Simon Thomas Rugby

@simonrug · Cardiff · joined 23 Mar 2011

Writer for The Rugby Paper, https://t.co/0xyLAiXFl3, RugbyPass and Planet Rugby. Contact at simonthomasrugby@gmail.com for freelance projects.

47 370Followers

13 200Following

358 861Posts total

35.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug11 Sep

The Ospreys have been beaten 45-28 by Ulster in tonight’s pre-season friendly at Belfast’s Affidea Stadium. Tries for the Ospreys from second row Rhys Davies, hooker Sam Parry, wing Luke Morgan and centre Evardi Boshoff. It was 31-14 to Ulster at half-time. 2.4K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug11 Sep

@simonrug The dying days for the Scarlets? 1.8K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug11 Sep

For the Scarlets, wing Ioan Jones and prop Sam O’Connor touched down in the first half. It was 19-14 to the Dragons at the break. The Gwent outfit then ran in nine unanswered tries in the second half. 2.3K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug11 Sep

The Dragons have beaten the Scarlets 80-14 in Llandovery with their 12 tries coming from Fine Inisi, Seb Davies, Elliot Dee (2), Harrison Keddie, Evan Minto, Tinus de Beer, Rhodri Williams, Harry Rees-Weldon, Sam Scarfe, David Richards and Joe Westwood. 16.2K views · 70 likes · 6 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug7 Sep

Hooker Liam Belcher is to continue as @Cardiff_Rugby captain for the club’s upcoming 150th anniversary season. https://t.co/04GU3JfQDU

2.9K views · 45 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug5 Sep

@simonrug Really pleasing 148 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug5 Sep

Rugby on another level. Great game in Soweto. South Africa deserved winners. 4.1K views · 170 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug5 Sep

@simonrug Could be a big year for page 266 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Simon Thomas Rugby@simonrug5 Sep

Two tries apiece from Macs Page and Joe Roberts plus touchdowns from Gabe McDonald and Dan Davis as the Scarlets claim a notable 36-15 victory over Exeter at Sandy Park. A great start to the new campaign! 5.7K views · 64 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

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9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views2 400this account964median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.07%this account3.55%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.38%this account1.59%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 400	964	2.49×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.07%	3.55%	1.43×
Engagement rate	0.38%	1.59%	0.24×

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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

5.7K5 Sep

266

4.1K

148

2.9K7 Sep

16.2K11 Sep

2.3K

1.8K

2.4K

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

1.22%5 Sep

0.38%

4.29%

0.00%

1.70%7 Sep

0.51%11 Sep

0.17%

0.28%

0.38%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.59%.

What the audience does

Likes91.7%364 in total

Reposts3.0%12 in total

Replies5.0%20 in total

Bookmarks0.3%1 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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