United States Space Force engagement report
@USSpaceForce - 722K followers on X
Measured over 27 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 511 interactions against 722K followers, an engagement rate of 0.071%. Measured over 27 original posts, its engagement rate beats 64% 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 23K times each, and 2.22% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.18% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 27 posts sampled, 37% carry an image or video and 81% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.2K interactions, about 4.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #spaceforce, #spaceinnovation, #aerospace.
Measured over 27 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #spaceforce, #spaceinnovation, #aerospace.
Compared with accounts its own size
United States Space Force's engagement rate beats 64% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 73% 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 0.071%, United States Space Force 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 17:00 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 7, 20264.3x their median
Senate confirms Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to serve as the next Chief of Space Operations. Schiess will succeed Gen. Chance Saltzman who is preparing to retire after a 35-year military career. Read more: https://t.co/oB4EN8ulru
- Aug 8, 20263.2x their median
Celebrating excellence in training Congratulations to the 535th Training Squadron, Space Delta 1, for being named Unit of the Year! 🎉 A special shoutout to Tech. Sgt. Tyler J. Strauser, recognized as Military Training Instructor of the Year. Their dedication to revolutionizing Space Force Basic Military Training and enhancing the development of combat-ready Guardians is truly inspiring. Here's to their hard work and commitment to excellence! Story here: https://t.co/Qcx7o0ib4E
- Aug 27, 20263.1x their median
STARCOM has launched the 320th Recruiting Squadron—the Space Force’s very first dedicated recruiting squadron. They’re connecting with communities and schools nationwide to find the talent needed for our space mission! #SpaceForce https://t.co/jQ4TxQYnN8
- Aug 15, 20262.0x their median
Big strides are happening at Mission Delta 2’s 15th Space Surveillance Squadron at U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico! Our advanced GEODSS system is on the lookout, rapidly identifying small threats in orbit. As the first site to receive the GBOSS upgrade, we’ve doubled our field of view and tripled our sensitivity! 🌌 With these upgrades, the U.S. Space Force can now scan orbits with exceptional speed and clarity across all ranges.
- Aug 24, 20261.9x their median
The U.S. Space Force Honor Guard marches along the racetrack before the official start of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C., Aug. 23, 2026. The U.S. Space Force Honor Guard recently updated their ceremonial service dress uniform and debuted them at yesterday's event. https://t.co/PQ6peHW050
- Aug 16, 20261.7x their median
Preparing for the unknown In a joint training exercise, Space Force & National Guard personnel united to enhance their responses to simulated chemical incidents. Together, we stand ready for any situation! More: https://t.co/0ACsKmEt2I
- Aug 4, 20261.5x their median
The Space Force selected Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory as technical direction agent for its Space-Based Interceptor program! This low-earth orbit constellation will advance homeland defense. More: https://t.co/w7RYv1tXnG
- Aug 9, 20261.5x their median
A new era begins! On August 6, Space Force Col. Richard R. Beckman assumed leadership as the second Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Infrastructure, succeeding Col. Corey J. Klopstein. Beckman steps into the role with a background heavily rooted in space systems, and research and development, making him the right leader to navigate the modernization of test and training as well as the delivery of critical infrastructure in the evolving PAE role. More: https://t.co/O3tx2V1LjV
- Aug 11, 2026
In an era where threats in space are ever-evolving, the 3rd Space Operations Squadron under USSF Combat Forces Command Mission Delta 9 is stepping up. During their recent presentation, they highlighted their involvement in VICTUS HAZE—a multi-launch, multi-vehicle mission demonstrating our nation's rapid response capabilities.
- Aug 4, 2026
The Department of the Air Force and the Texas Space Commission have established a new strategic alliance to accelerate innovation and deliver cutting-edge space capabilities to our Guardians. 🚀 Read about it here: https://t.co/YX5UTeIfjK
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 511 interactions against 722K followers, an engagement rate of 0.071%. Measured over 27 original posts, its engagement rate beats 64% 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 23K times each, and 2.22% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.18% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 27 posts sampled, 37% carry an image or video and 81% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.2K interactions, about 4.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #spaceforce, #spaceinnovation, #aerospace.
- What is United States Space Force's engagement rate on X?
- United States Space Force (@USSpaceForce) has an engagement rate of 0.071%, based on the median interactions across 27 original posts from the last 30 days against 722,044 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.071%, United States Space Force 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 @USSpaceForce have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 64% 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 @USSpaceForce post?
- Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.27 posts per day across the measured window.