JAMES BAYS

@baysontheroad · United Nations, New York · joined 22 Jul 2008

Global Tramp - Currently employed by Aljazeera. Diplomatic Editor of @AJENews. (All comments here mine alone)

24 681Followers

10 006Following

14 106Posts total

101.6KViews on collected posts

Derniers posts

JAMES BAYS@baysontheroad3 Sep

Entirely agree. 2K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

JAMES BAYS@baysontheroad3 Sep

I don’t think everyone understand what being a journalist means. I don’t think a journalist can be a member of a political party. Or a supporter. I say this as a foreign correspondent who doesn’t cover domestic politics. I think if you are a journalist you have to stand aside 23.1K views · 129 likes · 16 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

JAMES BAYS@baysontheroad25 Jul

Wow - rogue twitter in MFA - or new policy position.. 630 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

JAMES BAYS@baysontheroad11 Jul

How sad - far too early. Worked together many years ago - a real gent. RIP. 1.9K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

JAMES BAYS@baysontheroad29 Apr

Good job well done, my friend. Brave and honest. 2K views · 19 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

JAMES BAYS@baysontheroad29 Apr

After around 50 days in Iran, covering the war and later ceasefire, it’s time for some rest. Leaving the country behind in the midst of “no war no peace” stalemate, anticipation of something that is to come, Trump’s Godot. I’m not sure when I’ll be back and how, but quite certain

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70.3K views · 847 likes · 67 reposts · 55 replies Open on X →

JAMES BAYS@baysontheroad14 Mar

A master storyteller in print, a real character in person. 2003 in the Palestine Hotel, #Baghdad was a scary time, he was one of those who made it more bearable. RIP John Fisher Burns. 1.7K views · 15 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Face aux comptes de taille comparable

3 posts des 90 derniers jours, à côté de la tranche de 10K–100K abonnés. diffusé largement, mais peu de ces spectateurs réagissent.

Vues médianes2 026ce compte924médiane pour 10K–100K

Portée, %8.21%ce compte3.62%médiane pour 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.35%ce compte1.52%médiane pour 10K–100K

Indicateur	Ce compte	Médiane pour 10K–100K	Rapport
Vues médianes par post	2 026	924	2.19×
Portée (vues ÷ abonnés)	8.21%	3.62%	2.27×
Taux d'engagement	0.35%	1.52%	0.23×

Autres comptes de cette tranche → Comparer avec un autre compte → Comment ces repères sont établis →

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

1.7K14 Mar

70.3K29 Apr

1.9K11 Jul

63025 Jul

23.1K3 Sep

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

1.11%14 Mar

1.39%29 Apr

1.12%

0.48%11 Jul

0.16%25 Jul

0.68%3 Sep

0.35%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes82.9%1 025 in total

Reposts7.2%89 in total

Replies5.2%64 in total

Quotes1.0%12 in total

Bookmarks3.8%47 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.