Steve Ballmer engagement report
@Steven_Ballmer - 2.8M followers on X
Measured over 1 original post from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 1 original post 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 130 interactions against 2.8M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 1 original post, its engagement rate beats 19% 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 68K times each, and 0.192% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.45% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.03 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 3% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1 posts sampled, 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 203K interactions, about 3175x its own typical post. Only 1 original post 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 1 original post from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Steve Ballmer's engagement rate beats 19% 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 0.005%, Steve Ballmer sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,852 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 | 0.435% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 159.8% |
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 21:00 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% | 54K |
| 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% | 79K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 87K |
| 13:00 UTC | -3% | 95K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 98K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 101K |
| 16:00 UTC | -4% | 99K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 91K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 85K |
| 19:00 UTC | -1% | 80K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 75K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 66K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 58K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 52K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 232K |
| Monday | 0% | 290K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 281K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 252K |
| Thursday | -2% | 245K |
| Friday | -3% | 254K |
| Saturday | +3% | 228K |
Best tweets
- Dec 5, 20233175x their median
The presidents of @Harvard, @MIT, and @Penn were all asked the following question under oath at todayโs congressional hearing on antisemitism: Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your universityโs] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment? The answers they gave reflect the profound moral bankruptcy of Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth. Representative @EliseStefanik was so shocked with the answers that she asked each of them the same question over and over again, and they gave the same answers over and over again. In short, they said: It โdepends on the contextโ and โwhether the speech turns into conduct,โ that is, actually killing Jews. This could be the most extraordinary testimony ever elicited in the Congress, certainly on the topic of genocide, which to remind us all is: โthe deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or groupโ The presidentsโ answers reflect the profound educational, moral and ethical failures that pervade certain of our elite educational institutions due in large part to their failed leadership. Donโt take my word for it. You must watch the following three minutes. By the end, you will be where I am. They must all resign in disgrace. If a CEO of one of our companies gave a similar answer, he or she would be toast within the hour. Why has antisemitism exploded on campus and around the world? Because of leaders like Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth who believe genocide depends on the context. To think that these are the leaders of Ivy League institutions that are charged with the responsibility to educate our best and brightest. On the bright side, our congressional leaders deserve accolades for showing tremendous leadership and moral clarity in their statements, by the questions they asked, and the respectfulness with which they conducted the hearing. It was a masterclass of how our government and democracy should operate. If you have time, please watch the entire hearing. Throughout the hearing, the three behaved like hostile witnesses, exhibiting a profound disdain for the Congress with their smiles and smirks, and their outright refusal to answer basic questions with a yes or no answer.
- Sep 28, 20242248x their median
Cool
- Nov 23, 2024343x their median
In FY2023, the U.S. Government spent $6.16. trillion while only bringing in $4.47 trillion. The last budget surplus was in 2001. This trend must be reversed, and we must balance the budget. https://t.co/mzLaMTZQxA
- Aug 2, 202448x their median
Ahead of the US elections, I'm launching a new series with my civic not-for-profit @USAFacts to share the data on the big issues impacting America. No rhetoric. No bias. Just the facts.ย Watch the first episodes on immigration and the budget: https://t.co/cDH5MOIaix
- Jun 12, 202427x their median
This is a hard day. I am honored to call Jerry a confidant, an advisor and a friend. Connie, my wife, called him my โbasketball dad.โ He was absolutely my basketball sage: wise, loyal and so much fun. If you were in his presence, you felt his competitiveness and his drive. He cared about everything and everyone. From the first day I met Jerry seven years ago, he inspired me with his intellect, honesty and enthusiasm. He never stopped. I spent a lot of time with him, some of the best times of my life. He always lent an ear, and he always had a quip. He always left me laughing. I will miss him.
- Jan 10, 202255x their median
All smiles for @Yg_Trece for #NBAAllStar. ๐คฉ 1 RETWEET = 1 VOTE https://t.co/CVRfZfxTXb
- Jan 13, 202255x their median
#ClipperNation, it's time to vote #PaulGeorge for #NBAAllStar. For every 50 retweets we will make the basketball bigger. ๐ https://t.co/O4FxQrkQaG
- Feb 18, 202254x their median
Code + @Coldplay = #codeplay! We're teaming up with Coldplay to inspire students to code & dance. Create a dance to "Higher Power" โ the band might spotlight yours on social media, and you could get to see the band live! Let's see what you create! Visit https://t.co/qSCFke77Cu https://t.co/6p6X6tmxdX
- May 3, 202232x their median
Happy birthday, Ty Lue! ๐ For every comment/retweet, @Aspiration will plant one tree for Ty's birthday! https://t.co/8S2ss7KloF
- Feb 6, 202232x their median
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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 130 interactions against 2.8M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 1 original post, its engagement rate beats 19% 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 68K times each, and 0.192% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.45% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.03 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 3% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1 posts sampled, 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 203K interactions, about 3175x its own typical post. Only 1 original post 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 Steve Ballmer's engagement rate on X?
- Steve Ballmer (@Steven_Ballmer) has an engagement rate of 0.005%, based on the median interactions across 1 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,761,775 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.005%, Steve Ballmer sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,852 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 @Steven_Ballmer have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 19% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count, 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 @Steven_Ballmer post?
- Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.03 posts per day across the measured window.