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GlobalSouthNews engagement report

@GlobalSouthNew - 258K followers on X

Measured over 12 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.057%
of 258K followers
Per impression
1.36%
11K views on a typical post
Reach
4.17%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
145
interactions (median)
Saved
0.127%
14 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
2.9/day
active 17% of days
Peak time
12:00 UTC
Friday

A typical post picks up 145 interactions against 258K followers, an engagement rate of 0.057%. Measured over 12 original posts, its engagement rate beats 49% 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 11K times each, and 1.36% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.13% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 17% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 12 posts sampled, 67% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 19K interactions, about 134x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #incaseyoumissedit, #madlangacommision, #mediabriefing.

Measured over 12 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #incaseyoumissedit, #madlangacommision, #mediabriefing.

Compared with accounts its own size

GlobalSouthNews's engagement rate beats 49% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 51% 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 0.057%, GlobalSouthNews sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,582 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.143%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.679%
p902.56%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 205,582 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,893 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.679%
90th percentile2.56%
99th percentile82.4%

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 12:00 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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 12:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 12:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
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 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Friday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Friday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

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.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video67% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link0% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 67% 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 225 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

  • Jan 28, 2025134x their median

    EXCLUSIVE | “We will challenge them legally and deal with them, but if they want to come physically, we will meet them on the field.”   KZN police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has exposed a plot to silence him over his investigations into the activities of certain individuals in the national office.   He has now categorically stated that the “smear campaign” against him originates within the organisation.   But Mkhwanazi insists he and his team are not backing down, and their work will soon reveal the rogue elements hiding out at the SAPS HQ.   In an interview with @eNCA, the veteran policeman says this isn’t the first time he’s been targeted for exposing criminals within the SAPS.   Mkhwanazi has given an assurance that the level of policing in KZN won’t be affected by this.   More on #DStv403.

    13K4.9K8546111.6M viewsView on X
  • May 8, 202666x their median

    Speaking at the funeral of fallen officer Captain Louis Nel, Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi makes a promise to find his killers “dead or alive.” @eNCA https://t.co/1LUoHMugM4

    7.5K1.8K26679632K viewsView on X
  • Sep 24, 202638x their median

    She’s working with a convicted sex offender… And she’s here crying.. Kant danger is in studio and she laughing with him everyday 😩😩😩 https://t.co/gNW11t1tHk

    4.4K82720328274K viewsView on X
  • Sep 22, 202637x their median

    It's fcking disgusting how people can't be satisfied with one person anymore ..

    3.7K1.3K171186120K viewsView on X
  • Sep 24, 202613x their median

    Every relationship gets boring eventually. Yes, even marriage. The mistake is thinking boredom means you picked the wrong person. That early butterflies and constant excitement were never meant to last forever. Eventually, you get comfortable. The smart ones don’t throw away someone who loves them because the honeymoon feeling faded. They learn how to build something deeper after the excitement dies.

    1.5K350311038K viewsView on X
  • Sep 8, 20267.8x their median

    IMMIGRATION CONTROL | Inter-Ministerial Committee Chairperson Mmamoloko Kubayi says immigration matters should be left to government. https://t.co/bMFWgFtpLU

    19468720154228K viewsView on X
  • Sep 24, 20264.5x their median

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    5517118713K viewsView on X
  • Aug 22, 2026

    When we say Chidimma Adetshina is not a victim you don't get it. Look those action of stealing someone's identity documents what brings to the lives of the real victim. She must account and the real victim must get justice. Listen to the victim of Chidimma Adetshina's real victim https://t.co/mk3twQSJcJ

    88525314K viewsView on X
  • Sep 25, 2026

    ONE DEAD, FIVE ARRESTED | One suspect who was wanted for the killing of ,Captain Louis Nel and Sergeant Mandla Khuzwayo, was shot and fatally wounded in a shootout with police at Emaplasini in Inanda, and five of his accomplices were arrested during an operation at various areas of KwaZulu-Natal in the early hours of this morning, 25 September 2026. A Special Task Force operator wounded on the hand during the shootout but is in good spirits after receiving first aid medical attention. The arrested suspects are being processed and are likely to appear in court on Monday, 28 September 2026.

    113268027K viewsView on X
  • Sep 25, 2026

    They are even more fluent than me if I’m being honest😭 https://t.co/mZaSOmvgkn

    9535858.6K viewsView on X

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

#incaseyoumissedit#madlangacommision#mediabriefing

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 145 interactions against 258K followers, an engagement rate of 0.057%. Measured over 12 original posts, its engagement rate beats 49% 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 11K times each, and 1.36% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.13% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 17% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 12 posts sampled, 67% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 19K interactions, about 134x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #incaseyoumissedit, #madlangacommision, #mediabriefing.

What is GlobalSouthNews's engagement rate on X?
GlobalSouthNews (@GlobalSouthNew) has an engagement rate of 0.057%, based on the median interactions across 12 original posts from the last 30 days against 258,300 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.057%, GlobalSouthNews sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,582 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 @GlobalSouthNew have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 49% 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 @GlobalSouthNew post?
Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.9 posts per day across the measured window.

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