EnglishMatthew Garner is on Twitter (X) as @TheBasedUpdate, with 157,205 followers and 60,423 posts. A typical post draws 0 interactions, an engagement rate of 0% per follower. It has been on X since May 2009, an account age of 17 years.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 0 interactions against 157K followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 0% of 21,185 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 437 times each, and 0% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.278% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 28, 2026. Recurring tags: #brandnewday, #littleshopofhorrors, #outofthepast.
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Bio
scripted by cinema. styled by adidas. @itsmattgarner
Notable followers
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- What is the Twitter handle for Matthew Garner?
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