Gauteng Provincial Gov engagement report
@GautengProvince - 338K followers on X
Measured over 52 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 9, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 7 interactions against 338K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 52 original posts, its engagement rate beats 17% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 2.2K times each, and 0.319% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.649% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.4 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 73% of days. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 52 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video, 10% are part of a thread and 8% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 248 interactions, about 35x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #growinggautengtogether, #gautengatwork, #growingasafergauteng.
Measured over 52 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 9, 2026. Recurring tags: #growinggautengtogether, #gautengatwork, #growingasafergauteng.
Compared with accounts its own size
Gauteng Provincial Gov's engagement rate beats 17% 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 22% 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 0.002%, Gauteng Provincial Gov sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,798 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.
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 10:00 UTC, and Wednesday 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 | 94% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 8% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 94% 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.
- 8% 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 372 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
- Sep 18, 202635x their median
[HAPPENING NOW]: Minister of @DOEE_ZA Dr @Kgosientsho_R Premier Panyaza @Lesufi and @City_Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Cllr Nkosindiphile Xakaza have arrived in Tswelopele, Tembisa, for the transformer switch-on. The programme forms part of the Gauteng Energy Response Plan, aimed at strengthening electricity infrastructure and improving the reliability of electricity supply. #GrowingGautengTogether
- Sep 4, 202633x their median
Happy Birthday, Premier Panyaza @Lesufi! 🎉 May God bless you with a long, healthy and fulfilling life. May He continue to guide, protect and strengthen you in the years ahead. https://t.co/fiRlFXGRku
- Sep 3, 202615x their median
Premier Panyaza Lesufi appoints MEC @LebogangMaile1 as Acting Premier https://t.co/6WVftW2r4C
- Aug 12, 202614x their median
[WATCH]:A deeply emotional moment for Mme Ndzyela Nyanisi as she receives the keys to her new home during today’s housing handover in Jabulani, Soweto. The handover reflects the government’s commitment to fast-tracking the allocation of completed houses and ensuring that qualifying beneficiaries in the Gauteng province receive dignified housing. #GrowingGautengTogether
- Sep 27, 202612x their median
MEDIA STATEMENT | The @GautengProvince condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific shooting at a tavern in Wedela, Carletonville, on Saturday night, which claimed the lives of 17 people and left 15 others injured. The provincial government has called on law-enforcement agencies to urgently mobilise all available resources to identify, arrest and bring those responsible to justice.
- Sep 13, 202611x their median
[WATCH]: Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) Southern Synod Day 2026, currently underway in Soweto. The annual gathering brings together representatives from 123 congregations across the provinces of Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga, with an attendance of about 5,000 worshippers, church leaders, youth, women, men, and community stakeholders.
- Sep 6, 20269.0x their median
Acting Premier @LebogangMaile1 joins President @CyrilRamaphosa at the Union Buildings in Tshwane for the the Annual South African Police Service (SAPS) Commemoration Day. The occasion honours and remembers 12 SAPS members who lost their lives in the line of duty between 01 April 2025 and 31 March 2026, recognising their service and ultimate sacrifice in protecting the people of South Africa.
- Sep 25, 20268.7x their median
[HAPPENING NOW]: Premier Panyaza @Lesufi joins Acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia, Deputy Minister Cassel Mathale and Gauteng @SAPoliceService Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni, for a ministerial engagement with local SAPS and CPF structures at the Kempton Park Civic Centre. The engagement focuses on strengthening crime-fighting efforts, finding solutions and supporting measures to ensure the safety and security of residents.
- Oct 8, 20267.1x their median
[WATCH]: Premier Panyaza @Lesufi and MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela officially open the upgraded K155, Modderfontein Road. The upgrade forms part of ongoing efforts to improve roads, ease traffic congestion and strengthen connectivity across the province. #GautengAtWork #GrowingGautengTogether
- Sep 18, 20266.9x their median
Power has been restored for a community member in Tswelopele, Thembisa, following the transformer switch-on led by Minister of @DOEE_ZA Dr @Kgosientsho_R, Premier Panyaza @Lesufi and @City_Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Cllr Nkosindiphile Xakaza. The restoration forms part of ongoing efforts under the Gauteng Energy Response Plan to strengthen electricity infrastructure and improve the reliability of supply to communities. #GrowingGautengTogether
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 7 interactions against 338K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 52 original posts, its engagement rate beats 17% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 2.2K times each, and 0.319% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.649% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.4 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 73% of days. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 52 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video, 10% are part of a thread and 8% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 248 interactions, about 35x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #growinggautengtogether, #gautengatwork, #growingasafergauteng.
- What is Gauteng Provincial Gov's engagement rate on X?
- Gauteng Provincial Gov (@GautengProvince) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 52 original posts from the last 30 days against 338,493 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, Gauteng Provincial Gov sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,798 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 @GautengProvince have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 17% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 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 @GautengProvince post?
- Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.37 posts per day across the measured window.