Monisha Rajesh

@monisha_rajesh · London · joined 24 Feb 2010

Sunday Times Bestselling author of Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train; Around the World in 80 Trains Agent David Godwin @DGAlitagents

27 516Followers

1 391Following

19 695Posts total

45.7KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Monisha Rajesh@monisha_rajesh16 Sep

Proof, if ever it was needed, that UK parent WhatsApp groups are the pits of hell. 6.8K views · 224 likes · 12 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Monisha Rajesh@monisha_rajesh15 Sep

It would never be on the Beeb because the BBC are cowards and cite “impartiality” when what they mean is they can’t possibly be critical of Israel or report its war crimes. 2.2K views · 31 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Monisha Rajesh@monisha_rajesh14 Sep

The irony is that by trying to hold onto his fans and be “neutral” about genocide, Ed Sheeran probably just lost half his fan base 21.8K views · 2.7K likes · 225 reposts · 50 replies Open on X →

Monisha Rajesh@monisha_rajesh13 Sep

Gobsmacked that Peter Bradshaw says likening what’s happening in Gaza to the Holocaust is “specious” then says it’s more like Dresden. Dresden was THREE DAYS, and killed 25,000. What has happened to seemingly intelligent people? https://t.co/ThOaP5fs4e

10.6K views · 434 likes · 53 reposts · 20 replies Open on X →

Monisha Rajesh@monisha_rajesh16 Aug

And today Moonlight Express is officially a Sunday Times Bestseller! As someone the right-wing press attacked and tried to destroy, this is a giant middle finger to the lot of you. 😘😘😘 https://t.co/qjfmzL7fBu

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4.3K views · 102 likes · 21 reposts · 16 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 far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views6 787this account1 011median for 10K–100K

Reach, %24.67%this account3.74%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.55%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	6 787	1 011	6.71×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	24.67%	3.74%	6.60×
Engagement rate	3.55%	1.65%	2.15×

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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

4.3K16 Aug

10.6K13 Sep

21.8K14 Sep

2.2K15 Sep

6.8K16 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

3.27%16 Aug

4.82%13 Sep

13.77%14 Sep

1.71%15 Sep

3.55%16 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes87.8%3 507 in total

Reposts8.0%318 in total

Replies2.3%91 in total

Quotes0.5%20 in total

Bookmarks1.4%57 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.