ANCYL engagement report
@ANCYLhq - 284K followers on X
Measured over 57 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 23, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 11 interactions against 284K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 57 original posts, its engagement rate beats 14% of 20,444 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 1.0K times each, and 1.06% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.365% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 53% of days. Most posts go out around 19:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 57 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 371 interactions, about 34x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ancylatwork, #roaryounglions, #mochapalong.
Measured over 57 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 23, 2026. Recurring tags: #ancylatwork, #roaryounglions, #mochapalong.
Compared with accounts its own size
ANCYL's engagement rate beats 14% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 44% 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 0.004%, ANCYL sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,261 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.143% |
| 75th percentile | 0.678% |
| 90th percentile | 2.55% |
| 99th percentile | 82.4% |
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 19:00 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% | 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 UTC | 0% | 116K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 100K |
| 23:00 UTC | -1% | 90K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 393K |
| Monday | +1% | 483K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 520K |
| Wednesday | -3% | 472K |
| Thursday | -2% | 430K |
| Friday | -3% | 447K |
| Saturday | +2% | 393K |
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.
| Format | This account | Catalog effect | 95% interval | Accounts behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image or video | 98% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 2% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 98% 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.
- 2% 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 288 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
- Sep 16, 202634x their median
[WATCH] Last Night, we marched to Kempton Park Police Station alongside women demanding what should be a basic right: to live without fear. #ReclaimTheNight #EndGBVF #ANCYL82 https://t.co/U71AGm8WLJ
- Aug 12, 202616x their median
For Immediate Release || ANCYL RENEWS CALLS FOR PRESIDENT TO DECLARE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT A NATIONAL DISASTER #ANCYLatWork https://t.co/a7SvNEJo76
- Oct 12, 202615x their median
ANCYL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND DEMANDS URGENT ACTION TO DEFEND BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT https://t.co/R1CvgGPHju
- Sep 10, 202611x their median
A TOAST TO 82 YEARS OF THE ANCYL! 🥂⚫️🟢🟡 To 82 years of courage, militancy and fearless youth activism, and to generations yet to carry the struggle forward. Long live the ANCYL, long live! #ANCYL82 https://t.co/uRELd5Rb6X
- Aug 12, 20269.3x their median
[🎥WATCH] ANCYL President, Cde Collen Malatji, conveys his heartfelt condolences to the Khumalo family following the passing of the late Cde Mzikayifane Elias “Mzi” Khumalo. #ANCYLatWork https://t.co/sWLPzfNk3F
- Sep 16, 20268.7x their median
ANCYL Deputy President Cde Francisco Dyantyi and Provincial Secretary Cde Zuko Lugalo are at Oxford Main Road, leading a Blitz and engaging with communities ahead of the elections. #ANCYLAtWork https://t.co/Hz4S5Oolc0
- Aug 22, 20268.7x their median
[WATCH ]The ANCYL President, Cde Collen Malatji, attended the 3rd Annual Khumbula Wethu Ingoma Yezitshudeni Extended Picnic at Albert Park, Durban. The gathering also paid tribute to the late Scebi Dlamini, affectionately known as Inkosi Yamagcokama, who tragically passed away recently. He made a significant contribution to the Maskandi music fraternity, leaving behind a lasting musical legacy that will continue to live on. May his soul rest in peace.
- Aug 22, 20267.7x their median
Young people make their demands ahead of the #ANCElectionsManifesto, putting jobs, opportunities, quality services and meaningful youth participation firmly on the agenda. #ANCYLAtWork https://t.co/CHy8dnnUdU
- Oct 13, 20265.2x their median
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH THE ANCYL PRESIDENT CDE COLLEN MALATJI IN THE EASTERN CAPE #ANCYLatWork https://t.co/6E6yaTIeqH
- Aug 12, 20265.2x their median
Today, The ANCYL Secretary-General, Cde Tsakani Shiviti, joined the ANC Secretary-General, Cde Fikile Mbalula, and the ANC Gauteng PTT in paying homage to the family of Comrade Mzikayifane Elias “Mzi” Khumalo. His passing represents a painful loss to his family, the African National Congress and the people of Gauteng whom he served in different capacities over many years. May his revolutionary soul Rest in Peace.🕊️ Lala ngoxolo, Cde Mzi. #ANCYLatWork
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 11 interactions against 284K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 57 original posts, its engagement rate beats 14% of 20,444 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 1.0K times each, and 1.06% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.365% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 53% of days. Most posts go out around 19:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 57 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 371 interactions, about 34x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ancylatwork, #roaryounglions, #mochapalong.
- What is ANCYL's engagement rate on X?
- ANCYL (@ANCYLhq) has an engagement rate of 0.004%, based on the median interactions across 57 original posts from the last 30 days against 283,931 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.004%, ANCYL sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,261 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 @ANCYLhq have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 14% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 @ANCYLhq post?
- Most posts go out around 19:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.93 posts per day across the measured window.