Absa Bank Kenya engagement report
@AbsaKenya - 200K followers on X
Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 9, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 3 interactions against 200K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 8% 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 1.1K times each, and 0.267% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.562% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 15% are part of a thread and 51% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 38 interactions, about 13x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #yourstorymatters, #sayyeswithabsa, #storiyax.
Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 9, 2026. Recurring tags: #yourstorymatters, #sayyeswithabsa, #storiyax.
Compared with accounts its own size
Absa Bank Kenya's engagement rate beats 8% 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 16% 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 0.002%, Absa Bank Kenya sits below the 10th percentile of the 205,048 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 09:00 UTC, and Friday 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 | 100% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 51% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 100% 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.
- 51% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts, so a large share of this account's output sits in the weakest bucket we measure.
- Its average post runs 270 characters, which falls in the 180 - 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 180 to 280 characters match the same accounts' other posts almost exactly.
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 25, 202613x their median
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- Sep 25, 202612x their median
Today, we launched Absa Next! A new financial experience designed around the way you live, move and manage your money. You’re building businesses, growing your careers, managing different income streams and pursuing new opportunities. #AbsaNext. #MakeMoneyMoves #StoriyaX https://t.co/FZJEby6nzD
- Sep 22, 202612x their median
👀 Give us the tea…unajua udaku haitaki uvivu 😂 #FindmyX https://t.co/hEeRarekGZ
- Sep 25, 202610x their median
POV: your X finally showed up and it was everything you hoped for 😆 The vibes? Immaculate. The energy? On a whole other level. Meet Absa Next, brand-new way to #MakeMoneyMoves. #AbsaNext #StoriyaX https://t.co/wo9dpA0JVt
- Sep 10, 20266.7x their median
As Yusuf Omari steps into this new chapter, we look forward to the leadership he brings as we continue creating value for our customers, clients and stakeholders. Congratulations, Yusuf, and here’s to the next chapter. #YourStoryMatters #AbsaKenya https://t.co/Enth1FQQN6
- Sep 25, 20264.7x their median
Join us live: https://t.co/KdDMiBYEhE #FindmyX #StoriyaX https://t.co/uJAPQ5YQPe
- Aug 31, 20264.7x their median
We took time to connect with 100 of our clients and partners in Naivasha giving us key insights into how we can continue to show up, support, and grow together. Great conversations were had and good vibes guided the evening till the end. ✨ #YourStoryMatters https://t.co/xeXmbgzDSX
- Oct 5, 20264.3x their median
Happy Customer Service Week to our incredible team and the valued clients who make what we do so rewarding! We as Absa are dedicated to offering excellent service through listening and connecting with our customers everyday. #IamAbsa #YourStoryMatters #CustomerServiceWeek https://t.co/1NyDQCpVXr
- Oct 2, 20264.3x their median
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- Oct 1, 20264.3x their median
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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 3 interactions against 200K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 8% 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 1.1K times each, and 0.267% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.562% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 15% are part of a thread and 51% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 38 interactions, about 13x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #yourstorymatters, #sayyeswithabsa, #storiyax.
- What is Absa Bank Kenya's engagement rate on X?
- Absa Bank Kenya (@AbsaKenya) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 53 original posts from the last 30 days against 199,643 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, Absa Bank Kenya sits below the 10th percentile of the 205,048 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 @AbsaKenya have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 8% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 @AbsaKenya post?
- Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.57 posts per day across the measured window.