Martha Karua engagement report
@MarthaKarua - 1.8M followers on X
Measured over 74 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 274 interactions against 1.8M followers, an engagement rate of 0.016%. Measured over 74 original posts, its engagement rate beats 53% 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 41K times each, and 0.664% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.35% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 74 posts sampled, 82% carry an image or video and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 12K interactions, about 45x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ntvwikendi, #plp, #tuunganetujikomboe.
Measured over 74 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #ntvwikendi, #plp, #tuunganetujikomboe.
Compared with accounts its own size
Martha Karua's engagement rate beats 53% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,829 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 45% 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 0.016%, Martha Karua sits above the 25th percentile of the 37,071 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 | 0.435% |
| 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 15:00 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
- Jul 30, 202645x their median
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah wants High Court to declare tallying and verification at the National Tallying Centre illegal, says results announced at the Constituency level are final. https://t.co/s6UaWprqtv
- Jul 30, 202637x their median
Today everyone’s getting it! They removed me from the Senate Committee on Roads, Transport & Housing where I champion inclusive transport and mobility, sustainable cities, and accessibility in the built environment for the rights of over 8 million persons with disabilities as provided for in the PWD Act of 2025. Everyday, I come to this house diligently to do my job, to execute the business of those I was brought here to represent, and I do it well even with a disability. If this is punishment by the leadership - so be it, but one thing that people ought to know is that God has a knack for turning a bad situation into a glorious occasion! 😉 #VIP
- Aug 14, 202634x their median
Against all odds! Its official... Call me Dr. Sheila Joy Mulinya PhD. https://t.co/SdiKidgykk
- Aug 12, 202631x their median
This photo takes me back to the excitement of arriving in Nairobi as a young woman, full of hope and possibility. Nairobi was a city of opportunity then, a place where you came believing that with hard work and courage, you could build something for yourself. Much has changed since then, but young people still come to our cities carrying big dreams and the determination to make something of their lives. Kenyan Youth, 🇰🇪 You are one of Kenya’s greatest assets. Look at what you have already achieved, often with limited opportunities and against enormous odds. You have carried our flag in sport, taken our music and culture to the world, built businesses, created technology, entertained us and found ingenious ways to make a living in a harsh economy You are the majority and among the most educated generations Kenya has known. You have the knowledge, creativity and numbers to shape the direction of this country, do not let anyone convince you otherwise. They know the power you hold. The Kenya you want is not a dream too big. It is a country we can build with your generation at the centre of it. Stand strong! #InternationalYouthDay
- Aug 10, 202629x their median
Kakuru @KakuruTumusiime & Kato @TumusiimeKato will abandon everything and run to any court to fight for the freedom of incarcerated comrades. We appreciate their contribution to the quest for justice, and wish them many years of good health. Happy birthday to the advocate-twins! https://t.co/11LnDRmDEG
- Aug 7, 202620x their median
I am shocked and deeply distressed. After 7pm tonight, my partner @kizzabesigye1 was bundled up and taken back to Luzira Prison. When I left KB at 4.30pm, he still could not walk or talk. At lunch, I fed him soft food with a spoon because his arms and hands remain very weak. He cannot yet care for himself. 1/4
- Aug 13, 202617x their median
Why has our President William Ruto allowed Wicknell Chivayo, a man with dubious distinction to video record him? Chivayo has allowed the whole world to see our President’s public offices at State House, his Kilgoris farm & his private car. No other Kenyan has such access & leeway. Doesn’t this unparalleled access by a convicted fraudster raise both moral & security issues? Chivayo isn’t an entrepreneur but a fraudster who has captured failed Zimbabwe.
- Aug 11, 202613x their median
WANTAM is real and will happen one year from today. The leaders in the United Alternative Government are committed that we MUST and we SHALL present to the people of Kenya one Presidential candidate through whatever formulae. One year to the 2027 General Election, we met this afternoon and renewed our commitment that no matter what, we shall have one single presidential candidate to send Mr. William Ruto home and restore our country and the dignity of Kenyans. Thank you my sister the Iron Lady Hon. Martha Karua for being the mother of our liberation and always bringing us together. Thanks my brothers Hon. Justin Muturi, Dr. Fred Matiang'i, Hon. Peter Munya, Hon. Lenny Kivuti, and Hon. Eugene Wamalwa and Hon. Mohamend Ali - Representing my cousin Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka.
- Jul 30, 202612x their median
Watch the moment Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye collapses in court during his treason trial. The 70-year-old, who has been detained since November 2024, collapsed while objecting to state-appointed lawyers representing him. https://t.co/qvcPZoi4RG
- Aug 11, 202611x their median
Afterwords with my brothers https://t.co/LLxgF90dT1
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 274 interactions against 1.8M followers, an engagement rate of 0.016%. Measured over 74 original posts, its engagement rate beats 53% 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 41K times each, and 0.664% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.35% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 74 posts sampled, 82% carry an image or video and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 12K interactions, about 45x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ntvwikendi, #plp, #tuunganetujikomboe.
- What is Martha Karua's engagement rate on X?
- Martha Karua (@MarthaKarua) has an engagement rate of 0.016%, based on the median interactions across 74 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,762,314 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.016%, Martha Karua sits above the 25th 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 @MarthaKarua have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 53% 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 @MarthaKarua post?
- Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 4.7 posts per day across the measured window.