MTN Nigeria engagement report
@MTNNG - 1.4M followers on X
Measured over 74 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 66 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 74 original posts, its engagement rate beats 25% 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 14K times each, and 0.46% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.05% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 74 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 18% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 10K interactions, about 158x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #liveit100, #mtnfootball, #mtnxsuperfalcons.
Measured over 74 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #liveit100, #mtnfootball, #mtnxsuperfalcons.
Compared with accounts its own size
MTN Nigeria's engagement rate beats 25% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,829 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 31% 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 0.005%, MTN Nigeria sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,071 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 | 0.435% |
| 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 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday 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 8, 2026158x their median
We started with a dream. Today, we're powering millions of possibilities. Here's to many more years of connection and progress. MTNAt25 https://t.co/ugiqw0bnvj
- Aug 7, 202687x their median
25 years of you, us, and progress. We wouldn’t have it any other way.💯 WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/thAJ2NAabG
- Aug 7, 202644x their median
You saw the bigger picture and believed in us. This is our shared success story. WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/mJ2OJHbGSz
- Aug 11, 202638x their median
We walked Y’ello Street yesterday! And what a journey it was. 💛 25 years of products, moments, people and memories, all brought to life in one place. From where we started to how far we’ve come, Y’ello Street is a celebration of the journey we’ve shared with Nigeria. And we’re not done yet. 👀 Y’ello Street continues today. Who’s tagging along with you? 💛 YelloStreet MTNAt25 WeveComeALongWay
- Aug 7, 202638x their median
We're investing today in the infrastructure that will power tomorrow's possibilities. WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/EZkk4YjQw4
- Aug 7, 202636x their median
Millions of stories lived, shared, and connected through one network. WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/LRUnnH9aD7
- Aug 11, 202622x their median
No be today😆 If you witnessed these phases of our growth, come and relive them with us at the Y’ello street experience. Date: August 10 - 17 Venue: MTN Plaza, Ikoyi, Lagos WeveComeALongWay MTNAt25 YelloStreet https://t.co/n6uVpvf125
- Aug 17, 202614x their median
25 years of being there for the moments that matter. The connections that made the distance feel a little smaller. We're only getting started. Cheers to the next. WeveComeALongWay MTNAt25 LiveIt100 https://t.co/wkLgHulelz
- Jul 30, 20268.6x their median
Afrobeats has taken Nigeria to the world. Now let the world hear you. If your music deserves more than your headphones and your hometown, this is your moment. Text NAS to 13013 or visit https://t.co/eek25DzcTj and take your place on the world stage. NextAfrobeatsStar LiveIt100 MTNxNASSeason2
- Aug 26, 20267.4x their median
The accused take the stand to tell their side of the story. But will their defence hold up under scrutiny? Watch the full episode here: https://t.co/PSvoZe4G1J as we get one step closer to uncovering the truth about data. DataTruth LiveIt100 https://t.co/TKxydRLAFK
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 66 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 74 original posts, its engagement rate beats 25% 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 14K times each, and 0.46% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.05% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 74 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 18% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 10K interactions, about 158x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #liveit100, #mtnfootball, #mtnxsuperfalcons.
- What is MTN Nigeria's engagement rate on X?
- MTN Nigeria (@MTNNG) has an engagement rate of 0.005%, based on the median interactions across 74 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,365,313 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.005%, MTN Nigeria sits above the 10th 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 @MTNNG have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 25% 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 @MTNNG post?
- Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.87 posts per day across the measured window.