0.49%10 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes66.5%109 in total

Reposts14.6%24 in total

Replies14.0%23 in total

Bookmarks4.9%8 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.