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Chris Hadfield engagement report

@Cmdr_Hadfield - 2.1M followers on X

Measured over 26 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.044%
of 2.1M followers
Per impression
1.92%
49K views on a typical post
Reach
2.28%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
936
interactions (median)
Saved
0.032%
16 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.1/day
active 80% of days
Peak time
13:00 UTC
Saturday

A typical post picks up 936 interactions against 2.1M followers, an engagement rate of 0.044%. Measured over 26 original posts, its engagement rate beats 57% of 20,444 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 49K times each, and 1.92% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.28% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.1 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 26 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 38% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 147K interactions, about 157x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #chrishadfield, #guelph, #indigoevents.

Measured over 26 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #chrishadfield, #guelph, #indigoevents.

Compared with accounts its own size

Chris Hadfield's engagement rate beats 57% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 66% 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 0.044%, Chris Hadfield 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%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.677%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 204,424 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,888 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 percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.677%
90th percentile2.55%
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 13:00 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: 13:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 13:00 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 video96% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link38% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 96% 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.
  • 38% 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 242 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

  • Aug 12, 2026157x their median

    Through the leaves on Highbury Fields, pinhole style projections of the eclipse https://t.co/SYBvBCKeir

    133K13K1123201.2M viewsView on X
  • Jul 19, 2026137x their median

    I don’t think people realize how absurd this is. Scottish runner Josh Kerr just broke the mile world record in 3:42.66, an average speed of 16.2 mph. Most people couldn’t even briefly reach that speed, let alone sustain it for an entire mile. https://t.co/oqJDxWn7bQ

    127K10K2.3K97311M viewsView on X
  • Jul 4, 202637x their median

    Thank you, Canada ❤️ #CANMNT https://t.co/E6D1bp6DkE

    32K4.6K744360959K viewsView on X
  • Sep 28, 202616x their median

    Starship transiting the Sun this morning during Flight 14 — prior to this morning's mission, this has never been captured before with the world's largest and most powerful rocket. I’ve ached over this shot for years, mainly for two reasons: what does methane exhaust look like silhouetted against the Sun, and how violent are the acoustic energy waves from 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster? Well...now we have an answer. 📸 - @NASASpaceflight

    12K1.9K474225977K viewsView on X
  • Jul 9, 202613x their median

    The largest nuclear bomb in outer space exploded 64 yrs ago today. Starfish Prime was a 1.4 megaton thermonuclear warhead, detonated at the altitude the Space Station now orbits. It created man-made radiation belts that wrecked many satellites & lasted 5+ years. A year after the test the USA & USSR signed the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, leading to the global 1967 Outer Space Treaty. https://t.co/d5XO4Vl0g1

    12K2.0K4531762.3M viewsView on X
  • Jul 25, 202612x their median

    Amazing to see how well this spaceship survived. First-ever soft splashdown that left Starship intact & floating, allowing close-up inspection of the heat shield tiles after the wicked heat of reentry. Onwards to catch it next time - congrats to the whole team @SpaceX ! https://t.co/naloK9WAQu

    13K76413831298K viewsView on X
  • Jul 6, 20265.9x their median

    Today, I am sharing a significant next step in my journey. This September, after 32 years of military service and 17 years as a Canadian Space Agency astronaut—culminating in the incredible privilege of flying around the Moon on Artemis II—I will be transitioning from my full-time role at the CSA. This is far from a departure. My commitment to seeing Canada thrive remains absolute. To ensure continuity in this mission, the Royal Canadian Air Force is enabling my transition into a Reservist role. This unique position is a deliberate launchpad designed to leave the door open for creative, ongoing ways to support and enable the vital work happening in Canada with respect to space, and I’m excited for the new challenges it will bring. Our future depends on a fierce continuation of Canadian innovation and exploration in space. The technological breakthroughs and economic benefits born from this sector are vital for our country and the world, and I am as determined as ever to push that work forward. To the Canadian Armed Forces, the CSA, NASA, our international partners, and my family: thank you. And to all Canadians: thank you for believing in what our country can achieve when we aim high. The mission continues. 🇨🇦

    6.5K52818483871K viewsView on X
  • Jul 5, 20264.8x their median

    Imagine being on a spacewalk experiencing this. The upper tendrils of Earth's aurora reach high enough that we fly right through them. I felt so small, floating between our planet & the universe, surrounded by this, as we start to permanently leave home. Filmed by @Soph_astro of @esa through the windows of the International Space Station last week.

    4.5K6977743191K viewsView on X
  • Oct 10, 20265.7x their median

    Have a great Thanksgiving, Canada. One of the most ancient of all celebrations, of harvest time. Share it with others if you can. Enjoy the weekend! https://t.co/xZXkL4S7kq

    4.6K562951971K viewsView on X
  • Sep 5, 20264.9x their median

    Today’s sunrise took my breath away. So elegantly beautiful. Good morning! https://t.co/038o9CMMRc

    4.3K23288569K 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

#chrishadfield#guelph#indigoevents

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 936 interactions against 2.1M followers, an engagement rate of 0.044%. Measured over 26 original posts, its engagement rate beats 57% of 20,444 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 49K times each, and 1.92% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.28% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.1 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 26 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 38% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 147K interactions, about 157x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #chrishadfield, #guelph, #indigoevents.

What is Chris Hadfield's engagement rate on X?
Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) has an engagement rate of 0.044%, based on the median interactions across 26 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,131,867 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.044%, Chris Hadfield 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 @Cmdr_Hadfield have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 57% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 @Cmdr_Hadfield post?
Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.1 posts per day across the measured window.

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