FBI Boston engagement report
@FBIBoston - 109K followers on X
Measured over 37 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 11, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 146 interactions against 109K followers, an engagement rate of 0.135%. Measured over 37 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 3.6K times each, and 4.04% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.33% 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, though only 40% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 37 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 89% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.5K interactions, about 10x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #fbi, #breaking, #wanted.
Measured over 37 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 11, 2026. Recurring tags: #fbi, #breaking, #wanted.
Compared with accounts its own size
FBI Boston's engagement rate beats 57% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 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 80% 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 0.135%, FBI Boston sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,782 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 | 0.679% |
| 90th percentile | 2.56% |
| 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 20:00 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 | 89% 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.
- 89% 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 373 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 3, 202610x their median
🇺🇸 #FBI Boston is inviting you to become part of the next generation of FBI Special Agents – professionals from many different backgrounds – who want to combat violent crime, defend the homeland, and gain unmatched training and career development opportunities at one of the world’s premier law enforcement agencies. Apply today at https://t.co/LtabtbREcf. #FBIJobs #SpecialAgents #hiring
- Sep 24, 20267.1x their median
🚨#BREAKING: #FBI Boston & @IRS_CI special agents arrested four Massachusetts men today for fraud & money laundering schemes. They allegedly directed more than $12 million in fraudulent deposits & withdrawals from Massachusetts banks & credit unions & allegedly used the proceeds to buy $310,000 in luxury watches & to extend a $425,000 real estate loan secured by property in Nantucket. Learn more➡️ https://t.co/4XSv2EY86b
- Oct 8, 20265.0x their median
The Director of the City of Boston's Municipal Protective Services, Reuben Taylor, of Boston, has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to allegedly obtaining federal pandemic funds through fraud. Learn more about this #FBI Boston investigation: https://t.co/e7D5zZ66nM https://t.co/MICZ6or2WH
- Sep 30, 20262.7x their median
As a result an #FBI Boston Merrimack Valley Transnational Organized Crime Task Force investigation, Gino Hem, of Lowell, MA, who has multiple prior state & federal convictions, was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for distributing fentanyl & crack cocaine. At the time he was arrested, 53 grams of crack cocaine was found hidden in Hem's underwear. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/do2YfiWwa9
- Oct 5, 20262.4x their median
Following an #FBI Western Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation, Jacob D. Miller, a convicted felon from Hadley, MA, admitted today to importing plutonium from Russia & selling the radioactive material - as well as other highly toxic & hazardous materials - to customers in the U.S. & abroad. Hadley also admitted to illegally possessing ammunition & explosive materials as a convicted felon & possessing child sexual abuse material. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/lf3xS51KNf
- Oct 1, 20262.1x their median
🚨#BREAKING: #FBI Boston's Joint Terrorism Task Force has arrested John Anthony Proia, III, of Waltham, MA, for allegedly cyberstalking a former political advisor & prominent member of the Republican Party, contacting the victim over 40 times over the course of less than two months, leaving disturbing messages about the victim & her husband. Read ➡️ https://t.co/Xwd9r934LS
- Oct 8, 20261.7x their median
🔥Operation Summer Heat 2.0 results are in! #FBI Boston and our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners across Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island worked together to combat violent crime this summer by removing repeat violent offenders, gang members, drug traffickers, and child predators from our communities. ▪️176 arrests ▪️69 illegal firearms recovered ▪️50 kilos of deadly drugs seized ▪️44 children identified/located This follows historic drops in violent crime across the U.S. last year. Hear from Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks on why #YourFBI is not letting up & will continue to work with our partners to share information and focus our resources where they can make the greatest impact.
- Oct 8, 20261.6x their median
An #FBI Central Massachusetts Safe Streets Task Force investigation with @DEANEWENGLAND has led to the indictments of Richard Molina-Ovalle, of Worcester, MA, & Jose Molina-Ovalle, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Worcester County. Investigators also seized numerous high-capacity firearms from Jose Molina-Ovalle's residence in Worcester, resulting in him being indicted for allegedly being an Alien in Possession of Firearms. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/3itZQuLHlK
- Oct 7, 2026
Special agents & officers with #FBI Boston's Child Exploitation - Human Trafficking Task Force arrested Jonathan Durocher, a Brockton, Mass., man, who recently worked as a caregiver for disabled adults in a group home, for the attempted sex trafficking of a child. Details: https://t.co/9sgOiY4FIB
- Oct 2, 2026
Following an #FBI Boston investigation with @FBINewHaven, William Shaw, of Boston, has admitted to impersonating at least 13 bank customers to withdraw more than $900,000 from the customer's accounts as part of a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud banks in Massachusetts, Connecticut, & Rhode Island. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/bPvA5BI3Mn
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 146 interactions against 109K followers, an engagement rate of 0.135%. Measured over 37 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 3.6K times each, and 4.04% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.33% 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, though only 40% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 37 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 89% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.5K interactions, about 10x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #fbi, #breaking, #wanted.
- What is FBI Boston's engagement rate on X?
- FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) has an engagement rate of 0.135%, based on the median interactions across 37 original posts from the last 30 days against 108,648 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.135%, FBI Boston sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,782 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 @FBIBoston 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 @FBIBoston post?
- Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.3 posts per day across the measured window.