Airtel Uganda engagement report
@Airtel_Ug - 570K followers on X
Measured over 44 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 12, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 28 interactions against 570K followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 44 original posts, its engagement rate beats 25% of 19,932 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 6.4K times each, and 0.44% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.12% 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 63% of days. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 44 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 276 interactions, about 9.9x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #airtelxstarlink, #anotherfirstfromairtel, #ncc2026.
Measured over 44 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 12, 2026. Recurring tags: #airtelxstarlink, #anotherfirstfromairtel, #ncc2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Airtel Uganda's engagement rate beats 25% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (19,932 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 10 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 28% 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 0.005%, Airtel Uganda sits above the 10th percentile of the 200,870 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 | 0.141% |
| 75th percentile | 0.671% |
| 90th percentile | 2.53% |
| 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 06:00 UTC, and Monday 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 | 9% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 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.
- 9% 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 237 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 3, 20269.9x their median
Before mobile money and digital top-ups, there was the good old scratch card. Who remembers buying their airtime this way? #ThrowbackThursday https://t.co/aLsTIPfo9Y
- Aug 20, 20268.7x their median
Throwback to when internet cafés were the place to be! 😂 Pay for your minutes, log in, check emails, chat on MSN, and browse the web. Every minute counted! Who remembers those days? https://t.co/TcqVyJmQfA
- Aug 28, 20265.6x their median
We join the nation in mourning the passing of His Majesty Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Our deepest condolences go to the Royal Family, the people of Tooro, and all Ugandans during this difficult time. Omukama Oyo, atulize. Enkuba etutire. 🕊️ https://t.co/Y82wRussEh
- Oct 8, 20264.9x their median
PUBLIC NOTICE: Airtel Uganda invites interested parties to participate in the October 2026 Asset Disposal through a sealed-bid process. 📅 Submission deadline: 12 October 2026, 4:00 PM. See the notice for full details and bidding requirements. https://t.co/THQ5zxvwfc
- Sep 24, 20264.8x their median
Airtel Uganda has officially launched its Satellite-to-Mobile service in partnership with Starlink, marking another first in Uganda’s telecommunications sector. #AirtelXStarlink #AnotherFirstFromAirtel https://t.co/Zef9BeJBN7
- Aug 14, 20264.4x their median
What would you rather WIN? UGX 300,000 Cash A Back-to-School Hamper worth UGX 300,000
- Sep 4, 20263.9x their median
Muli wa? 👀 Tonight tugende wa? https://t.co/UkUBwIxWds
- Aug 28, 20263.5x their median
Airtel UG has delivered another strong half-year performance, demonstrating resilient growth, operational excellence and continued investment in Uganda’s digital future that we are proud to be part of. Here are the key highlights from our H1 2026 results. #AirtelUgandaH1Result https://t.co/XYU8yixxL9
- Sep 7, 20263.2x their median
2 DAYS LEFT! 20 full Airtel Africa Foundation Tech Fellowships are available to eligible Ugandan undergraduates pursuing tech-related degrees, covering tuition, accommodation & a stipend. Applications close on 9 Sept 2026. Apply: https://t.co/2MLCphLuvh https://t.co/TgFMqtCpPZ
- Oct 6, 20263.0x their median
Check In Tweet: Today's duty station is Ntinda. I will be listening more, serving, taking feedback. #ExtraMile. Thank you for giving us a chance to serve you all. @Airtel_Ug @airtelmoneyug #CX https://t.co/EQtpbkYc0m
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 28 interactions against 570K followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 44 original posts, its engagement rate beats 25% of 19,932 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 6.4K times each, and 0.44% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.12% 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 63% of days. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 44 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 276 interactions, about 9.9x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #airtelxstarlink, #anotherfirstfromairtel, #ncc2026.
- What is Airtel Uganda's engagement rate on X?
- Airtel Uganda (@Airtel_Ug) has an engagement rate of 0.005%, based on the median interactions across 44 original posts from the last 30 days against 569,647 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.005%, Airtel Uganda sits above the 10th percentile of the 200,870 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 @Airtel_Ug have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 25% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (19,932 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 @Airtel_Ug post?
- Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.87 posts per day across the measured window.