Hikaru Nakamura engagement report
@GMHikaru - 629K followers on X
Measured over 7 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 26, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 7 original posts for this account, below the 8 we require before treating a median as settled. The numbers above describe what we have seen so far, not a finished profile of the account.
A typical post picks up 301 interactions against 629K followers, an engagement rate of 0.048%. Posts are seen about 48K times each, and 0.629% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 7.61% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.3 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 7 posts sampled, 71% carry an image or video and 71% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 35K interactions, about 118x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ewc, #sponsored. Only 7 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
Measured over 7 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 26, 2026. Recurring tags: #ewc, #sponsored.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.048%, Hikaru Nakamura sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,654 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.012% to 0.08%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.433% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 160.5% |
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 Wednesday 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% | 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% | 61K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 70K |
| 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% | 101K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 98K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 91K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 85K |
| 19:00 UTC | -1% | 80K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 74K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 66K |
| 22:00 UTC | -1% | 57K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 52K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 231K |
| Monday | 0% | 288K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 278K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 251K |
| Thursday | -1% | 245K |
| Friday | -3% | 253K |
| Saturday | +3% | 227K |
Best tweets
- Feb 28, 2026118x their median
May the lion roar once again after nearly 50 years.
- Aug 15, 202627x their median
https://t.co/mKASlsiFuV
- May 30, 202618x their median
Good morning from Manila. Through chess I've been able to travel around the world, and this is now the 63rd unique country I've been to! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 https://t.co/5Od14iNAHM
- Jun 14, 202615x their median
There better be a suspension for game 6 if the NBA has integrity.
- Feb 22, 202611x their median
USA USA USA!🇺🇸🇺🇸
- Mar 21, 202610x their median
It's not a good sign when power goes out completely in parts of Cyprus and doesn't come back for an extended period of time....
- May 4, 202610x their median
Dear Chess Lovers, I am proud to announce that, together with the Philippine Chess Federation, we are launching the WR Bughouse Championship. Many of you know that over the past years I have organized private high-level bughouse events. What started as a niche format has grown into something much bigger. Now, we are taking it to the global stage. In June, we will officially launch this major championship together with our partners in the Philippines. After the WR Chess Masters, this will become our second flagship event in bughouse - a format that is rapidly gaining popularity, especially across Asia. At the same time, this is part of a bigger vision. I want to develop chess further - to open new formats, reach new audiences, and bring new energy into the game. Chess must not only be respected. It must also be enjoyed. Bughouse represents exactly that: speed, creativity, teamwork, and pure emotion. It brings people together and shows a dynamic, accessible side of chess. This is not just about competition. It is about bringing more fun into chess, without losing its depth. The WR Chess Team will participate with Hikaru Nakamura and myself. 1. We are setting a $100,000 prize fund, with $50,000 for first place 2. Participation is limited to 100 teams only 3. Registration will open soon - first come, first served We expect strong international interest, so early registration is strongly recommended. Format & Rules: We will play under the classical rules of bughouse: * No checkmate allowed using dropped pieces * Unique promotion rule: a promoted pawn allows you to take any piece from the partner’s opponent’s board * Captured pieces are transferred between partners * Fast-paced format: 5+0 time control Tournament structure: * Day 1: 12 rounds * Day 2: Knockout stage with the Top 8 teams, best of 2 games per match This event will not be broadcast, as there is currently no platform that fully supports this format at the level we require. For now, this will be pure over-the-board competition - fast, direct, and uncompromising. If anyone believes they can change this - or provide a solution that meets our standards - let me know. I would like to sincerely thank the Philippine Chess Federation for making this event possible. We welcome players from all over the world. And one more thing - Hikaru and I have not lost a single game together.
- Jul 11, 20269.9x their median
Hey Jude....don't be afraid! It's coming home!
- Aug 7, 20267.7x their median
Meanwhile in Paris... #EWC https://t.co/LKtNlzOQ6t
- Aug 19, 20267.4x their median
I've been watching the @EWC_EN Fortnite on @AussieAntics and cheering on @FalconsEsport @PeterbotFN and @Pollofn6 and they're doing great after a few scary games. Also I'm going to be streaming the Abu Dhabi Online Masters event starting in an hour on https://t.co/8aLBKR31Tx.
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 301 interactions against 629K followers, an engagement rate of 0.048%. Posts are seen about 48K times each, and 0.629% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 7.61% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.3 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 7 posts sampled, 71% carry an image or video and 71% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 35K interactions, about 118x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ewc, #sponsored. Only 7 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
- What is Hikaru Nakamura's engagement rate on X?
- Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru) has an engagement rate of 0.048%, based on the median interactions across 7 original posts from the last 30 days against 628,782 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.048%, Hikaru Nakamura sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,654 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 @GMHikaru have real engagement?
- There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
- When does @GMHikaru post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.3 posts per day across the measured window.