SAA - South African Airways engagement report
@flysaa - 441K followers on X
Measured over 18 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 24 interactions against 441K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 18 original posts, its engagement rate beats 24% of 3,848 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 3.0K times each, and 0.827% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.672% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.67 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 60% of days. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 18 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.3K interactions, about 386x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #flysaa, #saa, #saavoyager.
Measured over 18 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026. Recurring tags: #flysaa, #saa, #saavoyager.
Compared with accounts its own size
SAA - South African Airways's engagement rate beats 24% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,848 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 45% 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 0.006%, SAA - South African Airways sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,320 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 | 0.081% |
| 75th percentile | 0.436% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 160.1% |
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 13:00 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% | 52K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 51K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 55K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 44K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 43K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 49K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 53K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 62K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 71K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 74K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 80K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 88K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 97K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 100K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 103K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 100K |
| 17:00 UTC | -3% | 93K |
| 18:00 UTC | -2% | 87K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 82K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 76K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 67K |
| 22:00 UTC | -1% | 58K |
| 23:00 UTC | -1% | 52K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 235K |
| Monday | 0% | 296K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 292K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 254K |
| Thursday | -2% | 248K |
| Friday | -3% | 256K |
| Saturday | +3% | 230K |
Best tweets
- Jun 18, 2026386x their median
π¨ It's MATCH DAY!!! π¨ β½ Czechia vs Bafana Bafana π Thursday, 18 June 2026 βποΈ Atlanta Stadium π Kick-off: 18:00 π₯ SABC1 & SABC Sport Photo Credit: @MLS #Fifaworldcup #BafanaPride #BafanaBafana https://t.co/0B8PIGkaxj
- Jul 25, 202634x their median
As you take on the field, know that a nation is behind you, cheering you on every kick! β½οΈ Best wishes from your SAA family π«‘πΏπ¦βοΈ #BanyanaBanyana #WAFCON2026 #SAA https://t.co/no8jjfJ1PW
- Aug 27, 202622x their median
Capturing the perfect moment βοΈπΏπ¦ #SAA #FlySAA #SAAfleet https://t.co/vLz8H8un7Y
- Aug 15, 202617x their median
π«‘πΏπ¦βοΈ #FlyingTheFlag #FlySAA #SAAfleet #SAA https://t.co/pnWTc29CJb
- Aug 5, 202611x their median
South African Airways (SAA) and @emirates today announced an expansion of their codeshare partnership, enabling access to nine cities and establishing the start of a reciprocal codeshare agreement between both carriers. The expanded partnership opens more destinations across central and southern Africa, simplifying connectivity for customers. Read full press release | https://t.co/nQjSQkUmvf #SAA #FlySAA #Emirates #Codeshare
- Jun 28, 202610x their median
Ready for kick-off | Ready for victory β½πΏπ¦ The whole nation is behind you, @BafanaBafana! Proudly flying the flag with you πΏπ¦ Let's go, Bafana! ππ #SouthAfrica #FlySAA #FifaWorldCup2026 @SAFA_net https://t.co/ieYfHv7M2f
- Aug 9, 20267.6x their median
WIN 1 Million SAA Voyager miles! π₯³π« Every journey starts with someone who believed in you. Tell us about the woman who inspires you for your chance to win! To enter, comment below and tell us: Who inspires you Why does she deserve to be celebrated Where would you travel together if you won Tag the woman youβre celebrating in your comment. And if youβre not a Voyager member yet, be sure to sign up for SAA Voyager so youβre ready to receive your miles should you be our lucky winner. β¨ One entry per person. T&Cs apply: https://t.co/Pr32qbfqvE #SAA #FlySAA #SAAVoyager
- Jun 29, 20264.9x their median
Well played, @BafanaBafana π«‘ππΏπ¦ The result may not have gone our way, but our pride forever remains. #BafanaBafana #SouthAfrica #FlySAA #FifaWorldCup2026 @SAFA_net https://t.co/HytHoGN9Yi
- Jul 4, 20263.8x their median
Where will the flag fly you to next? βοΈπΏπ¦ #FlyingTheFlag #FlySAA #SAAfleet https://t.co/j8Z6j64I1A
- Jun 20, 20263.7x their median
Cruising π«π€ #SAA #FlySAA #SAAfleet https://t.co/HMXVnfEls5
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 24 interactions against 441K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 18 original posts, its engagement rate beats 24% of 3,848 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 3.0K times each, and 0.827% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.672% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.67 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 60% of days. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 18 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.3K interactions, about 386x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #flysaa, #saa, #saavoyager.
- What is SAA - South African Airways's engagement rate on X?
- SAA - South African Airways (@flysaa) has an engagement rate of 0.006%, based on the median interactions across 18 original posts from the last 30 days against 440,813 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.006%, SAA - South African Airways sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,320 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 @flysaa have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 24% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,848 accounts), 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 @flysaa post?
- Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.67 posts per day across the measured window.