ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula engagement report
@MbalulaFikile - 3.1M followers on X
Measured over 205 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 62 interactions against 3.1M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 205 original posts, its engagement rate beats 24% of 3,758 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 12K times each, and 0.511% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.386% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 7.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 205 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video and 8% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 4.7K interactions, about 76x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #voteanc2026, #ancmanifesto2026, #letscontinuebuildingbettercommunitiestogether.
Measured over 205 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #voteanc2026, #ancmanifesto2026, #letscontinuebuildingbettercommunitiestogether.
Compared with accounts its own size
ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula's engagement rate beats 24% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 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 39% 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 0.002%, ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,654 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 | 0.433% |
| 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 09:00 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% | 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
- Aug 14, 202676x their median
So Kenna Limpopo Boy ? 🤘🤘🤘ndiyagezelwa straight. https://t.co/lhiXdCm3mj
- Aug 14, 202664x their median
Good morning & happy to share that I was nominated as EU Ambassador to #Kenya Feeling very honoured and looking forward to take up duty soon @EUinKenya 🇪🇺🇰🇪 https://t.co/utBgOLWdz0
- Aug 30, 202653x their median
Wits is aware of fake news being shared regarding the number of international staff employed at the University. The total number of international staff is in fact 9%. Pls refrain from sharing misinformation which seeks to sow division in our community and our country. Our approach to internationalisation does not occur at the expense of transformation or the development and employment of South African talent. Our objective is therefore neither localisation nor internationalisation in isolation, but a strategically balanced institution that develops South African leadership while drawing on the very best expertise available globally, where necessary.
- Aug 26, 202636x their median
Why I didn't watch the polygamous as it's just a distraction and a misrepresentation of our culture. https://t.co/2TashFQDza
- Aug 16, 202633x their median
[WATCH] We are at the 74th birthday celebrations of her Majesty Queen Thulare. The reigning Queen of the BaPedi Nation. It was great to meet the leadership of the EFF led by Julius Malema. Such occasions bring us all together under one roof to celebrate the monarch of a great. https://t.co/AP0o1SOMwd
- Aug 19, 202631x their median
“Can you please try to summarize” Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga “I'm finishing chief” NCC President Fadiel Adams “I'm not chief please” Madlanga “Sorry Buda, that's how we address an elder in Capetown” Adams https://t.co/Qimbcby4mq
- Aug 19, 202631x their median
“I said to you, I’m not Chief. Please just try and drum that into your head: I’m not Chief.” — Justice Madlanga. Fadiel Adams is so disrespectful 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ #MadlangaCommission https://t.co/pwYqlrbcDh
- Aug 18, 202630x their median
I like Tyla ,Never seen someone so humble as she rises to the top higher and higher ,Full of respect south Africa gave birth to a star .Thanks to the parents and her friends for keeping her grounded. Politicians and celebrities alike we can learn from this young girl .keep moving @Tyllaaaaaaa
- Aug 28, 202623x their median
Cold comfort https://t.co/9B0G9cD2dm
- Aug 25, 202621x their median
Good morning mabakaniya I want to dedicate this morning to my favorite player atPpirates Patrick Maswanganyi, You served our team with hounor and total commitment you gave us good memories God and your ancestors be with you "Ambulance yase Tembisa"we will miss you Tito @orlandopirates once and always.
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 62 interactions against 3.1M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 205 original posts, its engagement rate beats 24% of 3,758 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 12K times each, and 0.511% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.386% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 7.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 205 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video and 8% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 4.7K interactions, about 76x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #voteanc2026, #ancmanifesto2026, #letscontinuebuildingbettercommunitiestogether.
- What is ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula's engagement rate on X?
- ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 205 original posts from the last 30 days against 3,143,297 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula sits above the 10th 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 @MbalulaFikile have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 24% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 accounts), which puts it in the bottom quarter for its size 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 @MbalulaFikile post?
- Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 7.7 posts per day across the measured window.