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Gayton McKenzie engagement report

@GaytonMcK - 412K followers on X

Measured over 23 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.072%
of 412K followers
Per impression
1.07%
27K views on a typical post
Reach
6.67%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
295
interactions (median)
Saved
0.022%
6 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.63/day
active 53% of days
Peak time
07:00 UTC
Sunday

A typical post picks up 295 interactions against 412K followers, an engagement rate of 0.072%. Measured over 23 original posts, its engagement rate beats 62% of 3,917 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 27K times each, and 1.07% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 6.67% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 53% of days. Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 23 posts sampled, 91% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 17K interactions, about 58x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #naca2026, #backher, #bokwomen.

Measured over 23 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #naca2026, #backher, #bokwomen.

Compared with accounts its own size

Gayton McKenzie's engagement rate beats 62% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,917 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 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 52% 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 0.072%, Gayton McKenzie sits above the 25th percentile of the 37,856 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.012% to 0.081%.

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p250.012%
p50 (median)0.081%
p750.439%
p902.10%
p99155.6%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 37,856 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 97,248 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.002%
25th percentile0.012%
50th percentile0.081%
75th percentile0.439%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile155.6%

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 07:00 UTC, and Sunday 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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 07:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 07:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%53K
01:00 UTC-2%54K
02:00 UTC-3%52K
03:00 UTC-4%56K
04:00 UTC-6%45K
05:00 UTC-4%43K
06:00 UTC-4%50K
07:00 UTC-5%54K
08:00 UTC-4%63K
09:00 UTC-3%72K
10:00 UTC-2%75K
11:00 UTC-3%82K
12:00 UTC-2%90K
13:00 UTC-2%99K
14:00 UTC-3%102K
15:00 UTC-2%105K
16:00 UTC-4%103K
17:00 UTC-3%95K
18:00 UTC-1%89K
19:00 UTC-2%84K
20:00 UTC-1%78K
21:00 UTC-1%69K
22:00 UTC-2%60K
23:00 UTC-2%54K
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Sunday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 5%Busiest day: Sunday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%239K
Monday0%303K
Tuesday-3%305K
Wednesday-1%259K
Thursday-2%251K
Friday-3%260K
Saturday+3%234K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • Jul 3, 202458x their median

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  • Aug 30, 202643x their median

    It’s a well known fact that we have the best pilots in the world, that was spectacular, next time I will ask the pilots to land on the field, prepare to be amazed further. https://t.co/bgDYyNrrNM

    11K1.1K477154295K viewsView on X
  • Aug 29, 202626x their median

    Watch from this angle: The Two sleek Embraer jets, perfectly framed against the South African landscape, flying in formation like they were choreographed for the shot. The symmetry, timing and sheer beauty of it are incredible πŸŽ₯CPT aviation https://t.co/ckbmnYsHw5

    6.1K1.4K120103319K viewsView on X
  • Aug 30, 202615x their median

    Bayanda Walaza πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ clocked a time of 10.00s (-0.2) to win the men's 100m at the Grand Prix Brescia! He beat Courtney Lindsey πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ who ran 10.09s and Trayvon Bromell πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ in 10.16s. Sam Blaskowski πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (10.19) and Lachlan Kennedy πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί (10.21) were 4th and 5th, respectively. https://t.co/c7HYdOXSwb

    3.5K850496471K viewsView on X
  • Aug 26, 20267.9x their median

    I can’t see this aloneπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆ https://t.co/0wOzhDEiRn

    1.6K52520443178K viewsView on X
  • Aug 16, 20267.1x their median

    We have written letters to @SAFA_net to enquire about progress with VAR, this matter has never been more urgent judging from some of the rough tackles on players. Will give feedback on Tuesday.

    1.5K21229894103K viewsView on X
  • Aug 30, 20266.6x their median

    β€œMinister this is what we must show the world next Saturday” South Africans are the funniest and best people πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ https://t.co/RTaDewa2rJ

    1.8K14928724K viewsView on X
  • Aug 15, 20262.4x their median

    It is an absolute disgrace that @GaytonMcK a whole leader of a party &Minister of Sports has totally lost his humanity by celebrating the loss of a DA activists who was driving a DA branded vehicle in a car accident. This is madness.Mind you the PA is responsible for roads in Johannesburg, how many lives have been lost in Johannesburg as a result of lack of road maintenance. Is this what lives of ordinary residents mean to the PA? May Mviki's dear soul rest in peace as we mourn the loss of a very hard working DA Activist on #CountrydutyπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Rest in peace Mviki😭

    475135948380K viewsView on X
  • Aug 21, 20262.0x their median

    This is terrible news, we are so sorry Zolani Tete, rest in peace. We will do all in our power to make sure we find your killers Champ. https://t.co/00CGUPB5au

    5114431332K viewsView on X
  • Aug 23, 20261.8x their median

    Maxhosa Africa πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ https://t.co/jGQ7wRXyVr

    4711542417K viewsView on X

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

#naca2026#backher#bokwomen#footballintel#itstartshere

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 295 interactions against 412K followers, an engagement rate of 0.072%. Measured over 23 original posts, its engagement rate beats 62% of 3,917 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 27K times each, and 1.07% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 6.67% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 53% of days. Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 23 posts sampled, 91% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 17K interactions, about 58x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #naca2026, #backher, #bokwomen.

What is Gayton McKenzie's engagement rate on X?
Gayton McKenzie (@GaytonMcK) has an engagement rate of 0.072%, based on the median interactions across 23 original posts from the last 30 days against 411,890 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.072%, Gayton McKenzie sits above the 25th percentile of the 37,856 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 @GaytonMcK have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 62% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,917 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 @GaytonMcK post?
Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.63 posts per day across the measured window.

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