Paddy Gower

@patrickgowernz · New Zealand · joined 22 Dec 2009

Journalist, author, doco maker, TV host, Kiwi. The F#$%ing News guy. Contact: paddy@tfn.co.nz

57 809Followers

1 976Following

22 441Posts total

36.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz30 Apr 2025

Simeon, please help our terminally ill kids die with dignity. https://t.co/siOTrPcZzx 1.9K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz30 Mar 2025

The Government is refusing to let me trademark "This Is the Fucking News". Do you think it is offensive. Or a bit of fun. Poll here. https://t.co/M7I6agJ02p 1.9K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz4 Mar 2025

The Gandalf I know is a kind and gentle man. He has been arrested and charged for cannabis offences. https://t.co/DGLXZsIXZY 3.4K views · 40 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz12 Oct 2024

Agree. Global dominance. Deserves more recognition. 2.4K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz2 Jul 2024

@patrickgowernz But calling yourself an icon? C'mon now. Where's the humility Paddy? https://t.co/lCsbzVtg5E

160 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz17 Jun 2024

Giving up booze, overcoming mental health challenges. 1.6K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz17 Jun 2024

I did it hoping the people who read it get something from it. 💜 2.7K views · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz17 Jun 2024

Couple of good yarns in it, starting from the early days as a cub reporter. Inside Parliament, there was a bit going on. 583 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz17 Jun 2024

Coming out September 24, published by @AllenAndUnwinNZ. 559 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz17 Jun 2024

“This is the Fucking News” is now a book. https://t.co/xEyZHgLPlD

21.8K views · 111 likes · 6 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

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

21.8K17 Jun

559

583

2.7K

1.6K

1602 Jul

2.4K12 Oct

3.4K4 Mar

1.9K30 Mar

1.9K30 Apr

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.58%17 Jun

0.54%

0.51%

0.63%

0.57%

5.62%2 Jul

0.13%12 Oct

1.49%4 Mar

0.26%30 Mar

0.58%30 Apr

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes86.2%206 in total

Reposts5.4%13 in total

Replies4.2%10 in total

Quotes3.3%8 in total

Bookmarks0.8%2 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.

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