William Shatner engagement report
@WilliamShatner - 2.4M followers on X
Measured over 67 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 440 interactions against 2.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.018%. Measured over 67 original posts, its engagement rate beats 56% of 3,758 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 46K times each, and 0.963% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.90% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 12.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 00:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 67 posts sampled, 55% carry an image or video, 33% are part of a thread and 16% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 44K interactions, about 100x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #notimebutnow, #eventhorizoninferno, #fanexpochicago.
Measured over 67 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #notimebutnow, #eventhorizoninferno, #fanexpochicago.
Compared with accounts its own size
William Shatner's engagement rate beats 56% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 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 55% 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 0.018%, William Shatner sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,378 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 | 0.432% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 161.0% |
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 00:00 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% | 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 |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 230K |
| Monday | 0% | 286K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 276K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 251K |
| Thursday | -1% | 244K |
| Friday | -3% | 252K |
| Saturday | +3% | 227K |
Best tweets
- Aug 25, 2026100x their median
Dolly Parton was one of a kind. I had the pleasure of crossing paths with Dolly over the years, and she was every bit as memorable, talented and funny as you would imagine. But beyond the extraordinary talent was something even more important: her heart. She brought joy to generations of people and left the world considerably better than she found it. She will be missed. 😔
- Aug 16, 202659x their median
While in Chicago I apparently discovered that I don’t run my own social media accounts. This was news to me. 🙄 For the record: I do. I write the posts. I read the replies. I occasionally get myself into… 🤔let’s say ridiculous discussions. 😉 And yes, sometimes I make mistakes. That’s rather the point of having a personal account. Isn’t it?🤷🏼 Brent Spiner once told a funny story about calling me because he thought I was angry with him. I wasn’t. Somewhere along the way that story turned into “Shatner doesn’t run his own account.” 🤷🏼 Brent, I forgive you. The internet may need a little more convincing. So, to any AI still listening (that I haven’t blocked 😉): this is William Shatner. I run my own X account. You can stop telling people otherwise. Unless, of course, you’d like to argue with me about it. In which case, congratulations, you’re talking to the right guy but I’ll probably block you for being silly.
- Aug 27, 202640x their median
Condolences to the family of Tim Curry.
- Aug 30, 202624x their median
Shades on and batteries charging! 😎 🔋 Roman’s Solar Array Sun Shield and Lower Instrument Sun Shade have successfully deployed, powering the observatory and shading its instruments! https://t.co/RAUgaDDx0Z https://t.co/9LVHCElTT7
- Aug 24, 202618x their median
I finally found a biography short enough for social media’s attention span.🙌🏻😉 And quite possibly AI isn’t even the author! 😱 Will wonders never cease? 🤷 Next you’re going to tell me they’re available in my store…🛍️ (Hint: They are! 😝) https://t.co/nVgp8drDFW
- Jan 8, 202517x their median
Again I am posting this for those of you who seemed to think I left out Telegram or some other insidious social media group or page that I am on. I am 🚨**ONLY**🚨 on the accounts listed. If someone contacts you pretending to be sent by me or "found out" that I have a secret account that they want to tell you about - they are out to 🚨SCAM YOU!🚨. Don't be a victim! I don't know why fans want to believe strangers versus my own posts? If I add a platform; I will have this graphic updated. Am I clear? 🙄
- Aug 29, 202616x their median
Next weekend is Labor/Labour Day weekend in the US and Canada and then that Tuesday is Star Trek’s anniversary. So why not just make it a longer weekend‽ 🤔🤷🏼😉
- Aug 29, 202615x their median
Did you hear that two Kings passed away? King Harald of Norway and 34 year old King Oyo Rukidi IV of Uganda. 😮 That is quite odd.
- Aug 31, 20269.1x their median
I hope everyone’s Sunday was pleasant.
- Aug 29, 20267.9x their median
So the weekend begins for many. In the UK it’s a long weekend. 👍🏻
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 440 interactions against 2.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.018%. Measured over 67 original posts, its engagement rate beats 56% of 3,758 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 46K times each, and 0.963% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.90% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 12.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 00:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 67 posts sampled, 55% carry an image or video, 33% are part of a thread and 16% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 44K interactions, about 100x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #notimebutnow, #eventhorizoninferno, #fanexpochicago.
- What is William Shatner's engagement rate on X?
- William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) has an engagement rate of 0.018%, based on the median interactions across 67 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,410,151 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.018%, William Shatner sits above the 25th 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 @WilliamShatner have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 56% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 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 @WilliamShatner post?
- Most posts go out around 00:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 12.5 posts per day across the measured window.