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Followers
59.6K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$334 – $542 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 23latest
132
Avg engagement / post
43–109
Typical post (engagement)
0.2%
Engagement vs followers
31/100
Variable reach
May 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 43 and 109 likes + reposts (median 64) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: Every. Single. Time. · 750 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
70 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
43×
Follows 1.4K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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That we get Relatable Villain Balrog but not Wheel of Time Season 4 is the worst thing Jeff Bezos has done since returning Katy Perry from space.
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Just ordered a naan for lunch so if that yougov poll was a subliminal marketing campaign, it has worked.
It is definitely wheels and @nickywoolf.bsky.social should be pilloried until he admits defeat.
This is live now! Come ask us questions about Andy Burnham's first week in parliament.
I think Mark is being polite here: the headline is just not accurately describing the situation of this couple, at all.
It's sad when someone keeps trying to spin the same material out again and again, isn't it?
I guess forced labour is a fun new twist
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Bit the bullet today and finally bought a proper office chair: I have a herniated disc at T5 and should have been using one for years.
But I paid £250 less because I bought a "gaming" model. It is *identical* on features, but has a worse …
Entertaining little thread on some polling chicanery (the chart halfway through especially).
I'd be curious to see the difference in results if you asked this question in America.
Might help explain why British financial advice is centred on turnjng down your thermostat to save 37p a day, while US financial advice is all about in…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@jamesrball.com
The handle is the domain jamesrball.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real jamesrball.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
May 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 132 views per post.
📤Posts about 70× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated81/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.2% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
💚 Brand affinity
EstimatedBrands James Ball's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.
About
Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
🔀 Audience overlap
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