Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol) engagement report
@FabAcademic - 397K followers on X
Measured over 23 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 303 interactions against 397K followers, an engagement rate of 0.076%. Measured over 23 original posts, its engagement rate beats 48% of 3,899 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 12K times each, and 2.43% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.14% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.9 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 23 posts sampled, 91% carry an image or video, 9% are part of a thread and 26% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.4K interactions, about 11x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sheownshersuccess, #courage, #ibuylocal.
Measured over 23 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #sheownshersuccess, #courage, #ibuylocal.
Compared with accounts its own size
Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol)'s engagement rate beats 48% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,899 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 6 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 68% 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 0.076%, Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol) sits above the 25th percentile of the 37,701 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.012% to 0.081%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.081% |
| 75th percentile | 0.439% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 156.3% |
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 08:00 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.
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
| Hour (UTC) | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC | -1% | 53K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 52K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 55K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 44K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 43K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 50K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 54K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 63K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 72K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 75K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 81K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 90K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 98K |
| 14:00 UTC | -3% | 101K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 105K |
| 16:00 UTC | -4% | 102K |
| 17:00 UTC | -3% | 95K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 88K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 83K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 77K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 69K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 60K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 238K |
| Monday | 0% | 302K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 302K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 257K |
| Thursday | -2% | 250K |
| Friday | -3% | 259K |
| Saturday | +3% | 233K |
Best tweets
- Aug 12, 202611x their median
I never imagined what peace would look like at 60. In 80 days I turn 60. Three years into early retirement, I am living the freedom to be fully myself, equally at home on the farm and in the fastest cities, among mathematics education scholars and among farmers, as a grandmother who is rested, sufficient, and unhurried. Awards and a presidential order have their place. Nothing surpasses the quiet I carry into this next decade. This is the season I prayed for. #MyYearOf60 #Peace #Educator #Speaker #Farmer
- Aug 11, 20267.3x their median
The colleague once warned that if I led by principle, opposing sides would one day unite to oust me, and I would have to “eat my principles.” He was right. Today I am eating them and they taste remarkably good. I sleep peacefully. I am off the depression & anxiety medication. I choose what I do, who I work with, where and when. Things have worked out. I remain grateful to God for the strength and the boldness. Principles may exact a price, but they also deliver a freedom that politics never can. #WomensMonth2026 #Leadership
- Aug 26, 20265.8x their median
In June 2002 I wore this Stoned Cherrie design for my PhD graduation at Wits. Last week, 24 years later, I wore it again for the Telkom Her Network event. It still fits & it’s still stylish. A quiet reminder that some things & perhaps some people are simply ahead of their time. I am grateful for the miracle of nature that is body & for the enduring brilliance of Stoned Cherrie. #TimelessStyle #AfricanFashion #DesignThatEndure #StillStylish
- Aug 12, 20265.8x their median
. https://t.co/59Q4kY8yy2
- Aug 3, 20265.0x their median
This joy looks good on me, this peace fits perfectly. https://t.co/EmnXyeVEWN
- Aug 20, 20263.3x their median
Honoured to attend the launch of the Clement Manyathela Foundation last night. The speeches were deeply moving. Hlalakahle High School and Mpumalanga have every reason to be proud that they produced a man of such calibre and heart. May this foundation open doors and light pathways for many more. #ClementManyathelaFoundation #OpeningPathways #ShapingFutures 👗@1_4RipnSew @GiftSenese
- Jul 14, 20263.3x their median
I used to think success was about being the best and winning the race. Life taught me that success is about handling the worst, refusing to give up & still finishing the race healthy, strong & better than when you started. Resilience outlasts brilliance. #Leadership #Resilience #Antifragile
- Aug 4, 20262.6x their median
Back on the African continent and loving it. This is home. Despite the challenges, Africa offers opportunity and hope. Here I feel at peace - no need to explain my existence, passion or purpose. Our challenges are ours to solve. I appreciate the space I operate in, where the daily work is to explore possible solutions. #Africa #Home
- Jul 9, 20262.2x their median
Not every productive week is a visible week. Sometimes you’re reading. Sometimes you’re listening. Sometimes you’re thinking. Growth doesn’t always announce itself. https://t.co/P4FhiOVALc
- Jul 1, 20262.0x their median
The way others treat you is not a reflection of your worth. It's a projection of the way they see themselves. https://t.co/Wt7oFTRS6R
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 303 interactions against 397K followers, an engagement rate of 0.076%. Measured over 23 original posts, its engagement rate beats 48% of 3,899 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 12K times each, and 2.43% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.14% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.9 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 23 posts sampled, 91% carry an image or video, 9% are part of a thread and 26% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.4K interactions, about 11x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sheownshersuccess, #courage, #ibuylocal.
- What is Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol)'s engagement rate on X?
- Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol) (@FabAcademic) has an engagement rate of 0.076%, based on the median interactions across 23 original posts from the last 30 days against 397,249 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.076%, Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol) sits above the 25th percentile of the 37,701 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 @FabAcademic have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 48% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,899 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 @FabAcademic post?
- Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.9 posts per day across the measured window.