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Veterans Affairs engagement report

@DeptVetAffairs - 659K followers on X

Measured over 47 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 4, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.016%
of 659K followers
Per impression
2.22%
4.7K views on a typical post
Reach
0.72%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
105
interactions (median)
Saved
0.085%
4 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.97/day
active 77% of days
Peak time
22:00 UTC
Saturday

A typical post picks up 105 interactions against 659K followers, an engagement rate of 0.016%. Measured over 47 original posts, its engagement rate beats 41% 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 4.7K times each, and 2.22% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.717% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 77% of days. Most posts go out around 22:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 47 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 68% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.6K interactions, about 34x its own typical post.

Measured over 47 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 4, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

Veterans Affairs's engagement rate beats 41% 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 70% 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 0.016%, Veterans Affairs sits above the 10th percentile of the 204,491 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.677%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 204,491 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,891 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 22:00 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: 22:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 22:00 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 video100% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link68% 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.
  • 68% 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 186 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 27, 202634x their median

    Lake America has a nice ring to it, and VA is already there. 🇺🇸 Find a clinic near you at https://t.co/mhPuuPBmSw https://t.co/hBn2nXtQRL

    2.8K37941250125K viewsView on X
  • Sep 11, 202610.0x their median

    On Patriot Day, we remember the 2,977 lives lost on September 11, 2001, and honor the courage of those who answered our Nation’s call in the years that followed. We will never forget their sacrifice. https://t.co/2H82U3iT2u

    767202592023K viewsView on X
  • Aug 24, 20268.8x their median

    WHEN HE USES HIS VA BENEFITS✅ https://t.co/SgGbpTm6pd

    676931382265K viewsView on X
  • Sep 7, 20266.9x their median

    Veterans protected America. Now they help build it. 🇺🇸 This Labor Day, put your GI Bill to work. From welding and HVAC to trucking and other skilled trades, your benefits can help cover approved training. Visit https://t.co/05nlJD48A8 to learn more! https://t.co/sI0pbq7pcA

    53811864340K viewsView on X
  • Aug 23, 20266.4x their median

    Did you know before he became the Man in Black, Johnny Cash wore the uniform? He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950, served in West Germany intercepting Soviet communications, and left the service as a staff sergeant. Today, VA is proud to serve Veterans like him who answered the call.

    5438834485K viewsView on X
  • Jul 9, 20265.1x their median

    You don’t have to carry weight alone. If you or a loved one needs help, the Veterans Crisis Line is here 24/7. Dial 988, then press 1. https://t.co/d8i4eb4DHf

    177240106829K viewsView on X
  • Sep 27, 20264.8x their median

    On Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day, we remember those who carry on with pride and resolve after the ultimate price of freedom was paid by their loved one. https://t.co/XxRSd8MojN

    36511821514K viewsView on X
  • Sep 2, 20263.1x their median

    VA is serving up appointments early mornings, evenings, and weekends. 3.1M+ appointments outside normal hours and counting. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/tEIsqfU1SX

    2074371511K viewsView on X
  • Aug 26, 20262.8x their median

    Five years ago, 13 American heroes made the ultimate sacrifice at Abbey Gate.   America will never forget their courage and sacrifice. https://t.co/nMcDxMUHDo

    212651355.3K viewsView on X
  • Aug 26, 20262.7x their median

    Five years ago, 13 American heroes made the ultimate sacrifice at Abbey Gate.   America will never forget their courage and sacrifice. https://t.co/jiqb6d2fnu

    214531915.7K 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 105 interactions against 659K followers, an engagement rate of 0.016%. Measured over 47 original posts, its engagement rate beats 41% 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 4.7K times each, and 2.22% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.717% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 77% of days. Most posts go out around 22:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 47 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 68% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.6K interactions, about 34x its own typical post.

What is Veterans Affairs's engagement rate on X?
Veterans Affairs (@DeptVetAffairs) has an engagement rate of 0.016%, based on the median interactions across 47 original posts from the last 30 days against 658,824 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.016%, Veterans Affairs sits above the 10th percentile of the 204,491 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 @DeptVetAffairs have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 41% 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 @DeptVetAffairs post?
Most posts go out around 22:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.97 posts per day across the measured window.

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