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Followers
191.5K
Posts
90.4K
Following
954
Account age
18 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$1.1K – $1.7K / sponsored post
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📊 Post performance
Recent posts · views
Aug 14latest
1.6K
Avg views / post
1.2K–2.1K
Typical post (views)
0.8%
Reach vs followers
85/100
Very consistent reach
May 2008
On X since
Half of recent posts land between 1.2K and 2.1K views (median 1.8K) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Opinion | Crikey readers did NOT hold back when responding to Be · 8.4K views
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
67.8 / week
A very active account — multiple posts a day, an always-on feed.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 0 video · 2 image · 16 text.
Follower / following
201×
Follows 954 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Podcast | Jane Gilmore has spent a decade trying to fix sensationalised media reporting on men's violence. The Ralph Carr case shows how little has changed.
Opinion | Wowsers! Can we talk about something other than Anthony Albanese's bad "melons" joke? Perhaps something that matters?
Sources have told Crikey's correspondent-at-large Rick Morton they are nervous about asking too many questions due to funding pressures.
Opinion | The tectonic shift in One Nation's appeal has been decades in the making. Blame an institutional collapse on the centre right, writes John Birmingham.
Opinion | Whether it's climate, defence or migration, young people will bear the consequences of decisions made today. They should have greater say in them, writes Bernard Keane.
Chinese-Australians took to social media to express their frustration at the wording of a census question regarding their country of birth.
How scared is ASIO of naming China as a threat? Ask the Kiwis.
Opinion | Should younger people's votes be worth more? Crikey readers have their say.
Opinion | Pauline Hanson and Angus Taylor can't stop expressing how disgusted they are at Albanese's melons joke. It's a shame that disgust doesn't extend to the scourge of gambling advertising...
Elon Musk has landed an Australian court win against the eSafety commissioner in X's latest legal skirmish with the regulator.
Jacinta Allan has quit politics. Time to enjoy some of the simpler things.
Tired of winning? Americans are abandoning the search for work and consumers face persistent inflation under Donald Trump.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined X in 2008 — 18 years ago.
👁️Averages 1.6K views per post.
📤Posts about 67.8× per week.
💬0% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
📍Based in Australia.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated37/100
Low
Credibility score
66%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 66% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Established account (18+ years old).
- 0% engagement — below the ~2.6% typical for this size.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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EstimatedEstimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.
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