Back to @mattswider's profile

Matt Swider (The Shortcut) engagement report

@mattswider - 838K followers on X

Measured over 15 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 30, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.008%
of 838K followers
Per impression
0.087%
75K views on a typical post
Reach
8.90%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
65
interactions (median)
Saved
0.011%
8 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.8/day
active 23% of days
Peak time
14:00 UTC
Wednesday

A typical post picks up 65 interactions against 838K followers, an engagement rate of 0.008%. Measured over 15 original posts, its engagement rate beats 31% 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 75K times each, and 0.087% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 8.91% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.8 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 15 posts sampled, 53% carry an image or video, 7% are part of a thread and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 260 interactions, about 4.0x its own typical post.

Measured over 15 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 30, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

Matt Swider (The Shortcut)'s engagement rate beats 31% 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 6% 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 0.008%, Matt Swider (The Shortcut) sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,378 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.

p100.002%
p250.012%
p50 (median)0.08%
p750.432%
p902.10%
p99161.0%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 36,378 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 107,364 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 percentile0.432%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile161.0%

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 14:00 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.

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: 14:00 UTC.
0003060912151821
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 14:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%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
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: Wednesday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 5%Busiest day: Wednesday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+4%230K
Monday0%286K
Tuesday-2%276K
Wednesday-1%251K
Thursday-1%244K
Friday-3%252K
Saturday+3%227K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • Aug 19, 20264.0x their median

    🚨 In 12 hours: Wolverine PS5 controllers & console covers will go on sale (limited inventory) My link will go to the exact right place in the morning https://t.co/SR73XLrBXs https://t.co/3sb36BgXnU

    2222810092K viewsView on X
  • Jul 26, 20263.8x their median

    Z Fold 8 is selling 2:1 vs the Ultra, per my affiliate links. A good sign for Samsung’s new foldable phone size. https://t.co/Mhu3sy00pz https://t.co/oa9sIhkSwb

    21912143128K viewsView on X
  • Jun 14, 20263.5x their median

    Knicks Win! NYC is about to go crazy! My photo of @EmpireStateBldg: https://t.co/TPn5IyDJ1i

    2001410120K viewsView on X
  • Aug 19, 20263.2x their median

    🚨Link: PlayStation Direct still has some Wolverine PS5 items. Here's what's in stock vs what sold out Affiliate Link: https://t.co/Hz9DB0udpI https://t.co/2x15KMH4rj

    1701228191K viewsView on X
  • Aug 18, 20262.8x their median

    🚨 I'm back! Wolverine PS5 controller pre-orders start tomorrow https://t.co/1SA3WPf4uN

    1591313077K viewsView on X
  • Aug 19, 20262.0x their median

    🚨 I have the links ready: one hour until Wolverine PS5 controller & plates go on sale. The PS5 Pro plates sold out in other earlier regions The link will change over for 10am ET https://t.co/SR73XLrBXs https://t.co/u4HOeHmlE8

    102915176K viewsView on X
  • Aug 19, 20261.8x their median

    🚨 Sad Wolverine: the only worthy meme now that 3 PS5 items are sold out at PlayStation Direct What's in stock (Adamantium controller, PS5 Slim covers) https://t.co/Hz9DB0udpI Amazon has the "sold out" yellow controller (affiliate link) https://t.co/LmtY3y2KWt https://t.co/OAuyv82nc3

    782312175K viewsView on X
  • Jul 22, 20261.6x their median

    Samsung fans, get the Galaxy Z Fold 8 unless you really need the Ultra's telephoto camera. It's brilliant to hold. Save $200: https://t.co/Mhu3sy00pz https://t.co/5Z0UAyAct9

    841052203K viewsView on X
  • Jul 23, 2026

    I tested Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 cameras tonight – they're fantastic, even in low light Pre-order affiliate links Fold 8 https://t.co/Mhu3sy00pz Fold 8 Ultra https://t.co/nF8VNO9b2q Flip 8 https://t.co/jfIzEv8t6r Ultra 2 https://t.co/ZVNwJ8Lt3l Watch 9 https://t.co/jK1Oi81qem https://t.co/bOjyGFlzbt

    84460193K viewsView on X
  • Aug 27, 2026

    🚨 Anyone pre-order Xbox 25th Anniversary console from Amazon yet? https://t.co/8P2GmP2aOQ (Contains affiliate link)

    38845086K 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.

Buy or sell X accounts - escrow-protected

PlayerSells is an escrow marketplace for X accounts. Every deal is protected, with no middleman risk.

Reading these numbers

A typical post picks up 65 interactions against 838K followers, an engagement rate of 0.008%. Measured over 15 original posts, its engagement rate beats 31% 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 75K times each, and 0.087% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 8.91% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.8 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 15 posts sampled, 53% carry an image or video, 7% are part of a thread and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 260 interactions, about 4.0x its own typical post.

What is Matt Swider (The Shortcut)'s engagement rate on X?
Matt Swider (The Shortcut) (@mattswider) has an engagement rate of 0.008%, based on the median interactions across 15 original posts from the last 30 days against 838,496 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.008%, Matt Swider (The Shortcut) sits above the 10th 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 @mattswider have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 31% 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 @mattswider post?
Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.8 posts per day across the measured window.

Keep going