Sam Taylor

@staylorish · Edinburgh, Scotland · joined 16 Oct 2016

Runs @These_Islands. “cannot stand the awesome reality of Scotland’s energy wealth” - Alex Salmond. Tweeting in a personal capacity.

11 212Followers

3 421Following

25 810Posts total

82.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views14 783this account3 644median for 10K–100K

Reach, %131.85%this account11.83%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.54%this account1.36%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	14 783	3 644	4.06×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	131.85%	11.83%	11.2×
Engagement rate	1.54%	1.36%	1.13×

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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

8.8K2 Sep

2.8K

15.3K

19.5K

16.9K

14.8K3 Sep

4.5K

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

0.08%2 Sep

1.00%

5.55%

2.06%

1.54%

0.28%3 Sep

1.92%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes72.4%1 247 in total

Reposts17.5%301 in total

Replies5.9%101 in total

Quotes1.6%27 in total

Bookmarks2.7%46 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

You expect this from SNP politicians, but Scot Gov spinning a £10k shared equity loan as if it’s a gift? Really?? 4.5K views · 58 likes · 21 reposts · 5 replies 03 Sep 2026 Our First Homes Fund provides first time buyers with a contribution of up to £10,000 towards a deposit. The fund will run for the next five years and is open to: •First-time buyers buying a home up to £300,000 •People who have not previously owned their home https:// 14.8K views · 14 likes · 9 reposts · 14 replies 03 Sep 2026 1/ Scot Gov recently published an FOI response revealing John Swinney’s irritation with Stephen Flynn for skipping the Aberdeen South by-election to go to the World Cup. Today, another FOI response includes the exact same email, but the embarrassing sentence has been redacted.🤔 16.9K views · 183 likes · 67 reposts · 6 replies 02 Sep 2026 Astonishing ignorance from Lara Bird, who accuses the previous Conservative government of “absolutely scrapping any future of renewables in Scotland”. In 2009 there was 2GW of wind capacity in Scotland. In 2024, after 14 years of Tory government at Westminster, there was 15GW. h 19.5K views · 277 likes · 71 reposts · 46 replies 02 Sep 2026 Scottish education is now being looked after by Màiri McAllan, Alyn Smith, and a spad who got the job on the basis of four years as an SNP events manager. What could possibly go wrong? 15.3K views · 689 likes · 130 reposts · 26 replies 02 Sep 2026 Of course floating offshore wind in Scotland is likely to be sidelined. For the bloody obvious reason that it’s very expensive, and very far from where demand is concentrated. This has been obvious for years, and is why most ScotWind projects will never happen. https://t.co/2vYei 2.8K views · 23 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 Scottish offshore wind jobs and investment ‘at risk’ from UK plan https://t.co/DvnYmdByAw 8.8K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026