@CityPowerJhb engagement report
@CityPowerJhb - 1.3M followers on X
Measured over 294 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 1.3M followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 294 original posts, its engagement rate beats 6% of 3,758 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 3.0K times each, and 0.164% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.238% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 11 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 30% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 294 posts sampled, 97% carry an image or video and 73% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 138 interactions, about 28x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #citypowerupdates, #citypoweroutages, #alexandrasdc.
Measured over 294 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #citypowerupdates, #citypoweroutages, #alexandrasdc.
Compared with accounts its own size
@CityPowerJhb's engagement rate beats 6% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 of 10)). A percentile is spread evenly by construction, so 50 really is the middle of that group and 90 really is its top tenth.
On engagement per impression rather than per follower it beats 13% of the same group. When those two numbers disagree, the gap is about how far its posts travel rather than how people react to them.
Where this sits in the catalog
At under 0.001%, @CityPowerJhb sits below the 10th percentile of the 36,521 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.434% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 160.7% |
This ruler is the whole measured catalog, not a size-matched group: it shows where the raw rate falls across every account we can measure, all of which are large. For a like-for-like comparison, read the size-band percentile above instead. See how the bands are built
Posting timing
This account posts most often around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day of the week. The bars below are the catalog-wide pattern, with this account's own busiest slot marked. They do not show how this account performs at each hour: we keep one aggregate per account, not one per hour, so that measurement does not exist in our data.
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
| Hour (UTC) | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC | -1% | 50K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 51K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 50K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 53K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 43K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 42K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 48K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 52K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 60K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 69K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 72K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 78K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 86K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 94K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 97K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 100K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 97K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 90K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 84K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 79K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 74K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 66K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 57K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 51K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 230K |
| Monday | 0% | 286K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 276K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 251K |
| Thursday | -1% | 244K |
| Friday | -3% | 252K |
| Saturday | +3% | 227K |
Best tweets
- Aug 22, 202628x their median
Johannesburg has marked a significant financial milestone, and it is a major win for the city and its residents. The City of Johannesburg/City Power has settled R5.25 billion Eskom electricity debt in full, reinforcing commitment to financial sustainability, honouring obligations and strengthening financial position. “Moving forward, we will ensure that our current account is paid on time and in full,” said the Executive Mayor Cllr Dada Morero, adding that the milestone will support continued investment in electricity infrastructure and help protect Johannesburg’s future electricity supply. A stronger financial foundation today means a more secure electricity future tomorrow. Johannesburg is moving forward! #CityPowerEngages ^LP
- Aug 24, 202624x their median
#CityPowerUpdates #InnerCitySDC City Power confirms that electricity supply has been fully restored to all customers affected by the emergency isolation at Central Substation. ^ZD https://t.co/oDfWGHSdtG
- Aug 22, 202613x their median
#CityPowerUpdates #CityPowerOutages #InnerCitySDC Emergency Isolation Update. Central Substation: Our technical team remains on site conducting tests, should all tests be clear, power restoration will commence. The Estimated Time of Restoration (ETR) has been revised from 23h30 to 03h00, provided all goes according to plan. Affected customers includes Marshalltown, Jeppestown, Johannesburg CBD, City and Suburban, and parts of Selby. Businesses including Standard Bank and Carlton Centre, among others, will also remain without supply. Customers will be updated on any developments made. We acknowledge the impact of this outage and appreciate your patience and understanding. Customers experiencing power issues are advised to log calls on https://t.co/IJC4ePTIpW or via our call centre on 011 490 7484 / 0800 202 925 for assistance. Follow the City Power Inner-City SDC Updates channel on WhatsApp: https://t.co/2oCuOpWZtm Note: To avoid the risk of potential damage or inrush current incidents during the restoration process, customers are requested to unplug all electrical appliances during the isolation period. ^NH
- Aug 27, 202610x their median
WATCH LIVE NOW: City Power Tshepisong Electricity Imbizo City Power, Executive Mayor Cllr Dada Morero and Deputy Executive Mayor Cllr Loyiso Masuku engage Tshepisong residents on electricity challenges, safety and service delivery. #CityPowerEngages https://t.co/yKQfaRpnLz
- Aug 22, 20269.0x their median
#CityPowerUpdates #RandburgSDC Brynorth Substation, Incomer Number 2: The Eskom team conducted investigations on their side yesterday, the 21st of August 2026, and no fault was found. The outage was then handed over to City Power team. Our teams are currently on site conducting tests, to identify the cause of the outage, before power supply can be restored. This outage affects customers in Bryanston and surrounding areas. Customers will be updated as more information becomes available. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. Customers in the vicinity who are without power are advised to log calls at https://t.co/IJC4ePTaAo or call 011 490 7484/ 0800 202 925. For more updates, please follow our WhatsApp channel at:https://t.co/QM8Is3AP2G ^KM
- Aug 25, 20267.4x their median
#CityPowerUpdates #CityPowerOutages #InnerCitySDC Please kindly find the latest update below 👇. Follow us on our channel to stay informed and updated. https://t.co/EmKI1tJY7m ^ZD https://t.co/mEghLUOQMC
- Aug 24, 20267.4x their median
#CityPowerUpdates #CityPowerOutages #InnerCitySDC City Power has made further significant progress in restoring power supply following the fire-related incident at Fordsburg Substation, with the majority of the affected substations and areas now restored. ^ZD https://t.co/5kCy24noIr
- Aug 24, 20266.8x their median
#LenasiaUpdates #CityPowerUpdates Lenasia SDC Outage Update Nirvana Substation: We are aware of an outage affecting customers in Lenasia Extensions 3 to 13. Operators will be notified and dispatched to investigate the cause of the outage. Updates will be provided as and when they become available. *Customers are urged to switch off non-essential appliances to avoid incidents of inrush current when restoration takes place.* Follow our Lenasia SDC Whatsapp channel to stay informed and updated: https://t.co/kYtIU2bn6v. For isolated calls, customers are encouraged to log calls on https://t.co/RJaMq7Bzkl or 011 490 7484 or our call centre on 080 020 2925. For updates/escalations of logged calls, please dial our toll-free number 0800 003 156 which operates daily between 06h00 and 18h00.^TM
- Aug 24, 20266.8x their median
#CityPowerUpdates #CityPowerOutages #AlexandraSDC Please kindly find the latest update below 👇. Follow us on our channel to stay informed and updated. https://t.co/REP3E2dSGs ^ZD https://t.co/WFaInoYNsw
- Aug 24, 20265.8x their median
#CityPowerUpdates #CityPowerOutages #InnerCitySDC Fordsburg Substation: Braamfontein Substation has been restored, with electricity supply successfully returned to customers in Braamfontein, Parktown and Parktown West. The Transmission team remains onsite at Fordsburg Substation conducting further investigations following preliminary findings that identified a burnt 88kV cable. The outage was reported on 23 August 2026 following reports of smoke coming from the substation. Bree Substation remains off, affecting customers in Johannesburg CBD, Newtown and Hillbrow, including key customers such as FNB, Joburg Water (Turbine Hall), JSE, CBD Investments, Junction Mall, the South African Reserve Bank, JRA, Luthuli House, Independent Newspapers and the Johannesburg Land Company. Investigations and restoration efforts remain ongoing. At this stage, an estimated time of restoration remains unknown. Further details will be provided as progress continues. In the event of power disruption, customers will be updated on the Inner-City SDC WhatsApp channel: https://t.co/2oCuOpWrDO as well as on social media @CityPowerJhb. For isolated individual calls and any other electricity-related queries, customers are advised to log calls on https://t.co/IJC4ePTaAo or call 011 490 7484. ^ZD
Ranked by total interactions across everything we have tracked for this account, which is a longer history than the 30-day window the rates above use. The multiple compares each post to this account's own median.
Recurring topics
The most frequent hashtags in the sampled posts. They describe what this account writes about; they are not a performance signal, and the catalog-wide breakdown on the hub shows how little hashtag count moves.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 1.3M followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 294 original posts, its engagement rate beats 6% of 3,758 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 3.0K times each, and 0.164% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.238% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 11 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 30% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 294 posts sampled, 97% carry an image or video and 73% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 138 interactions, about 28x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #citypowerupdates, #citypoweroutages, #alexandrasdc.
- What is @CityPowerJhb's engagement rate on X?
- @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) has an engagement rate of 0%, based on the median interactions across 294 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,277,120 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At under 0.001%, @CityPowerJhb sits below the 10th percentile of the 36,521 accounts in this comparison. Those comparison accounts are all large ones, because our scanning cadence is weighted towards big accounts, so this is a ranking among peers of similar scale rather than a ranking across X.
- Does @CityPowerJhb have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 6% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 10% for its size group. Ranking inside a size band matters because engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly re-measure the follower count. It is a starting point for a look at follower quality, not a verdict on it.
- When does @CityPowerJhb post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 10.97 posts per day across the measured window.