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Dave Mustaine engagement report

@DaveMustaine - 1.0M followers on X

Measured over 1 original post from a 30-day window, last computed on October 30, 2026.

Engagement

Per follower
0.204%
of 1.0M followers
Per impression
3.88%
53K views on a typical post
Reach
5.26%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
2.0K
interactions (median)
Saved
0.102%
54 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.2/day
active 13% of days
Peak time
17:00 UTC
Thursday

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 2.0K interactions against 1.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.204%. Posts are seen about 53K times each, and 3.88% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 5.26% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% 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 25K interactions, about 12x 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 30, 2026.

Where this sits in the catalog

At 0.204%, Dave Mustaine sits above the 50th percentile of the 217,745 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.149% to 0.704%.

p100.004%
p250.025%
p50 (median)0.149%
p750.704%
p902.63%
p9982.5%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 217,745 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 21,722 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 percentile0.025%
50th percentile0.149%
75th percentile0.704%
90th percentile2.63%
99th percentile82.5%

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.

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: 17:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 17:00 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: Thursday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Thursday
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 video100% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link100% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length--3%-3% to -2%54K
  • 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 124 characters, which falls in the 80 - 180 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 80 to 180 characters run 3% below 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

  • Oct 18, 202212x their median

    If it was easy, it wouldn’t be metal.

    21K3.2K893383View on X
  • Jan 28, 20264.0x their median

    28 years ago this morning, I was in the Scottsdale hospital with Pam, and we were getting ready to welcome Electra Nicole into the world. Imagine the incredible joy I got to experience when the doctor asked if I wanted to deliver Electra. Of course I said yes, and they gave me some sanitized clothes and gloves and I got ready! The best and most successful productions I’ve ever done in my career have been becoming a father to Electra Nicole, and her incredible big brother, Justis David. Happy birthday, Electra. I love you, Dad.

    7.7K38113636210K viewsView on X
  • Mar 20, 20263.6x their median

    When I was 13, I watched Bruce Lee’s The Way of the Dragon, and instantly became a fan of Chuck Norris. Today, I send my condolences to the Norris family. I know he will be missed by millions of fans and friends. I know I certainly will. Dave Mustaine https://t.co/pVbwBzP1Yw

    6.6K658951473K viewsView on X
  • Jan 1, 20262.6x their median

    To the best fans in the world: 2025 was a year of creation, forging the next Megadeth record—and through it all, you were the soundtrack. Thank you for filling the arenas and banging your heads with us. In 2026, the next chapter begins as we embark on our farewell tour. Wait until you see what we have in store for you! Until then, celebrate the turning of the year. Happy New Year… I’ll see you soon. 📷 @RossHalfin

    4.6K4911071796K viewsView on X
  • Apr 2, 2026

    Panic show, circa 1980, and clearly a Jimmy Page fan! Note: I was playing wireless back then on a NADY system. https://t.co/nTXyxjynSj

    2.7K244513265K viewsView on X
  • Mar 19, 2026

    My new book, "In My Darkest Hour", releases on September 8th. One of most harrowing experiences of my adult life has been my seven-year journey through cancer treatment and onward into remission. This story is considerably more than just go to the doctor, get diagnosed, get treatment and hopefully I live happily ever after. This was a journey of me saving myself, staying alive, keeping my family together, and continuing to make music through it all.

    2.3K315832874K viewsView on X
  • Nov 29, 20252.0x their median

    The 11,999th autograph was just done and this is number 12,000. #megadeth #album17 https://t.co/TikybB01Lj

    2.5K14093661K viewsView on X
  • Dec 14, 2025

    Me, Romeo, and my Alien Green Dave Mustaine Flying V. https://t.co/c9pidi2PI5

    2.5K163412449K viewsView on X
  • May 4, 2026

    The Yin and Yang of perfect harmony. https://t.co/6jPu5UT0oq

    2.3K276461843K viewsView on X
  • Feb 11, 2026

    Happy birthday, Justis Mustaine https://t.co/qJg6eU7e3t

    2.3K15175937K 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.

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Reading these numbers

A typical post picks up 2.0K interactions against 1.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.204%. Posts are seen about 53K times each, and 3.88% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 5.26% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% 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 25K interactions, about 12x 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 Dave Mustaine's engagement rate on X?
Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) has an engagement rate of 0.204%, based on the median interactions across 1 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,002,927 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.204%, Dave Mustaine sits above the 50th percentile of the 217,745 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 @DaveMustaine have real engagement?
There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
When does @DaveMustaine post?
Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.2 posts per day across the measured window.

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