Metallica engagement report
@Metallica - 6.0M followers on X
Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 1.9K interactions against 6.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.032%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 66% of 3,774 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 132K times each, and 1.43% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.21% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.6 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video, 38% are part of a thread and 23% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 19K interactions, about 10x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #onthisday, #bleedingme, #m72.
Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #onthisday, #bleedingme, #m72.
Compared with accounts its own size
Metallica's engagement rate beats 66% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 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 67% 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 0.032%, Metallica sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,654 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 | 0.433% |
| 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 13:00 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% | 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 3, 202610x their median
🎉 Happy Birthday, James! 🎉 https://t.co/nytrSKKJzp
- Jul 2, 20266.4x their median
In response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela, AWMH is granting $100,000 in support through longtime partner @directrelief. While the full scale of the damage is yet to be determined, the United Nations is reporting that up to 6.8 million Venezuelans may be affected, including those displaced or losing access to electricity and water. More than 68,000 people were reported missing within three days of the disaster, and the official death toll is approaching 2,000. Direct Relief is preparing medical aid commonly needed after earthquakes, including first-aid supplies, hygiene items for displaced families, medicines used to treat acute injuries, and chronic disease medications for people whose access to routine care may be interrupted. AWMH’s $100,000 grant will support Direct Relief as the organization continues to respond to requests in the region as they become known. 💙 Learn more and join us in lending support at https://t.co/2P2Laz3g1r. 📸 Maryorin Mendez, AFP #MetallicaGivesBack #AWMH
- Jul 27, 20266.2x their median
"Ride the Lightning" was released 42 years ago #OnThisDay in 1984! What's your favorite song on the album? https://t.co/Hjj37g34E3
- Aug 12, 20265.7x their median
"Metallica" was released 35 years ago #OnThisDay in 1991! What's your favorite song on the album? https://t.co/4LShfeFRX2
- Jul 28, 20265.6x their median
Lights up, London. 🏴 https://t.co/pprEtjShDn
- Jul 18, 20265.6x their median
Dublin sang every word back twice as loud. 🇮🇪 #Metallica #M72Dublin https://t.co/xCMsT8kSA7
- Jul 31, 20265.5x their median
Scorched earth. 🔥 London Stadium never stood a chance. 🏴 https://t.co/gJLht5wwf7
- Jul 25, 20264.8x their median
"Kill 'Em All" was released 43 years ago #OnThisDay in 1983! What's your favorite song on the album? https://t.co/ttdnsOoprd
- Jul 10, 20263.7x their median
"So close no matter how far..." 🇮🇪 #M72Dublin https://t.co/TFZMvug6HF
- Jul 24, 20263.1x their median
A record crowd in Cardiff, pulling every string. 🏴 https://t.co/SRiqLnZKEP
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 1.9K interactions against 6.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.032%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 66% of 3,774 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 132K times each, and 1.43% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.21% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.6 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video, 38% are part of a thread and 23% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 19K interactions, about 10x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #onthisday, #bleedingme, #m72.
- What is Metallica's engagement rate on X?
- Metallica (@Metallica) has an engagement rate of 0.032%, based on the median interactions across 13 original posts from the last 30 days against 5,980,948 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.032%, Metallica sits above the 25th 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 @Metallica have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 66% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 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 @Metallica post?
- Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.6 posts per day across the measured window.