Fascinating History engagement report
@Fascinate_Hist - 149K followers on X
Measured over 35 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 26, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 715 interactions against 149K followers, an engagement rate of 0.49%. Measured over 35 original posts, its engagement rate beats 81% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. Comparing inside a size band matters here: engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly just re-measure the follower count. Posts are seen about 14K times each, and 5.03% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 9.52% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 43% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 35 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 22K interactions, about 31x its own typical post.
Measured over 35 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 26, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Fascinating History's engagement rate beats 81% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 86% 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 0.49%, Fascinating History sits above the 50th percentile of the 205,152 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.143% to 0.678%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.143% |
| 75th percentile | 0.678% |
| 90th percentile | 2.55% |
| 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 11:00 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 | 0% 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.
- 0% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts.
- Its average post runs 219 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 13, 202631x their median
The Middle Ages had quite a sense of humor. Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, from around 1050. https://t.co/h93svfNrzk
- Sep 17, 202628x their median
We hit 113.9K Followers today, just about 1K away from the 115K mark. Absolutely unreal. 🤯 When I started Fascinating History, I was unsure how a professional historian could fit into everyone's daily scroll. Seeing this many people genuinely captivated by the past has been inspiring. Thank you for being here; I'm so glad to meet you! Drop a "Hi" below - I’d love to know where you're tuning in from!👇
- Sep 14, 202615x their median
Some things never change. 🐾 800 years ago, a medieval cat walked across wet floor tiles at St. Peter’s Church in Wormleighton, England, leaving its paw prints behind forever. https://t.co/BECSZNrKFd
- Sep 25, 202610x their median
A 1,800 ft blade of volcanic rock piercing the Pacific Ocean. This is Ball’s Pyramid: the tallest volcanic sea stack on Earth. For decades, extreme climbers risked their lives trying to conquer its crumbling, near-vertical walls. But during those dangerous expeditions in the 1960s, they stumbled upon something impossible - 🧵/1
- Sep 18, 20269.9x their median
WOW. That escalated quickly. 🤯 A huge welcome to the 20,000+ of you who joined the Fascinating History community in the last 24 hours. We are now sitting at 133K - less than 6.5K away from the 140K mark. Speechless. Drop your city below. I’ll pick a handful to feature in upcoming posts on hidden architecture, forgotten scandals, or unique history from your area (with a special shout-out to you)! Let’s see where you're all tuning in from! 👇
- Sep 17, 20265.9x their median
This 400 year-old door at Exeter Cathedral is thought to have the oldest surviving cat flap. https://t.co/JtRfsymh3U
- Sep 14, 20263.1x their median
In 1971, Sylvester Stallone was so broke he had to sell his beloved dog, Butkus, for $40 just to buy food. A few years later, he wrote the script for Rocky. Studios offered him over $100,000 for the script, but they wanted a famous actor for the lead. Despite having less than $100 left in his name, Stallone refused. He gambled everything and insisted on starring in it himself. The studio finally relented. Do you know what the very first thing he did with his movie paycheck? He tracked down the man who bought his dog. The man knew Stallone was desperate and demanded $15,000 to give him back. Stallone paid every single penny without hesitating. If you watch the original Rocky, that isn't a trained Hollywood stunt dog - that’s Butkus. Never compromise on your vision, and never forget who was with you in the trenches.
- Sep 15, 20263.1x their median
When motorcycles looked like they just escaped from the Batmobile. Henderson KJ Streamliner, an Art Deco masterpiece crafted nearly 100 years ago. https://t.co/bF72IWCMxa
- Sep 19, 20262.7x their median
Fascinating History reached 140,000 Followers today! Whatever the algorithm is doing, I’m deeply grateful for every single one of you who shares a love for history. Welcome to all the new faces! I hope you'll say hi in the comments ! 😃👇 I can't wait to show you what's coming next, including some fascinating history about your own city. 📜🏙️
- Sep 17, 20262.6x their median
This wooden door at Wells Cathedral dates back to around 1265. 🚪 And it's still magical to behold, nearly 800 years later. https://t.co/mqVaQdip8x
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 715 interactions against 149K followers, an engagement rate of 0.49%. Measured over 35 original posts, its engagement rate beats 81% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. Comparing inside a size band matters here: engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly just re-measure the follower count. Posts are seen about 14K times each, and 5.03% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 9.52% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 43% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 35 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 22K interactions, about 31x its own typical post.
- What is Fascinating History's engagement rate on X?
- Fascinating History (@Fascinate_Hist) has an engagement rate of 0.49%, based on the median interactions across 35 original posts from the last 30 days against 149,442 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.49%, Fascinating History sits above the 50th percentile of the 205,152 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 @Fascinate_Hist have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 81% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts), which puts it in the top quarter for its size 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 @Fascinate_Hist post?
- Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.63 posts per day across the measured window.