Josh Gates engagement report
@joshuagates - 375K followers on X
Measured over 2 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 2 original posts 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 2.1K interactions against 375K followers, an engagement rate of 0.559%. Posts are seen about 49K times each, and 4.24% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 13.2% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.13 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 10% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 2 posts sampled, 50% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.9K interactions. Only 2 original posts 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 2 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tag: #expeditionunknown.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.559%, Josh Gates sits above the 75th percentile of the 37,071 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the top 25% band, which runs 0.435% to 2.10%.
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 | 158.3% |
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 14:00 UTC, and Sunday 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% | 51K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 54K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 44K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 42K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 49K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 53K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 61K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 71K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 73K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 80K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 88K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 96K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 99K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 103K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 100K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 92K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 86K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 81K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 75K |
| 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% | 234K |
| Monday | 0% | 294K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 288K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 253K |
| Thursday | -2% | 247K |
| Friday | -3% | 256K |
| Saturday | +3% | 230K |
Best tweets
- Aug 23, 2026
Just when I think I can no longer be awed by the majesty of God’s creation, a woman sipping out of a huge water bottle argues with the TSA that it should be allowed through because it’s “medical grade water.”
- Jul 14, 2026
I’m proud to announce that #ExpeditionUnknown on @Discovery has received FOUR Emmy nominations! Our sincere thanks to the members of @TelevisionAcad & @TheEmmys and much thanks to our fearless, daring, and loyal viewers who continue to help us celebrate exploration and adventure! https://t.co/92RgA2BWSf
- Jun 18, 2026
BREAKING NEWS! I’m proud to report that the final resting place of 1,000 Allied POWs has now been identified. Our mission to The Philippines was one of the most emotional expeditions I’ve ever been a part of. I’m honored to work with The Hellships Memorial Foundation to dive down and document this haunting, historic wreck. See the story unfold on the season premiere of #expeditionunknown on Wednesday 06/24 on @Discovery! https://t.co/GfP00oK6Ng
- Jun 25, 2026
A new season of Expedition Unknown kicks off in 10 min on @Discovery! Be there for a historic mission 80 years in the making! https://t.co/p8o1IYyuBC
- Aug 21, 2025
Last night’s season premiere of #expeditionX on @Discovery was a terrifying journey into the heart of Ireland’s most haunted prison. But for some viewers, the scariest part was an AI driven narration that played over the episode. Apologies! We’ve received hundreds of your emails and social posts since last night, and we’re doing our best to figure out how things went haywire. Come to think of it, Heather did warn me about using a Ouiji board. Hmmm. At the moment, our best guess is that that captioning for the visually impaired was somehow turned on during the cable broadcast. We’ll do our best to resolve this for next week, and we appreciate your patience while we work out the (perhaps literal) ghosts in the machine. Adventure on!
- Dec 25, 2025
https://t.co/uOkPh4g7rF
- Jun 24, 2026
HANG ON! #ExpeditionUnknown returns TONIGHT with an all-new season and a historic mission that’s breaking news. Join the hunt at 9pm ET/PT on @Discovery https://t.co/SCu2I0SESh
- Aug 5, 2026
For years, there have been legends of secret tunnels beneath the Inca capital of Cusco. Turns out some legends are real. All-new #expeditionunknown tonight on @Discovery https://t.co/11Xnc9v1TI
- Aug 6, 2025
TONIGHT (08/06): unlock the secrets of the oldest monument on earth…by joining the excavation. Get ready to dig into history, and discover the truth of Göbekli Tepe! All-new Expedition Unknown at 9pm on @Discovery! https://t.co/dum1IJ0jst
- Jul 21, 2026
We have major news from an expedition! The news is breaking shortly on the @TODAYshow. Tune in now. https://t.co/swBVubuxnv
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
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 2.1K interactions against 375K followers, an engagement rate of 0.559%. Posts are seen about 49K times each, and 4.24% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 13.2% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.13 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 10% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 2 posts sampled, 50% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.9K interactions. Only 2 original posts 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 Josh Gates's engagement rate on X?
- Josh Gates (@joshuagates) has an engagement rate of 0.559%, based on the median interactions across 2 original posts from the last 30 days against 374,916 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.559%, Josh Gates sits above the 75th percentile of the 37,071 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 @joshuagates have real engagement?
- There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
- When does @joshuagates post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.13 posts per day across the measured window.