Legit.ng | Leading the way engagement report
@legitngnews - 979K followers on X
Measured over 97 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 26, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 979K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 97 original posts, its engagement rate beats 7% of 3,791 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 3.5K times each, and 0.143% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.357% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 97 posts sampled, 43% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.0K interactions, about 593x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #davido, #legitnews, #legitng.
Measured over 97 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 26, 2026. Recurring tags: #davido, #legitnews, #legitng.
Compared with accounts its own size
Legit.ng | Leading the way's engagement rate beats 7% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,791 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 12% 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 0.001%, Legit.ng | Leading the way sits below the 10th percentile of the 36,759 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 | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.434% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 160.4% |
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 12:00 UTC, and Wednesday 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% | 54K |
| 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% | 79K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 87K |
| 13:00 UTC | -3% | 95K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 98K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 101K |
| 16:00 UTC | -4% | 99K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 91K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 85K |
| 19:00 UTC | -1% | 80K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 75K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 66K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 58K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 52K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 232K |
| Monday | 0% | 290K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 281K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 252K |
| Thursday | -2% | 245K |
| Friday | -3% | 254K |
| Saturday | +3% | 228K |
Best tweets
- Aug 25, 2026593x their median
"I didn't know Ogogo well, but I knew his work — and in this industry, that's its own kind of knowing. Watching him, you could tell this wasn't just a job to him. He approached every role like a question worth sitting with, and answered it with care instead of showmanship. That's rare in a business built on performance. He had the soul of a philosopher — using character to look honestly at life, and letting the rest of us look with him. He seemed, unmistakably, to enjoy it. That kind of ease can't be faked, and colleagues notice it even from a distance. He leaves behind work that will keep speaking, and a quiet example of what it looks like to take a craft seriously. Rest well, Taiwo Babatunde Al-Hassan...a.k.a. Ogogo. May God comfort all those you loved." Veteran actress Joke Silva shares a heartfelt tribute to late actor Ogogo. Photo credit: ajokesilva, ogogotaiwohassan (Instagram) #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 23, 2026191x their median
“My daddy is dead💔. I want to go home. Someone should book my ticket. I want to go home. I want to go and see my daddy before he gets buried 💔.” Kira Taiwo daughter of Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan ‘Ogogo’ visibly shaken as she cries on live session confirming that her father has passed away. Photo credit : ogogotaiwohassan, Kira Taiwo (Instagram) #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 26, 2026130x their median
"My dear friend and brother of nearly 40 years. Who will Yinka Quadri and I banter with now? You won’t be here to remind me that you are my big brother. You have left Yinka to continue that with me. We will both miss the brotherhood we shared for years. Your departure has left a space that cannot be filled. I will miss you a lot, Taiwo. I will miss the happiness you always exude. When we met as young men trying to navigate life, who would have thought we would form a bond that would last for decades? My brother was a genuinely down-to-earth, free-spirited man. When Taiwo loved you, he loved you wholeheartedly. Always loyal, generous, and ever ready to stand by the people he cared about. Ogogo the actor, Action man. The contributions you made to theatre, the successful people you nurtured, the legacies you left behind. All of these will be talked about for ages. Since your passing was announced on Sunday, up to the point you were put in the ground, I have, with my own eyes, witnessed the entire nation mourn you. I have watched even young people share your legacy in the roles you have played. Rest well, my brother. You will never be forgotten." Veteran actor Dele Odule pens emotional tribute to late actor Taiwo 'Ogogo' Hassan after his burial. Photo credit: Dele Odule/Instagram #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 24, 2026117x their median
"Amongst all the friends I have made in all my life, there is no one I love more than Yinka Quadri," he said. "Our closeness runs deep." Actor Yinka Quadri in tears as preparations are underway to lay his close friend and fellow actor, Taiwo 'Ogogo' Hassan, to rest in Ilaro, Ogun State. Ogogo reportedly battled cancer before his passing. An old interview clip of Ogogo with Oyinmomo TV, shows him speaking about Yinka Quadri has since resurfaced. In the footage, Ogogo was candid and unguarded about the place Quadri held in his life. Photo credit - ogogotaiwohassan, asiwajutv, goldmynetv (Instagram) #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 24, 202669x their median
"God loves him more than we do. It wasn't that we didn't have money to treat him. Ogogo was a nice person. On behalf of the TAMPAN association, we say thank you to everyone who stood with us. May he rest in peace. May his wrongdoings be forgiven. May God be with his children; no one can be like a father to them." Actress Fausat Balogun, 'Madam Saje', could not hold back her tears at the funeral of veteran actor Taiwo 'Ogogo' Hassan, as she delivered an emotional tribute. Photo credit: ogogotaiwohassan, jujutv/Instagram #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 26, 202646x their median
"I thank God that you did not have to go through a prolonged struggle that would have left us constantly seeking financial assistance to care for you. I thank God that your illness did not keep us moving you from one place to another in search of help. I thank God for the life He gave you and the memories you left behind. I thank God for the beautiful life you lived, my bosom friend, Taiwo Hassan Ogogo. I will never forget the last time I saw you at the hospital. You were lying on your sick bed, and when I saw you, I could not hold back my tears. You looked at me and said, “Yinka, don't cry. Nothing bad will happen to me.” I responded, “Yes, Amen." Deep down, I know this was not your wish. It was not your wish to leave us so soon. You were more than a friend to me. You were my brother, my confidant, and my companion. I have always said that we were twins from heaven, only born to different mothers. Rest well, my brother. Until we meet again." Actor Yinka Quadri has broken his silence on the death of his long-time friend and colleague Taiwo Hassan 'Ogogo'. Photo credit - ogogotaiwohassan, Alujo TV (Instagram) #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 18, 202642x their median
"I'm not going to apologize. I didn't do anything wrong. I was just telling people of the state the WAEC result their governor has. You left your state, came to another state to rig. Then you come in, and then you start talking that my uncle is a dancer; he's not serious. The road to your government house is not done o. First of all, you were not even elected. You were selected. You didn't win those votes, sir. You don't know what it is to win an election. That's why you could go there and talk. And I feel so bad for his kids. Because they would be like see what our daddy is doing. You are visiting a sitting governor in his own state. Anyhow, finish your three years. We'll visit you when it's time for you to get re-elected." Davido addresses his public clash with the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, as he refuses to apologise for his comments during the Osun State elections. Photo credit: Davido/Instagram, m_akpakomiza/X #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 18, 202633x their median
"So I met this family. They are Lebanese, so they invited me to Lebanon, and I was like, I'm here in Dubai with my friends. I can't just up and leave. They were like, Bring them all. I said, 'Ah, they are 15'. The guy said, 'Don't worry, I own the country. I will send you the plane'. They drove us to the plane, all 15 of us, and put us on a private plane. And flew us all to Lebanon. From the plane sef, we didn't even see immigration; straight to the hotel. He got me a room that was $36,000 for a night. All my other friends- 15 of us- everybody had their own room. They took us out to eat at night. Dinner was like 50 bands. So after we went to the club, when I came back to the hotel, the guy dropped me back; he has all the cars- Bugatti, everything. There was an AP store; it was next to the elevator, so I just stopped and looked and said, 'Oh wow, nice watches,' and I went upstairs. Everybody went to bed. The next day, when I woke up, I went to the dining room. He got me the presidential dining. When I got to the dining table, not only did I see that AP watch, but he bought Rolexes for all 15 of my other friends. That was the first time I was surprised. My cook, who followed me, got a Rolex too." Davido opened up about the most unforgettable gift he has ever received. The singer shared this during his appearance on the Uncut podcast, where one of the hosts asked him to name a gift that still moves him to this day. Photo credit: Davido/Instagram #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 25, 202629x their median
"I am the first wife of Taiwo Hassan Ogogo. We are 2 that; my husband married. He was a good person. A caring husband. He loved me so much; he is the type of man that stays with you even during difficult times. He stood as my father and mother; He is the only one I have. After him, it's God I have. What God took from me is such a big thing. I am pained, but there's nothing I can do. When I get angry, he doesn't like it." Late actor Taiwo Hassan Ogogo's first wife, Ajoke Taiwo, breaks her silence in hours after the veteran actor was laid to rest in his hometown in Ogun State, following a prolonged battle with cancer. Photo credit: ogogotaiwohassan, Laaola TV (Instagram) #legitng #legitnews
- Aug 23, 202626x their median
"God, I know you understand how you do your own thing; I cannot question you, but this is deep. My advice is that I don’t think it is healthy to get too close to your parents. Look at me, I am losing it. I know it; I don’t need anybody to tell me. Seeing someone I love with all my life on the sick bed, in pains for weeks. He is a very good father. All of us are just confused. The cleric that brought herbal remedies went live online, and he was saying, 'If you see Ogogo.' Are you trying to make us, the family, hopeless? It’s not nice. You don’t have the fear of God. I leave you for God. My big daddy saw that video, and he sent a message in the group chat. He said, "Is my brother going?" My big daddy loves my daddy too much. He broke down in tears. I don’t even want to check social media. I don’t want to look at my daddy’s pictures. We don’t deserve this kind of thing. I am sure my big daddy is not okay; he is not fine. But like they always say, in all situations, give thanks to God." Kira Taiwo, daughter of veteran actor Ogogo, speaks on her father's ongoing health battle, sharing the personal toll on her and calling out those exploiting her father's condition online. Photo credit - kira_taiwo/Instagram, Alihamidtv/Facebook #legitng #legitnews
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 5 interactions against 979K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 97 original posts, its engagement rate beats 7% of 3,791 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 3.5K times each, and 0.143% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.357% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 97 posts sampled, 43% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.0K interactions, about 593x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #davido, #legitnews, #legitng.
- What is Legit.ng | Leading the way's engagement rate on X?
- Legit.ng | Leading the way (@legitngnews) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 97 original posts from the last 30 days against 979,423 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.001%, Legit.ng | Leading the way sits below the 10th percentile of the 36,759 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 @legitngnews have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 7% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,791 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 10% 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 @legitngnews post?
- Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.23 posts per day across the measured window.