Sam Pilger

@sampilger · London, UK · joined 15 Apr 2011

Sports Writer for Forbes, FourFourTwo, Optus Sport, The Athletic, Bleacher Report, The Times Magazine, and author of Manchester United’s Best XI

66 750Followers

2 100Following

10 628Posts total

293.6KViews on collected posts

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Sam Pilger@sampilger13 Sep

Manchester United were shafted by an absolutely dreadful VAR decision, but their own performance was atrocious and shameful for a derby. No quality, no fight and constantly over hit basic passes and crosses. A bad start to the season gets even worse. 54K views · 1.3K likes · 195 reposts · 92 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger9 Sep

I am on the @Theatre_of_Red podcast discussing United's draw at Everton, their stuttering start to the season and looking forward to their return to the Champions League and the Manchester derby 5.2K views · 7 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger7 Sep

🎙️@shaunconnolly85 & @sampilger dissect the draw at Everton, preview upcoming fixtures in the Champions League and the Manchester Derby, and much more. Listen to the whole show from the link 👇🏻, on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/IS8Hmam63I https://t.c

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15.1K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger6 Sep

@sampilger The very poor Everton side you couldn’t break down until you brought a bazillion quids worth of subs off the bench. United are fucking dreadful. 148 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger6 Sep

@sampilger Poor sides like Everton… mate your fuckin shite 😆😆😆 Am disappointed with a point ffs 753 views · 26 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger6 Sep

@sampilger Oh shut the fuck up. The same Hull who haven't conceded a goal in 3 games.. yes they were poor there. That's a given. Everton who haven't lost a game this season.. and are always good at home. They were beaten by two fantastic goals which don't happen on 9/10 days. 359 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger6 Sep

@sampilger Very poor Everton side!! Fuck me, United were fucking dreadful and we deserved at least a point yer biased cunt!! 334 views · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger6 Sep

Six goals conceded in three games to promoted teams and a very poor Everton side is shocking 9.9K views · 108 likes · 10 reposts · 28 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger6 Sep

Marcus Rashford was Manchester United’s best player today, always offering a threat, so his substitution was absolutely baffling. United shrunk without him and threw away the game. 26.8K views · 611 likes · 75 reposts · 64 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger6 Sep

Four points from three games against poor sides like Hull, Ipswich and Everton is an appalling start from Manchester United. Today’s game was there for the taking but United were too slow all over the pitch. Dreadful 108.4K views · 1.9K likes · 363 reposts · 200 replies Open on X →

Sam Pilger@sampilger31 Aug

Manchester United scored 5 goals, but strangely there remains a hole at the front of their attack. Sesko doesn’t appear ready to fill it now and his best displays have come off the bench, while using Cunha or Mbeumo there rarely convinces. They urgently need another striker. 72.5K views · 636 likes · 51 reposts · 140 replies Open on X →

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11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views9 924this account993median for 10K–100K

Reach, %14.87%this account3.67%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.34%this account1.61%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	9 924	993	9.99×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	14.87%	3.67%	4.05×
Engagement rate	2.34%	1.61%	1.45×

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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

72.5K31 Aug

108.4K6 Sep

26.8K

9.9K

334

359

753

148

15.1K7 Sep

5.2K9 Sep

54K13 Sep

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.19%31 Aug

2.34%6 Sep

2.82%

1.47%

4.79%

2.23%

3.59%

2.70%

0.05%7 Sep

0.19%9 Sep

2.96%13 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.61%.

What the audience does

Likes77.2%4 644 in total

Reposts11.6%697 in total

Replies8.8%528 in total

Quotes1.8%109 in total

Bookmarks0.6%34 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

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Daily snapshots since 13 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

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