Ben Smith ✓

@bensmithrugby · New Zealand · joined 18 Jul 2018

Undefeated against SA rugby Twitter.

12 150Followers

336Following

987Posts total

747.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views5 776this account1 089median for 10K–100K

Reach, %47.54%this account3.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.22%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	5 776	1 089	5.30×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	47.54%	3.50%	13.6×
Engagement rate	1.22%	2.00%	0.61×

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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

662.1K30 Aug

3.5K

2.9K

6.4K

40.1K2 Sep

5.3K3 Sep

3.6K

13.2K

3.8K

6.2K

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.12%30 Aug

2.29%

4.33%

1.71%

0.38%2 Sep

0.98%3 Sep

1.72%

0.29%

1.46%

0.90%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes62.1%1 036 in total

Reposts4.2%70 in total

Replies22.9%382 in total

Quotes2.7%45 in total

Bookmarks8.1%136 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

4 Sep

Daily snapshots since 04 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

This entire scrum circus was orchestrated by one member of the South African media, continued on by the South African media. The fan base is in a frenzy over it. It’s all 🇿🇦 driven. NZ media have reacted to it, sure, but they aren’t asking these questions continually. There will 6.2K views · 30 likes · 5 reposts · 20 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Rennie’s team is positioned perfectly. They needed to freshen up the pack and they’ve done that. Aumua - power, Darry - best in form lock, Lakai - power & poaching, Samisoni - power, Sititi - power. The Boks have not freshened up their starting team. Attrition in this series 3.8K views · 42 likes · 1 reposts · 11 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

“Do I bother giving this any more air?” – Dave Rennie closing down the scrum drama #AllBlacks #rgr https://t.co/URVw8J5vh0 13.2K views · 24 likes · 1 reposts · 9 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The Black Ferns game against the Bok women will count as the 5th Test in the Greatest Rivalry Series. https://t.co/QALPYIjT06 3.6K views · 44 likes · 0 reposts · 18 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

A big problem for the All Blacks is slow starts in 2026. They have only scored points first in 1/5 Tests so far in 2026, against Ireland at Eden Park. Under Razor, they were first scorers in 16 of the 27 Tests (59% of the time). The best start in this World Cup cycle for the 5.3K views · 42 likes · 0 reposts · 9 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Rassie is flogging his vets with big minutes in this series: Big minutes Bok forwards Pieter-Steph du Toit - 160 Eben Etzebeth - 153 Jasper Wiese - 147 Ruan Nortje - 147 Malcolm Marx - 125 Ox Nche - 90 Wilco Louw - 84 They don’t have the quality in the second row 40.1K views · 74 likes · 8 reposts · 64 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@bensmithrugby Ben, careful — you’re analysing the scrum in slow motion as if the objective is to create a perfectly symmetrical picture. It isn’t. At Test level the scrum is a fight for centimetres. Ox gets half an inch, changes Lomax’s shape and suddenly the geometry belongs 6.4K views · 96 likes · 6 reposts · 7 replies 30 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@bensmithrugby 😂🤣😂🤣 this actually shows how miss aligned the AB scrum is. 😂🤣😂🤣 keep posting please 2.9K views · 125 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 30 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@bensmithrugby The reason Ox has had to move is to make contact. That whole front row is not scrumming straight. Lomax has pulled back. Sneaky games. https://t.co/x0IXfzaVYT 3.5K views · 70 likes · 2 reposts · 7 replies 30 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Watch Ox Nche use the crown of his head drive Lomax to the side on the engage call. Lomax is “re-aligned” inward so Nche has the leverage to bore in or wheel. Lomax off kilter before the push, its never going to hold up. Erasmus complaining about resets. How about stop the 662.1K views · 489 likes · 46 reposts · 236 replies 30 Aug 2026 · Open on X →