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Hurricane Hunters engagement report

@53rdWRS - 171K followers on X

Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 21, 2026.

Engagement

Top quarter for its size
Per follower
0.358%
of 171K followers
Per impression
3.11%
20K views on a typical post
Reach
11.5%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
613
interactions (median)
Saved
0.089%
18 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.37/day
active 20% of days
Peak time
15:00 UTC
Saturday

A typical post picks up 613 interactions against 171K followers, an engagement rate of 0.358%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 80% of 21,874 tracked accounts of a similar size. Comparing inside a size band matters here: engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly just re-measure the follower count. Posts are seen about 20K times each, and 3.11% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 11.5% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.37 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 80% carry an image or video and 20% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 4.5K interactions, about 19x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #hurricanehunters, #weatherready, #403rdwing.

Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 21, 2026. Recurring tags: #hurricanehunters, #weatherready, #403rdwing.

Compared with accounts its own size

Hurricane Hunters's engagement rate beats 80% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,874 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 75% 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 0.358%, Hurricane Hunters sits above the 50th percentile of the 219,453 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.149% to 0.706%.

p100.004%
p250.026%
p50 (median)0.149%
p750.706%
p902.63%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 219,453 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 21,696 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 percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.026%
50th percentile0.149%
75th percentile0.706%
90th percentile2.63%
99th percentile82.4%

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 15:00 UTC, and Saturday 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: 15:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 15:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%89K
01:00 UTC-2%90K
02:00 UTC-3%88K
03:00 UTC-4%94K
04:00 UTC-5%76K
05:00 UTC-4%75K
06:00 UTC-5%86K
07:00 UTC-5%93K
08:00 UTC-4%108K
09:00 UTC-4%124K
10:00 UTC-3%129K
11:00 UTC-3%141K
12:00 UTC-3%154K
13:00 UTC-3%167K
14:00 UTC-4%173K
15:00 UTC-2%176K
16:00 UTC-3%171K
17:00 UTC-3%159K
18:00 UTC-2%149K
19:00 UTC-2%141K
20:00 UTC-1%131K
21:00 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
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: Saturday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Saturday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Formats this account uses

Its own posting mix on the left, and what each of those formats does across every account we track on the right. Only formats where the effect clears our publish test appear here, so an empty row is a format we could not measure rather than one that does nothing.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video80% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link20% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-+15%+14% to +16%32K
  • 80% of this account's sampled posts carry an image or video. Across the catalog, posts with an image or video run 111% above the same accounts' other posts.
  • 20% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts.
  • Its average post runs 341 characters, which falls in the over 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts over 280 characters run 15% above the same accounts' other posts.

These are catalog-wide differences applied to this account's own posting mix, not a measurement of how each format performs for this account specifically. We keep one median per account, not one per format per account, so the second thing is not something this data can tell you.

Best tweets

  • Oct 28, 202519x their median

    https://t.co/yOLplbzKHb

    3.7K63970116656K viewsView on X
  • Oct 10, 20264.7x their median

    Our thoughts are with the communities facing Hurricane Isaias and the first responders helping them. This footage offers a view from the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters’ mission into the storm, where crews collected weather data to support National Hurricane Center forecasts. If you’re in an affected area, stay #WeatherReady: Follow official weather alerts and local emergency officials’ instructions. Never drive through floodwaters. #HurricaneHunters #ReserveReady

    2.4K394392292K viewsView on X
  • Oct 7, 20263.3x their median

    Out tracking Tropical Storm Isaias. Remember to follow instructions from the local emergency management officials and listen to local weather reports. Keep safe and stay #WeatherReady https://t.co/z4lgdbDVYp

    1.8K170281059K viewsView on X
  • Oct 9, 20263.0x their median

    Through the storm, into the eye. 🌀 See what the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters saw this afternoon in this time-lapse of their flight through Hurricane Isaias. Stay #WeatherReady: Follow official weather updates and local officials’ safety instructions. #HurricaneHunters #ReserveReady #Isaias

    1.5K330161574K viewsView on X
  • Aug 28, 20261.6x their median

    As Tropical Storm Dolly dissipates in the Atlantic, our Hurricane Hunters will continue to train and stand by for future missions. Dolly Parton once said, “I've always believed that if you are in a position to help, you should. ” Our crews do just that — ready to head into storms at a moment’s notice to help those back on the home front prepare. Two Dollys. One mission: help people. ❤️✈️ 🎥 by Staff Sgt. Stacey Thornburg & Lt. Col. Mark Withee #WeatherReady #AirForceReserve #HurricaneHunters #53WRS #Dolly

    8361027827K viewsView on X
  • Oct 9, 20261.5x their median

    Teal 73 is airborne for the AF Reserve Hurricane Hunters’ sixth mission into Hurricane Isaias, collecting data for NHC forecasts. Crews will fly missions until landfall. Stay #WeatherReady: Follow official alerts and evacuation orders. Never drive through floodwaters. https://t.co/NbweN19tyF

    79810413927K viewsView on X
  • Oct 1, 20252.7x their median

    https://t.co/ZKUXtP1Uqi

    50288352676K viewsView on X
  • Dec 1, 20252.7x their median

    MISSION COMPLETE: We wrapped up the 2025 hurricane season after flying 927.9 hours and into three Category 5 hurricanes—Erin, Humberto, and Melissa. From the first storm in June to the last eye-wall penetration in October, the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters delivered life-saving data to forecasters. 🔗 Read the full story at https://t.co/Wzf8RQJQHp #HurricaneHunters #AFReserve #403rdWing #KeeslerAFB #readynow #2025HurricaneSeason

    5051248535K viewsView on X
  • Sep 22, 2026

    We are heading back to the Pacific to investigate an area of interest that could potentially impact the Hawaiian Islands. Flying aboard the WC-130J Super Hercules, our #HurricaneHunters will collect critical atmospheric data that is transmitted to the National Hurricane Center, where forecasters use it to improve forecasts and provide communities with the information they need to prepare. From the Gulf Coast to the Central Pacific, the mission remains the same: go where satellites can’t and gather the data forecasters need. #ReserveReady #WeatherReady

    556676217K viewsView on X
  • Sep 26, 2026

    Into the eye. 🌀✈️ The Air Force Reserve #HurricaneHunters fly through Hurricane Nolo, collecting critical atmospheric data that helps @NHC_Atlantic forecasters better determine the storm’s location, intensity and structure. #53WRS #403rdWing #AirForceReserve https://t.co/NlWyXYgf5l

    500856422K 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

#hurricanehunters#weatherready#403rdwing#53wrs#airforcereserve

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 613 interactions against 171K followers, an engagement rate of 0.358%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 80% of 21,874 tracked accounts of a similar size. Comparing inside a size band matters here: engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly just re-measure the follower count. Posts are seen about 20K times each, and 3.11% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 11.5% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.37 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 80% carry an image or video and 20% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 4.5K interactions, about 19x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #hurricanehunters, #weatherready, #403rdwing.

What is Hurricane Hunters's engagement rate on X?
Hurricane Hunters (@53rdWRS) has an engagement rate of 0.358%, based on the median interactions across 10 original posts from the last 30 days against 171,044 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.358%, Hurricane Hunters sits above the 50th percentile of the 219,453 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 @53rdWRS have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 80% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,874 accounts), which puts it in the top 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 @53rdWRS post?
Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.37 posts per day across the measured window.

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