Herman Mashaba engagement report
@HermanMashaba - 795K followers on X
Measured over 33 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 86 interactions against 795K followers, an engagement rate of 0.011%. Measured over 33 original posts, its engagement rate beats 34% of 3,774 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 8.2K times each, and 1.04% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.04% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 33 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 18% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 7.8K interactions, about 91x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #5moreyears, #operationfixjoburg, #letactionlead.
Measured over 33 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #5moreyears, #operationfixjoburg, #letactionlead.
Compared with accounts its own size
Herman Mashaba's engagement rate beats 34% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 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 53% 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 0.011%, Herman Mashaba sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,521 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.434% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 160.7% |
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 Sunday 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% | 50K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 51K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 50K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 53K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 43K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 42K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 48K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 52K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 60K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 69K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 72K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 78K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 86K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 94K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 97K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 100K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 97K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 90K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 84K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 79K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 74K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 66K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 57K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 51K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 230K |
| Monday | 0% | 286K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 276K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 251K |
| Thursday | -1% | 244K |
| Friday | -3% | 252K |
| Saturday | +3% | 227K |
Best tweets
- Aug 29, 202691x their median
Who would’ve thought that one day the people will start rejecting the beloved ANC. The Premier of Free State rejected whilst doing Door To Door 😭 https://t.co/JNvZwumOBh
- Aug 23, 202671x their median
This is the young South African whose identity was stolen by Chidimma Adetshina's mother for the benefit of Chidimma. To all South African supporters of Chidimma, this is your fellow South African that you are supposed to be supporting instead of supporting fraudster Chidimma https://t.co/H0j7LVF5Rl
- Aug 23, 202663x their median
This is a WhatsApp group between Kgoši Maepa and ANC big wigs plotting to destroy Dr Nasiphi Moyo by falsely accusing her of corruption regarding using services of a contractor for her swimming pool. They appear determined to destroy a hard-working Black woman for political gain. When Mayor Nasiphi Moya delivers services, improves Tshwane and puts residents first they call it “abuse” and flood social media with Lies unsubstantiated allegations and propaganda. This isn’t about accountability. It is about votes, tenders and political survival. They will do anything to discredit the best Mayor Tshwane has ever had even when the facts don’t support their claims. Leave Nasiphi alone!
- Aug 30, 202635x their median
Mlungu is on the street of Cape Town and asking relevant questions that even EFF can't even ask https://t.co/pRRu0qk90h
- Jun 12, 202524x their median
Every morning until the local elections I will post the track record of ActionSA leaders like Nasiphi Moya, Herman Mashaba & Athol Trollip in fixing broken municipalities. I do this to show that ActionSA is the proven alternative to broken municipalities led by failed parties. https://t.co/PveDtzdP3A
- May 22, 20238.3x their median
[WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE] Angry #Hammanskraal residents ambush two cars transporting Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink at the Jubilee District Hospital where a #CholeraOutbreak has been reported. They accuse the Tshwane municipality of ignoring their concerns the state of water here https://t.co/8A96yjxKkI
- Aug 22, 20266.8x their median
I sat down in a conversation with @pieterkrielorg on his podcast, In the Cross Fire with Pierre Kriel, and I must say this is a must-watch because, oh my goodness, it was unfiltered and robust on my politics, immigration and my Joburg Mayoral race. #OperationFixJoburg #UnfinishedBusiness
- Aug 23, 20264.8x their median
Any resident of Tshwane who votes for the DA and Cilliers Brink is no different to a rural Eastern Cape resident voting for the ANC, an MK supporter voting for its opposition to corruption or voting for the PA in Beaufort West for Gayton’s promise to turn the town into Dubai. It would be a vote for bad government from a candidate or party with whom a voter has historically identified, willfully or subconsciously ignoring the abundance of evidence of the failed legacy of that party or candidate. - @ME_Beaumont, ActionSA National Chair Read More: https://t.co/aHJpkkSqfl
- Aug 29, 20264.3x their median
Uncle Athol 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/yy0H0RUrcM
- Aug 22, 20262.7x their median
🚨⚒️ JOHANNESBURG IS MORE THAN JUST A CITY TO ME. Baagi baJoburg, I care deeply about earning your mandate to once again serve as the Executive Mayor of your city because Johannesburg is more than just another city. It is the economic heartbeat of our continent; a home where millions, including myself, raise families, build businesses and pursue opportunity. A city of this importance deserves leadership that matches its potential. I have seen the pain caused by unsafe streets, failing services, broken infrastructure and corruption. I have walked alongside you, listened to your frustrations and witnessed your struggles. But I have also seen what is possible when leadership has the political will, urgency and courage to put residents first. I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. I AM READY TO DO IT AGAIN. GIVE ME THE MANDATE TO FIX YOUR CITY, RESTORE YOUR DIGNITY AND GET JOBURG WORKING AGAIN. I HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS. #VoteActionSA #OperationFixJoburg
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 86 interactions against 795K followers, an engagement rate of 0.011%. Measured over 33 original posts, its engagement rate beats 34% of 3,774 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 8.2K times each, and 1.04% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.04% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 33 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 18% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 7.8K interactions, about 91x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #5moreyears, #operationfixjoburg, #letactionlead.
- What is Herman Mashaba's engagement rate on X?
- Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) has an engagement rate of 0.011%, based on the median interactions across 33 original posts from the last 30 days against 795,240 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.011%, Herman Mashaba sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,521 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 @HermanMashaba have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 34% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 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 @HermanMashaba post?
- Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 4.57 posts per day across the measured window.