The Guardian Nigeria engagement report
@GuardianNigeria - 2.9M followers on X
Measured over 1126 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 2 interactions against 2.9M followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 1126 original posts, its engagement rate beats 2% 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 3.5K times each, and 0.057% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.124% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 38.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1126 posts sampled, 8% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 579 interactions, about 290x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #endsars, #diabetes, #earlydetection.
Measured over 1126 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #endsars, #diabetes, #earlydetection.
Compared with accounts its own size
The Guardian Nigeria's engagement rate beats 2% 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 3% 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 under 0.001%, The Guardian Nigeria sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,694 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 | 0.677% |
| 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 16:00 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% | 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 | 8% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 98% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 8% 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.
- 98% 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 282 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 14, 2026290x their median
Catholic bishops in Nigeria have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, political parties and candidates for the 2027 general elections to allow the will of voters to prevail at the poll and desist from manipulating the processes. https://t.co/Y3oYRSwlHD
- Sep 14, 2026230x their median
Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has thrown a challenge at Nigerian politicians after 2027 presidential candidate Peter Obi publicly explained how he built his wealth before entering politics. https://t.co/jSiu8Amtan
- Aug 27, 2026138x their median
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has warned that Atiku Abubakar’s proposed petrol subsidy restoration could worsen Nigeria’s fragile fiscal position. https://t.co/WjLOItgrHG
- Sep 14, 202698x their median
There is bad news for partisan lecturers as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) seeks their removal as returning officers in the 2027 general elections. https://t.co/XrIkdrRrnq
- Sep 8, 202664x their median
The Association of Former Presidential Candidates of Nigeria (AFPCN) has demanded that President Bola Tinubu reverse the removal of fuel subsidy, saying Nigerians have suffered enough from rising prices of food, transportation and essential services. https://t.co/klTCrA5yOH
- Oct 4, 202663x their median
Six people have died after an overspeeding vehicle crashed along the Coastal Road. Visit https://t.co/7gU9ztFpBn to view more updates. #CoastalRoad #RoadAccident #BreakingNews #Nigeria https://t.co/aHEKfVeYVD
- Oct 17, 202660x their median
In 2013, after a string of unsuccessful auditions, Bolaji Ogunmola walked away from acting. It took a friend’s encouragement and an opportunity from filmmaker, Biodun Stephen to bring her back to the screen. Today, while her standout performances have made her a household name, they have also fueled endless assumptions about her real life. “I cannot convince everybody that a character is not who I am,” she said. Away from the spotlight, the actress describes herself as an extreme introvert who prefers quiet routines over social media noise. Now, she is taking charge of her next chapter focused on creating biopics and funding emerging filmmakers. In this week’s Guardian Life cover story, Bolaji Ogunmola talks about overcoming early setbacks, navigating public perception, setting boundaries, and shaping her vision beyond Nollywood. Read more in this week’s Guardian Life at https://t.co/3T3EWJ6I2k. Link in bio. COVER CREDITS: Interview and story: @musaadekunleakanbi Design: @mayor_vsual
- Sep 26, 202657x their median
King Sunny Adé turned 80 on Tuesday, with more than six decades of music behind him. His songs have travelled across generations. But the years on stage came with a private cost: missed birthdays, quiet evenings at home and parts of his children’s early years. Now, he has a dream he still wants to fulfil. He hopes to build an institution and archive that will preserve Nigerian music and train young musicians. He also has dozens of unreleased recordings he wants the world to hear. In this Guardian Life cover story, King Sunny Adé talks about family, the price of fame, growing older, and what he still hopes to leave behind. Read more at https://t.co/3T3EWJ6I2k. #guardianlife #kingsunnyade #jujumusic #coverstory
- Sep 16, 202653x their median
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has challenged fellow 2027 presidential contenders to open their academic records to legitimate public scrutiny, declaring that candidates seeking Nigerians’ trust must have nothing to hide. https://t.co/dwkCIuRiHZ
- Aug 24, 202648x their median
Actors and colleagues from the Yoruba film industry gathered in Ilaro to bid a tearful farewell to veteran Nollywood actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo. Emotions ran high as Jide Kosoko, Yinka Quadri, Dele Odule and others paid their final respects to the late actor. Visit https://t.co/EiKkmggTy3 to stay updated on related stories. #Ogogo #TaiwoHassan #Nollywood #Entertainment
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 2 interactions against 2.9M followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 1126 original posts, its engagement rate beats 2% 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 3.5K times each, and 0.057% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.124% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 38.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1126 posts sampled, 8% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 579 interactions, about 290x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #endsars, #diabetes, #earlydetection.
- What is The Guardian Nigeria's engagement rate on X?
- The Guardian Nigeria (@GuardianNigeria) has an engagement rate of 0%, based on the median interactions across 1126 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,850,636 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At under 0.001%, The Guardian Nigeria sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,694 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 @GuardianNigeria have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 2% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 10% 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 @GuardianNigeria post?
- Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 38.17 posts per day across the measured window.