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Doctor Who engagement report

@bbcdoctorwho - 1.4M followers on X

Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.046%
of 1.4M followers
Per impression
1.41%
46K views on a typical post
Reach
3.23%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
654
interactions (median)
Saved
0.115%
53 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.43/day
active 37% of days
Peak time
09:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 654 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.046%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 59% 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 1.41% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.23% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.43 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11K interactions, about 18x its own typical post.

Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tag: #doctorwho.

Compared with accounts its own size

Doctor Who's engagement rate beats 59% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 60% 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 0.046%, Doctor Who 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%.

p100.002%
p250.012%
p50 (median)0.08%
p750.433%
p902.10%
p99160.5%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 36,654 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 106,977 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 percentile0.433%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile160.5%

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 09:00 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.

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: 09:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 09:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%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
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: Thursday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 5%Busiest day: Thursday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+4%231K
Monday0%288K
Tuesday-2%278K
Wednesday-1%251K
Thursday-1%245K
Friday-3%253K
Saturday+3%227K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • Jun 10, 202618x their median

    Today we’re announcing an update on plans for the future of Doctor Who. Read all about it on the Doctor Who website ➡️ https://t.co/G93OPLuur0 https://t.co/Swb1f8vb5n

    6.9K1.2K1.1K2.4K2.6M viewsView on X
  • Jun 5, 202616x their median

    We are very sad to report the passing of Anthony Head, who appeared as Mr Finch in 'School Reunion' in 2006. He was also known by fans for his commentary in #DoctorWho Confidential and the voice of Baltazar in 'The Infinite Quest' ❤️❤️ https://t.co/mRSvglyRUT https://t.co/5T5A2s6Xlc

    9.3K1.1K85107181K viewsView on X
  • Apr 15, 202611x their median

    20 years ago today, the Tenth Doctor and Rose set course for NEW EARTH - and began a whole new series of adventures in #DoctorWho Series 2! ❤️❤️ https://t.co/vG2zcY1CWg

    5.4K994107449554K viewsView on X
  • Mar 13, 202610x their median

    🚨 Two ‘missing’ Doctor Who episodes from THE DALEKS' MASTER PLAN have been found and are coming to BBC iPlayer this Easter! Read more on the #DoctorWho website ➡️ https://t.co/Sa3OoCPaTD https://t.co/WIarlWpYdB

    5.4K1.1K81236246K viewsView on X
  • Apr 29, 20268.4x their median

    "May I Introduce Miss Sarah Jane Smith" 🥹💙 OTD in 2006, Elisabeth Sladen returned to the role of Sarah Jane Smith in 'School Reunion' - where she met David Tennant's Tenth Doctor. For this iconic scene, we have dug out the rushes from the #DoctorWho archive to show you an exclusive new look at how this scene looked from the opposite camera. #behindthescenes #SchoolReunion

    4.6K66264153353K viewsView on X
  • Mar 16, 20266.3x their median

    The Tenth Doctor returns - again!! 😱 David Tennant will reprise his iconic role in a new series of audio adventures with @bigfinish 🎧💥 Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/MSsP7eOokd https://t.co/fmeNBV84uc

    3.3K459107323308K viewsView on X
  • Feb 19, 20267.3x their median

    He’s back…and it’s about time! 🕛 The Eighth Doctor’s debut, like you’ve never seen or heard it before. Fully restored in 4K from the original film to celebrate 30 years of THE TV MOVIE. Read all about it now on the Doctor Who website 👉 https://t.co/4oDrFGEeQG https://t.co/H5eiL9CEtY

    3.1K62690181259K viewsView on X
  • May 14, 20265.8x their median

    13 seasons, five Doctors, hours of adventure! #DoctorWho (2005-2022) comes to @AMCPlus from June 11th in the US - Read more here: https://t.co/CJA4MqUtga https://t.co/iIiBTvyZ53

    2.9K532133253344K viewsView on X
  • Mar 13, 20265.7x their median

    Unseen for over 60 years, we have your first look preview of the missing episodes of THE DALEKS' MASTER PLAN 💥 Watch the full clip now on the #DoctorWho YouTube channel! https://t.co/hxq5OFkbed

    3.0K5914485221K viewsView on X
  • Jul 13, 20264.9x their median

    Introducing the Fugitive Doctor's sonic screwdriver, exclusively for CIRCUIT BREAKER 🪛🔊 Discover the new sonic in action in #DoctorWho: THE KALEIDOSCOPE, coming September 2026 to BBC Books https://t.co/hSILL6PYhl https://t.co/VonuM5Mhzp

    2.6K302123182484K 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

#doctorwho

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 654 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.046%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 59% 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 1.41% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.23% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.43 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11K interactions, about 18x its own typical post.

What is Doctor Who's engagement rate on X?
Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) has an engagement rate of 0.046%, based on the median interactions across 13 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,434,013 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.046%, Doctor Who 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 @bbcdoctorwho have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 59% 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 @bbcdoctorwho post?
Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.43 posts per day across the measured window.

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