Alexander Gerst engagement report
@Astro_Alex - 1.0M followers on X
Measured over 1 original post from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 1 original post for this account, below the 8 we require before treating a median as settled. The numbers above describe what we have seen so far, not a finished profile of the account.
A typical post picks up 268 interactions against 1.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.026%. Posts are seen about 12K times each, and 2.18% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.17% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.03 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 3% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 26K interactions, about 96x its own typical post. Only 1 original post have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
Measured over 1 original post from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.026%, Alexander Gerst sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,424 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.143%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.143% |
| 75th percentile | 0.677% |
| 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 17:00 UTC, and Thursday 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 | 100% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 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.
- 100% 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 1134 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
- Apr 4, 202596x their median
Splashdown of Dragon and the @framonauts confirmed – welcome back to Earth @satofishi, @astro_jannicke, @rprogge, and @Icetrek! https://t.co/nkWzqenf9Q
- Feb 6, 202548x their median
Currently editing tonight's shot... and WOW. This is probably my new favorite ISS transit shot... beating out the one I captured with the silhouette over Tycho crater. Here's that photo for reference: https://t.co/dbqbUt44w4
- Apr 1, 202639x their median
Godspeed my friends. I don’t have words to describe this feeling. Say hi to the Moon, and see you in 10 days. https://t.co/e96klRTk3m
- Jan 14, 20253.0x their median
Ein riesen-Tröööööt zum 50. Geburtstag, lieber #Elefant!🐘🎉 Deine Abenteuerlust und dein großes Elefantenherz inspirieren uns alle. Als #Maustronaut hast du mit mir gemeinsam bereits die Internationale Weltraumstation erkundet – und wer weiß, vielleicht heben wir bald wieder ab. Dein Raumanzug wartet in jedem Fall auf dich! https://t.co/5tnTIU2C4I
- Apr 1, 20268.6x their median
„Wir begannen als Wanderer, und wir sind immer noch Wanderer.“ Heute beginnt die zweite Welle der Erforschung des Weltraums. Vier von uns brechen auf, um weiter zu reisen als je ein Mensch zuvor, um zu sehen, was noch kein Mensch je gesehen hat. Und mit der Kraft dieser Welle werden wir dauerhaft als Forschende auf dem Mond bleiben – so wie wir es in der Antarktis getan haben. Europa und Deutschland sind Teil dieses Abenteuers – das erfüllt mich mit Freude. Gute Reise, Reid, Christina, Victor und Jeremy! Ich kann es kaum erwarten, den Donner eures Aufbruchs zu spüren – und freue mich noch mehr auf eure Rückkehr in 10 Tagen, zu dieser wunderschönen blauen Murmel, mit einer Geschichte, die uns alle berühren wird. @NASAArtemis @esaspaceflight
- Oct 10, 20257.7x their median
Unbeschreibliches Gefühl, einen Helikopter mit den eigenen Händen auf der Zugspitze im Schnee zu landen. 🚁🏔️ Hätte ich nicht für möglich gehalten, dass ich sowas in nur drei Wochen Training lernen kann. Krasses Kompliment an die Instruktoren der Bundeswehr Heeresflieger! 👏🏼 Landemanöver in engen Schluchten, auf schmalen Felsplateaus und im tiefen Schnee helfen uns, die nötige Präzision fürs vertikale Landen zu trainieren – eine Fähigkeit, die für @AstroSamantha, @astro_matthias , @Thom_astro, @astro_luca und mich bei möglichen künftigen Missionen zum Mond entscheidend sein wird. Denn die Mondlandefähren, die derzeit entwickelt werden, sind ebenfalls dafür ausgelegt, vertikal zu starten und zu landen. 🌕
- Apr 20, 20266.4x their median
Rollout has begun at #NASAMichoud, and several members of our NASA workforce are watching the move on this beautiful morning. This core stage will serve as the backbone of the SLS rocket for the Artemis III mission. Learn more at: https://t.co/wsbiHtVo9i https://t.co/HD7vq2tJ7k
- Apr 1, 20265.5x their median
Arrived on site with @astro_matthias. 6 hours to go https://t.co/JEBifbodx9
- Apr 20, 20254.6x their median
Wenn ihr schonmal eine Sandburg gebaut habt, kennt ihr das sicher: Überall Sand – in den Schuhen, in der Kleidung, auf der Haut. Nervig! Aber stellt euch mal vor, der Sand wäre noch viel feiner, schärfer und hartnäckiger – und ihr könntet ihn nicht einfach mit Wasser abspülen. Genau so ist es auf dem Mond! 🌕 Damit wir besser verstehen, wie man mit diesem Mondstaub umgehen kann, wurde in Köln die Mondforschungshalle LUNA gebaut. Dort wird der Mond nachgebaut – mit speziellem Sand aus einem Steinbruch ganz in der Nähe. Ich war für euch vor Ort und habe mir angeschaut, wie das alles funktioniert und was man dort für zukünftige Mondmissionen lernt. 👨🚀✨ Neugierig? Dann schaut mal rein! – am Montag, 21.04. um 9:25 Uhr bei der Sendung mit der Maus oder zum Nachschauen in der ARD-Mediathek https://t.co/A67IVJ2wTR @WDR
- Feb 17, 20253.5x their median
Die Maus als Entdeckerin hat mich mal wieder auf ein Abenteuer begleitet – diesmal fast bis zum Südpol auf der Suche nach Meteoriten. Extreme Kälte, Stürme, atemberaubende Landschaften und wichtige Forschungsarbeit für das Verständnis der Welt – und das Beste: Es hat sogar etwas mit dem Mond zu tun! Jetzt unser Antarktis-Abenteuer in der ARD-Mediathek miterleben: https://t.co/PwB3ePlehd
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.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 268 interactions against 1.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.026%. Posts are seen about 12K times each, and 2.18% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.17% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.03 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 3% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 26K interactions, about 96x its own typical post. Only 1 original post have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
- What is Alexander Gerst's engagement rate on X?
- Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) has an engagement rate of 0.026%, based on the median interactions across 1 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,047,791 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.026%, Alexander Gerst sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,424 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 @Astro_Alex have real engagement?
- There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
- When does @Astro_Alex post?
- Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.03 posts per day across the measured window.