Ministry of Defence π¬π§ engagement report
@DefenceHQ - 798K followers on X
Measured over 22 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 848 interactions against 798K followers, an engagement rate of 0.106%. Measured over 22 original posts, its engagement rate beats 72% of 3,829 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 44K times each, and 1.92% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 5.53% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 22 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 18% are part of a thread and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 26K interactions, about 30x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #standwithukraine, #slavaukraini, #ukrainianflagday.
Measured over 22 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #standwithukraine, #slavaukraini, #ukrainianflagday.
Compared with accounts its own size
Ministry of Defence π¬π§'s engagement rate beats 72% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,829 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 69% 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 0.106%, Ministry of Defence π¬π§ sits above the 50th percentile of the 37,071 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.08% to 0.435%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.435% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 158.3% |
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 10:00 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% | 51K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 52K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 51K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 54K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 44K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 42K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 49K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 53K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 61K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 71K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 73K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 80K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 88K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 96K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 99K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 103K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 100K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 92K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 86K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 81K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 75K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 67K |
| 22:00 UTC | -1% | 58K |
| 23:00 UTC | -1% | 52K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 234K |
| Monday | 0% | 294K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 288K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 253K |
| Thursday | -2% | 247K |
| Friday | -3% | 256K |
| Saturday | +3% | 230K |
Best tweets
- Aug 26, 202630x their median
A special tribute to the Queen of Country, @DollyParton. From her many friends, fans and admirers across the pond. https://t.co/kcnuAgsVjL
- Aug 23, 202614x their median
Tomorrow, Ukraine celebrates 35 years of independence. Tonight, London shines in blue and yellow. We stand with Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini π¬π§π€πΊπ¦ https://t.co/6TLJInCqfX
- Aug 28, 20266.2x their median
We are deeply saddened by the death of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway. An Honorary General of the @BritishArmy and Honorary Colonel of the @RoyalMarines King Harald was a dear friend of our Armed Forces and exemplified the deep friendship between our nations. Flags will be half masted at all Defence sites in his honour. Our thoughts are with the people of Norway at this sad time.
- Aug 24, 20266.0x their median
We're sharing technology with Ukraine that will enable them build Storm Shadow missiles on their own soil. "We will stand with them for as long as it takes." - Defence Minister @LukePollard this morning from Devonport on Ukrainian Independence Day. Video: @SkyNews https://t.co/hEpBfISucM
- Aug 24, 20264.0x their median
Today is Ukrainian Independence Day πΊπ¦ We stand with Ukraine, today and every day, in support of their independence, national identity and defence against unprovoked and illegal aggression. #SlavaUkraini https://t.co/WvsM5X5nPc
- Aug 24, 20262.7x their median
Tonight, on Ukrainian Independence Day, the Ministry of Defence sends an unmissable message of support to our friends in Ukraine. We continue to support their heroic defence of peace and freedom. #StandWithUkraine https://t.co/WQUpDuLh1A
- Jul 20, 20262.6x their median
Welcome to the new Secretary of State for Defence, @wesstreeting. https://t.co/iV3T7gHiK1
- Aug 15, 20262.6x their median
81 years since Victory over Japan Day. We remember all those who served in the Far East, and honour the courage, resilience and sacrifice of that generation. https://t.co/eRt43oMmga
- Jul 21, 20262.2x their median
"A stronger and fairer nation, built on the bedrock of security." @wesstreeting hit the ground running on his first day as Defence Secretary π https://t.co/UFluPy99t0
- Aug 23, 20261.6x their median
What do the colours of Ukraine's flag represent? πΊπ¦ A blue sky of freedom and hope. Yellow for the country's golden fields and rich, fertile land. To mark #UkrainianFlagDay, Service personnel from UK Armed Forces and @GeneralStaffUA read Wings of Ukraine by Viktor Zubar. https://t.co/5uHDB3HH7f
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 848 interactions against 798K followers, an engagement rate of 0.106%. Measured over 22 original posts, its engagement rate beats 72% of 3,829 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 44K times each, and 1.92% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 5.53% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 22 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 18% are part of a thread and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 26K interactions, about 30x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #standwithukraine, #slavaukraini, #ukrainianflagday.
- What is Ministry of Defence π¬π§'s engagement rate on X?
- Ministry of Defence π¬π§ (@DefenceHQ) has an engagement rate of 0.106%, based on the median interactions across 22 original posts from the last 30 days against 798,348 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.106%, Ministry of Defence π¬π§ sits above the 50th percentile of the 37,071 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 @DefenceHQ have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 72% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,829 accounts), which puts it in the middle of its size range 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 @DefenceHQ post?
- Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.43 posts per day across the measured window.