EA SPORTS FC Direct Communication engagement report
@EASFCDirect - 1.3M followers on X
Measured over 30 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 7, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 1.2K interactions against 1.3M followers, an engagement rate of 0.092%. Measured over 30 original posts, its engagement rate beats 72% of 15,519 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 262K times each, and 0.446% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 20.7% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 18:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 30 posts sampled, 20% carry an image or video, 20% are part of a thread and 40% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 5.7K interactions, about 4.8x its own typical post.
Measured over 30 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 7, 2026. Recurring tag: #fc27.
Compared with accounts its own size
EA SPORTS FC Direct Communication's engagement rate beats 72% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 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 30% 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 0.092%, EA SPORTS FC Direct Communication sits above the 25th percentile of the 156,027 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.022% to 0.127%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.003% |
| 25th percentile | 0.022% |
| 50th percentile | 0.127% |
| 75th percentile | 0.604% |
| 90th percentile | 2.32% |
| 99th percentile | 83.1% |
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 18:00 UTC, and Friday 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 | 20% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 40% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 20% 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.
- 40% 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 269 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 22, 20264.8x their median
Tomorrow we're looking to release a small update to address some of the bugs you've been telling us about, and some of your Closed Beta feedback. This will not be an update that changes gameplay balance and tuning significantly. We want to continue preserving the Early Access and launch gameplay tuning while giving you plenty of time to learn and adapt. We're also looking into other bugs you've reported to us for future updates, you can keep an eye on those investigations and see the full v1.0.1 update notes on our Tracker: https://t.co/UenZCvNb2E
- Jul 22, 20264.6x their median
We’re sorry for the ongoing matchmaking issues in Clubs, we know how frustrating it’s been to try and get matches with your squads. Title Update 1.6.4 introduced an intermittent live issue that we tried to fix with an emergency title update 1.6.5. However, final testing revealed an additional bug that could cause further issues, so we are taking extra precautions. We expect to be able to get this fix live in the upcoming days. Once the fix is live, all players will receive an Archetype progression grant. Thank you for your patience while we get this right. Full TU notes have been posted on the EASFC Tracker. https://t.co/2TAA0ZD5LJ
- Jun 12, 20266.9x their median
We are aware of an issue where the Asia and Oceania Objectives are displaying incorrect rewards. Restarting FC 26 should resolve this issue. Players who did not receive the correct Objective rewards will be contacted at a later date with the appropriate content.
- Jul 15, 20263.1x their median
We are investigating reports that some players are unable to matchmake in Clubs. We'll provide another update when available.
- Sep 21, 20262.7x their median
We’ve heard the feedback from the Clubs community around Stamina and how it’s impacting the Clubs experience. Based on the feedback, we’ll be re-introducing long-term fatigue in Clubs in a future title update ahead of worldwide launch. We’ll look to share further details in the Patch Notes for the Title Update, and will continue to monitor your feedback once the change is live.
- Sep 15, 20262.7x their median
Earlier today we shared some incorrect timelines for the Web App and Companion App. We've updated the Pitch Notes with the correct information, which is: Web App: The EA SPORTS FC™ 27 Web App launches on 16 September at 17:00 UTC. Companion App: The EA SPORTS FC™ 27 Companion App refresh goes live on 17 September at 17:00 UTC.
- Jul 23, 20262.6x their median
We are actively investigating reports that some players are experiencing errors when attempting to access Clubs. We'll provide another update when available.
- Oct 1, 20262.3x their median
Tomorrow we're looking to drop another small FC 27 update to tackle some bugs and stability issues. No gameplay balancing or tuning changes. Full update notes are on the EASFC Tracker. https://t.co/GD7Kw5DnT2
- Sep 16, 20262.1x their median
We are aware and investigating reports that some players are receiving Gold Player Items instead of TOTW Player Items from certain packs in FC 27. We'll provide another update when available.
- Oct 2, 20262.1x their median
We have removed the FUT Champions TOTW Player Pick Packs from the Champions Token Store as we investigate a related issue. The Champions TOTW Player Pick Packs will return in a future Champions week.
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 1.2K interactions against 1.3M followers, an engagement rate of 0.092%. Measured over 30 original posts, its engagement rate beats 72% of 15,519 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 262K times each, and 0.446% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 20.7% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 18:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 30 posts sampled, 20% carry an image or video, 20% are part of a thread and 40% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 5.7K interactions, about 4.8x its own typical post.
- What is EA SPORTS FC Direct Communication's engagement rate on X?
- EA SPORTS FC Direct Communication (@EASFCDirect) has an engagement rate of 0.092%, based on the median interactions across 30 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,266,610 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.092%, EA SPORTS FC Direct Communication sits above the 25th percentile of the 156,027 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 @EASFCDirect have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 72% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 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 @EASFCDirect post?
- Most posts go out around 18:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.33 posts per day across the measured window.