National Theatre engagement report
@NationalTheatre - 448K followers on X
Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 100 interactions against 448K followers, an engagement rate of 0.022%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 40% of 4,199 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 12K times each, and 0.868% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.57% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.33 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 30% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 78% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 89% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 220 interactions, about 2.2x its own typical post.
Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
National Theatre's engagement rate beats 40% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (4,199 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 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 46% 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 0.022%, National Theatre sits above the 25th percentile of the 40,619 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.013% to 0.082%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.013% |
| 50th percentile | 0.082% |
| 75th percentile | 0.443% |
| 90th percentile | 2.07% |
| 99th percentile | 145.6% |
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 Thursday 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% | 56K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 57K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 56K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 59K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 48K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 47K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 54K |
| 07:00 UTC | -4% | 58K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 68K |
| 09:00 UTC | -4% | 78K |
| 10:00 UTC | -3% | 81K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 88K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 97K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 106K |
| 14:00 UTC | -3% | 109K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 112K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 109K |
| 17:00 UTC | -3% | 102K |
| 18:00 UTC | -2% | 95K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 89K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 83K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 74K |
| 22:00 UTC | -1% | 64K |
| 23:00 UTC | -1% | 57K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 250K |
| Monday | +1% | 320K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 340K |
| Wednesday | -4% | 295K |
| Thursday | -2% | 259K |
| Friday | -3% | 271K |
| Saturday | +3% | 244K |
Best tweets
- Aug 25, 20262.2x their median
We've got good news 🥁 The ‘joy filled celebration of togetherness’ (★★★★★ Guardian) Pride transfers to the Bridge Theatre from 12 November 🙌 Booking opens at 10am on 2 September. Find out more here: https://t.co/q0qQh282fl https://t.co/EzDNi1Ah8r
- Aug 12, 20261.6x their median
Peek into the rehearsal room 👀 Benedict Andrews' thrilling fusion of ancient myth and modern psychology plays in our Lyttelton Theatre from 19 Aug to 10 Oct. Find out more about Electra/Persona 👇 https://t.co/nyzvzmEbR0 https://t.co/vM0gtJXXXH
- Aug 4, 2026
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Welsh playwright and director Peter Gill (1939-2026). Peter was one of British theatre’s quietest masters whose association with the National Theatre stretched back 45 years. https://t.co/LizAkls7un https://t.co/87SyjwS6ku
- Aug 26, 2026
Open Casting Call 📢 All will be revealed in our 2027 season announcement this September – but right now, we’re on the lookout for performers with exceptional acting, dancing and singing skills for roles in an iconic musical. Apply here: https://t.co/9JEtlhxalA https://t.co/okKnusLlpd
- Aug 9, 2026
"Blanchett and Hoss playing all four roles across the evening and swapping nightly" More info on our upcoming show, Electra/Persona, from Variety's cover of the BFI's panel 👇 https://t.co/QgsanmXtlW
- Jun 11, 2026
Sir Ian McKellen unveiled an @EnglishHeritage Blue Plaque for Sir Laurence Olivier 💫 From Olivier's childhood home to his artistic home, our Director and Co-Chief Executive Indhu Rubasingham joined in the celebrations of our founder. 📸 David Parry https://t.co/pnWUJYMOFk
- May 5, 2026
We're delighted to announce further details for our upcoming shows in 2026, with tickets going on sale to the public on 21 May 🎭 - Electra/Persona - Cloud 9 - Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists - Some Woman - The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Find out more 👇 https://t.co/tXkKjVZ5OR
- May 28, 2026
A perfect morning ☀️ We were delighted to host a group of community choirs who performed songs from War Horse to celebrate its return to our Olivier Theatre. Author Sir Michael Morpurgo and life-sized horse puppet Joey joined in! More info👇 https://t.co/36R1x2QFVS https://t.co/1rt2iXN8r2
- Jun 19, 2026
Coming to National Theatre at Home 📢 Here's the five new productions that will be available to stream this season: - Summerfolk - Inter Alia - London Road - Our Town - The Authenticator Browse the platform👇 https://t.co/48lPdehDeM https://t.co/i6j18Q9UUX
- May 13, 2026
Announcing National Theatre Nationwide 🚀 In partnership with 12 English theatres, supported by @ace_national, we’ll be touring mainstage productions to partner venues and schools, with ticketing initiatives to break down barriers to entry. Let’s see what’s in store 👇
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.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 100 interactions against 448K followers, an engagement rate of 0.022%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 40% of 4,199 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 12K times each, and 0.868% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.57% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.33 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 30% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 78% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 89% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 220 interactions, about 2.2x its own typical post.
- What is National Theatre's engagement rate on X?
- National Theatre (@NationalTheatre) has an engagement rate of 0.022%, based on the median interactions across 9 original posts from the last 30 days against 448,041 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.022%, National Theatre sits above the 25th percentile of the 40,619 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 @NationalTheatre have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 40% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (4,199 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 @NationalTheatre post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.33 posts per day across the measured window.