Nicholas Watt ✓

@nicholaswatt · London · joined 30 Mar 2009

Political Editor BBC Newsnight

109 831Followers

3 948Following

12 230Posts total

158.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views17 572this account6 139median for 100K–1M

Reach, %16.00%this account2.61%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.30%this account1.39%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	17 572	6 139	2.86×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	16.00%	2.61%	6.13×
Engagement rate	0.30%	1.39%	0.21×

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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

15.4K28 Jul

42.7K27 Aug

2.8K

33.6K

18.5K

17.6K

66028 Aug

23.5K1 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.27%28 Jul

0.30%27 Aug

0.37%

0.33%

0.07%

0.81%

0.19%

8.64%28 Aug

0.11%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.39%.

What the audience does

Likes62.0%324 in total

Reposts9.4%49 in total

Replies18.0%94 in total

Quotes2.7%14 in total

Bookmarks8.0%42 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

My encounter with Barry Gardiner as he headed to Downing Street with other Labour MPs for a reception hosted by Andy Burnham 23.5K views · 23 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 @nicholaswatt @bbc5live Who does he think he is - God? Humility? I doubt Sir Ed could spell it! 660 views · 48 likes · 4 reposts · 5 replies 28 Aug 2026 Tonight on #Newsnight I revealed my first ever job: I was a milk boy. All part of the Career Ladder challenge for @BBCNewsnight with Max Klymenko who thought I’d started out as a barman 17.6K views · 22 likes · 0 reposts · 11 replies 27 Aug 2026 In a moving interview with me for @bbc5live Sir Ed Davey talks of great progress made by his disabled son John: he can now hold his own weight after the family were told John would have to be in a wheelchair. John, who has an undiagnosed neurological disorder, can also verbalise 18.5K views · 122 likes · 17 reposts · 11 replies 27 Aug 2026 "One of the people round the room was a bar maid or man, one was an Asda worker, one was a milk delivery man or woman and one was a farm worker." Max Klymenko of the viral 'Career Ladder' guesses the first jobs of the Newsnight guests. #Newsnight https://t.co/YJym8Oocr5 33.6K views · 14 likes · 3 reposts · 4 replies 27 Aug 2026 And apologies to @bbc5live listeners for my casual dress. My work shirt got completely soaked on my bike ride to work 2.8K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 27 Aug 2026 This is what Sir Ed Davey told me: “It looks like there is going to be a hung parliament. If there is I would say I am the party leader with the most experience of how you manage that sort of situation for our country. And I want my party to be in government.” 4K views · 8 likes · 2 reposts · 5 replies 27 Aug 2026 Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey told me on @bbc5live the UK is heading towards a hung parliament at the next election. He said he would like his party to be in government and rules out a deal with Nigel Farage. But he keeps his option open with both Andy Burnham and Kemi Badenoch htt 42.7K views · 63 likes · 13 reposts · 38 replies 27 Aug 2026 New: A potential meeting in London this week on the Strait of Hormuz involving defence secretary Wes Streeting and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth is now not expected to take place. But conversations are continuing as the various parties work on planning and coordination for a 15.4K views · 18 likes · 9 reposts · 15 replies 28 Jul 2026