S Sebag Montefiore ✓

@simonmontefiore · london · joined 25 Mar 2012

Historian.The Cauldron: the Making of the Modern Middle East. CatherineII. StalinRedTsar. YgStalin. Jerusalem. Romanovs. TheWorld. Novelist: The Moscow Trilogy

111 141Followers

21 069Following

113 203Posts total

171.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views6 871this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %6.18%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.62%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	6 871	21 891	0.31×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.18%	6.81%	0.91×
Engagement rate	0.62%	1.14%	0.54×

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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

142.1K27 Aug

8.3K3 Sep

6.9K

8.1K

1.7K

2.1K

2.5K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.50%27 Aug

4.02%3 Sep

0.17%

2.93%

0.82%

0.62%

0.59%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes77.0%1 091 in total

Reposts9.9%140 in total

Replies5.4%77 in total

Quotes1.7%24 in total

Bookmarks5.9%84 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

This is a brilliant gripping & important book by one of our best writers @bopanc : It is being rightly recognized by its listing for the top prize for non fiction in the world. 2.5K views · 12 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 Bravo @andrea_wulf - here is to another great book by you The Traveller 2.1K views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Cant wait to read this. The reviews of @PhilipHensher HISTORY OF THE NOVEL IN BRTAIN are extravagant in their praise..... happy publication day 1.7K views · 12 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 I was sitting my cafe yesterday - where else? - when the publisher @wnbooks rang me to tell me about the bestseller list. One of those calls I will always remember. It has been quite an experience writing this book in this turbulent world - so i was so delighted but also 8.1K views · 210 likes · 12 reposts · 13 replies 03 Sep 2026 #TheCauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East is out now and is already a Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller!🥇 Already praised as 'a careful fact based and sensitive account' and 'a masterpiece' @simonmontefiore @wnbooks 6.9K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 It's publication day! The Guardian called it a "masterpiece"; the Times said it was "exemplary"; the Spectator said it was "the most enjoyable work of literary criticism I've read for many years." It's got a rating on goodreads of 4.88. Off you go: John Sandoe opens at 9.30. http 8.3K views · 272 likes · 47 reposts · 11 replies 03 Sep 2026 The Cauldron is out now. It is almost killed me to write it. It was both the most satisfying and most challenging book i have written. A work of love but also a trial by fire. It is written to inform but also to entertain. Do enjoy. There have already been some reviews. h 142.1K views · 565 likes · 76 reposts · 50 replies 27 Aug 2026