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Nat Geo Travel engagement report

@NatGeoTravel - 9.0M followers on X

Measured over 3 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom 10% for its size
Per follower
0.001%
of 9.0M followers
Per impression
0.196%
59K views on a typical post
Reach
0.66%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
116
interactions (median)
Saved
0.01%
6 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.13/day
active 10% of days
Peak time
17:00 UTC
Sunday

Early reading. We have captured 3 original posts for this account, below the 8 we require before treating a median as settled. The numbers above describe what we have seen so far, not a finished profile of the account.

A typical post picks up 116 interactions against 9.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 3 original posts, its engagement rate beats 9% of 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 59K times each, and 0.196% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.66% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.13 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 10% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 3 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 33% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.8K interactions, about 18x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #timeandwater, #pompeiioutoftime, #tucciinitaly. Only 3 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.

Measured over 3 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #timeandwater, #pompeiioutoftime, #tucciinitaly.

Compared with accounts its own size

Nat Geo Travel's engagement rate beats 9% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count. A percentile is spread evenly by construction, so 50 really is the middle of that group and 90 really is its top tenth.

Where this sits in the catalog

At 0.001%, Nat Geo Travel sits below the 10th percentile of the 36,378 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.

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p250.012%
p50 (median)0.08%
p750.432%
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Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 36,378 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 107,364 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.002%
25th percentile0.012%
50th percentile0.08%
75th percentile0.432%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile161.0%

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 17:00 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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 17:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 17:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
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
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Sunday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 5%Busiest day: Sunday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+4%230K
Monday0%286K
Tuesday-2%276K
Wednesday-1%251K
Thursday-1%244K
Friday-3%252K
Saturday+3%227K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • May 12, 202618x their median

    Warning: Don’t watch if you’re hungry! A new season of #TucciInItaly is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/fsVeuF19uE

    1.5K2365532265K viewsView on X
  • Jun 11, 20266.1x their median

    Cheers to the next adventure! Tucci in Great Britain is coming soon to National Geographic, @DisneyPlus, and @hulu. https://t.co/DRmWhNj0iL

    575922514124K viewsView on X
  • May 18, 20265.1x their median

    Everything Stanley ate in Sicily, and then some. Watch all-new #TucciInItaly, Mondays at 8/7c on National Geographic. Now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/LA9UlfG4O8

    4908214866K viewsView on X
  • Jun 26, 20263.7x their median

    It's an oasis of calm just a stone's throw from Manhattan, but Governors Island has a long and unique history. #BestOfTheWorld with Antoni Porowski is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/NCmRD1ommR

    29695362137K viewsView on X
  • May 20, 20263.7x their median

    Hand-rolled and perfectly seasoned, the seafood couscous made in this small Sicilian trattoria is as delicious as it is fresh. Watch #TucciInItaly, Mondays at 8/7c on National Geographic. Streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/nJz0UieGkz

    3165414142K viewsView on X
  • Jun 15, 20262.8x their median

    History, culture, and a generous helping of cheese—everything you need for a perfect trip to Paris. #BestOfTheWorld with Antoni Porowski is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/eBsDJVbqZp

    11817527344K viewsView on X
  • May 19, 20262.9x their median

    Antoni Porowkski is on a quest to find the best sights, tastes, and experiences the world has to offer, and you're invited. #BestOfTheWorld with Antoni Porowski premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9/8c on National Geographic. Stream on @DisneyPlus and @hulu https://t.co/ptFR1ssBZA

    2364713095K viewsView on X
  • May 31, 20262.3x their median

    The Sardinia menu is stacked—minestrone, culurgiones… which dish would you try first? #TucciInItaly is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/xFUjDwZcJk

    210469240K viewsView on X
  • Jun 9, 20262.3x their median

    With classic dishes, rich flavors, and unique twists, dining in Veneto is an unforgettable experience. #TucciInItaly is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/upexT109jv

    2044611235K viewsView on X
  • Aug 9, 20262.0x their median

    Whatever you're doing, it's time for an Italian break. #TucciInItaly is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. https://t.co/Sq5TyKnNLf

    1852913579K viewsView on X

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

#timeandwater#pompeiioutoftime#tucciinitaly

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 116 interactions against 9.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 3 original posts, its engagement rate beats 9% of 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 59K times each, and 0.196% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.66% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.13 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 10% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 3 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 33% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.8K interactions, about 18x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #timeandwater, #pompeiioutoftime, #tucciinitaly. Only 3 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.

What is Nat Geo Travel's engagement rate on X?
Nat Geo Travel (@NatGeoTravel) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 3 original posts from the last 30 days against 8,976,546 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.001%, Nat Geo Travel sits below 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 @NatGeoTravel have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 9% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count, which puts it in the bottom 10% 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 @NatGeoTravel post?
Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.13 posts per day across the measured window.

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