Heathrow Airport engagement report
@HeathrowAirport - 541K followers on X
Measured over 46 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 15, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 30 interactions against 541K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 46 original posts, its engagement rate beats 26% of 21,185 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 4.9K times each, and 0.62% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.908% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 46 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 355 interactions, about 12x its own typical post.
Measured over 46 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 15, 2026. Recurring tag: #heathrow.
Compared with accounts its own size
Heathrow Airport's engagement rate beats 26% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 35% 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 0.006%, Heathrow Airport sits above the 10th percentile of the 212,825 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.146% |
| 75th percentile | 0.697% |
| 90th percentile | 2.61% |
| 99th percentile | 83.0% |
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 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday 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 | 67% 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.
- 67% 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 226 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 8, 202612x their median
The air traffic control service @NATS is experiencing a technical issue which is impacting departing flights at UK airports. Arriving flights are not currently impacted. We are supporting our local NATS team in their efforts to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We will provide updated information when we have it. We apologise to those disrupted and advise passengers to check with their airline for latest flight information.
- Sep 8, 20269.5x their median
The air traffic control service @NATS is experiencing a technical issue which is impacting arriving and departing flights across UK airports. We are supporting our local NATS team in their efforts to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologise to those affected by the disruption and advise passengers to check with their airline for the latest flight information and only travel to the airport if their flight is confirmed.
- Oct 13, 20269.5x their median
Ever wondered what happens to a #Heathrow runway after the last flight? 👀✈️ At 11pm, a 230-strong team and 130 vehicles move onto our Northern Runway to get to work. Resurfacing. Markings. Inspections. Lighting checks. All before the runway is handed back safe and ready for operations.
- Sep 7, 20268.2x their median
A warm Heathrow welcome to Xiamen Airlines ✈️ Yesterday (6 September 2026) marked the arrival of the airline's inaugural service between Xiamen and Heathrow, creating a new direct connection between London and China's Fujian Province. The new route operates three times a week, with flights every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
- Sep 9, 20267.1x their median
Following yesterday's NATS technical issue, flights are operating today, but some disruption may continue as airlines reposition aircraft and crew. Please check your flight status with your airline before travelling to the airport and only travel if your flight is confirmed to be operating. We apologise to those affected and have extra colleagues across our terminals to support passengers while we work with NATS and airline partners to restore normal operations as quickly as possible
- Sep 7, 20265.4x their median
Good morning and welcome to Heathrow! It's the start of a new week and we are already talking to our passengers, why don’t you drop in? https://t.co/cxGuH7BA0V
- Sep 11, 20265.0x their median
Good morning and welcome to Heathrow Airport. The weekend is just ahead! https://t.co/9OpyQuUnB4
- Aug 15, 20264.5x their median
Flooding in the central terminal area has resulted in on-going road closures restricting access to Terminals 2 and 3. Passengers travelling to or from either of these terminals today must not travel by road. Passengers are strongly advised to use Heathrow Express, Elizabeth Line and Piccadilly Line rail services where possible. Any passengers that must travel by car must use Park and Ride, head to Terminals 4 or 5 and take free rail services from there, or change at local rail stations. Please allow extra time for your journey. Our teams are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible, we apologise for any disruption caused. Transport and directions: https://t.co/1Wbem4b3gK
- Aug 20, 20264.2x their median
Terminal 2 travellers, this one's for you. 📍 Take a virtual stroll through your airport journey before the real one begins. Explore every step ahead of time and arrive focused on the exciting part: getting away. ✈️ Find out more: https://t.co/4a0dJYTuwd https://t.co/jRF4IyukCO
- Aug 29, 20263.3x their median
Good morning and welcome to Heathrow! Even on a weekend, we're already replying to our passengers. We're early birds! https://t.co/E2ue2TabvT
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 30 interactions against 541K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 46 original posts, its engagement rate beats 26% of 21,185 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 4.9K times each, and 0.62% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.908% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 46 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 355 interactions, about 12x its own typical post.
- What is Heathrow Airport's engagement rate on X?
- Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) has an engagement rate of 0.006%, based on the median interactions across 46 original posts from the last 30 days against 541,207 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.006%, Heathrow Airport sits above the 10th percentile of the 212,825 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 @HeathrowAirport have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 26% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 @HeathrowAirport post?
- Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.53 posts per day across the measured window.