MTV engagement report
@MTV - 16M followers on X
Measured over 106 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 462 interactions against 16M followers, an engagement rate of 0.003%. Measured over 106 original posts, its engagement rate beats 29% of 3,739 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 85K times each, and 0.542% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.527% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 106 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 28% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.7K interactions, about 21x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #vmas, #mtvfreshout, #vma.
Measured over 106 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #vmas, #mtvfreshout, #vma.
Compared with accounts its own size
MTV's engagement rate beats 29% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,739 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 10 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 41% 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 0.003%, MTV sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,378 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 | 0.432% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 161.0% |
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 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.
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 9, 202621x their median
This new @Stray_Kids music video is "This & That" and everything in between 🫶😮💨 https://t.co/a0r7iqUkAK
- Aug 28, 202620x their median
To no surprise at all, @jennierubyjane's “FALLEN ANGEL” music video is truly heaven-sent 🪽😌 https://t.co/rGU5L9XH8d
- Aug 4, 202616x their median
My ears are still ringing and my heart is still FULL after seeing @bts.bighitofficial this weekend 🥹💜 📍: #ARIRANGTour at MetLife Stadium https://t.co/Ik1xRTeWx7
- Aug 16, 202611x their median
Everybody strike a pose....... it’s @Madonna's birthday!!! 💃📸🎉 https://t.co/0R3uLncsYf
- Aug 19, 202611x their median
My job: announce the Best K-Pop nominees at the 2026 #VMAs 🤝 Your job: VOTE FOR A WINNER 🥇☄️ ⭐️ @BLACKPINK: JUMP ⭐️ @bts_bighit: SWIM ⭐️ @cortis_bighit: REDRED ⭐️ @katseyeworld: Pinky Up ⭐️ @le_sserafim (ft. j-hope of @bts_bighit): SPAGHETTI ⭐️ LISA: Dream ft. @kentaro_s_711 ➡️ Go to https://t.co/5erl2Jg4eR ⬅️ Then tune in LIVE, September 27th on @CBS & @paramountplus!!!
- Aug 25, 20269.6x their median
Dolly Parton, the country music superstar and beloved philanthropist, businesswoman, and role model to so many, has passed away at 80 years old. Her undeniable legacy, and powerful catalog of work, will continue to live on. We will always love you, Dolly. https://t.co/CyI0CuInXi
- Jul 31, 20267.5x their median
Pepper, you'll forever & ever be a star 🤩 Happy 'petal' release day to all who celebrate!!! https://t.co/amnZI6FVc9
- Aug 5, 20267.4x their median
Leave it to miss Tate McRae to end a Lollapalooza set covered head to toe in gold 🏆✨✨ https://t.co/BU9cnfkFDL
- Aug 18, 20266.9x their median
IT’S TIME!!! 🚨 Voting for the 2026 #VMAs is OPEN and YOU have the power to choose this year’s Video of the Year! 🚀🎬💙 ⭐️ Ariana Grande: hate that i made you love me ⭐️ @BrunoMars: I Just Might ⭐️ GENER8ION: STORM starring Yung Lean ⭐️ @Madonna: Confessions II - The Film ⭐️ @SabrinaAnnLynn: Tears ⭐️ @taylorswift13: The Fate of Ophelia Head to https://t.co/h5OCeBcqrk everyday to cast your vote and find out who wins LIVE September 27th on @CBS and @Paramountplus ✨
- Aug 21, 20265.9x their median
It's a star-studded year in the Best Latin category at the #VMAs 💫☁️🎖️ ⭐️ @Anitta with @shakira: Choka Choka ⭐️ @sanbenito: NUEVAYoL ⭐️ @FuerzaRegidafr: TU SANCHO ⭐️ @karolg: Papasito ⭐️ Rosalía ft. @Yahritza_YSE: La Perla ⭐️ @ryancastrro, Kapo & GANGSTA: LA VILLA ⭐️ @shakira & @burnaboy: Dai Dai Vote at https://t.co/5erl2Jg4eR – then see who wins, September 27th on @CBS and @paramountplus! 💙
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 462 interactions against 16M followers, an engagement rate of 0.003%. Measured over 106 original posts, its engagement rate beats 29% of 3,739 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 85K times each, and 0.542% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.527% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 106 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 28% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.7K interactions, about 21x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #vmas, #mtvfreshout, #vma.
- What is MTV's engagement rate on X?
- MTV (@MTV) has an engagement rate of 0.003%, based on the median interactions across 106 original posts from the last 30 days against 16,167,720 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.003%, MTV sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,378 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 @MTV have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 29% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,739 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 @MTV post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.67 posts per day across the measured window.