IMF engagement report
@IMFNews - 4.2M followers on X
Measured over 49 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 182 interactions against 4.2M followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 49 original posts, its engagement rate beats 34% of 3,758 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 57K times each, and 0.32% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.34% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 49 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.3K interactions, about 13x its own typical post.
Measured over 49 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tag: #imfmeetings.
Compared with accounts its own size
IMF's engagement rate beats 34% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 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 29% 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 0.004%, IMF 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 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% | 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
- Jul 31, 202613x their median
Argentina has laid the foundations for a more stable future. The challenge now is to stay the course—to keep building the institutions, confidence, and opportunities that will allow today's progress to become lasting prosperity. Read my visit recap: https://t.co/W588XWUhju https://t.co/an9ZUnWe9d
- Aug 9, 20269.8x their median
Tokenization is more than a technology upgrade. It can reshape how the financial system operates. New IMF analysis explains what changes and why policy choices will matter: https://t.co/niSfVsSwgf https://t.co/Dtsdroa8vS
- Aug 18, 20264.5x their median
Economic growth does not lead people to work less. What matters instead are policy choices about education, pensions, and labor rules, Amory Gethin and Emmanuel Saez write in F&D magazine. https://t.co/j4AHAC5EnJ https://t.co/qXO6fyS2YB
- Aug 10, 20263.4x their median
I’m deeply saddened by the news of the devastating earthquake in Colombia. My thoughts are with the people of Colombia during this difficult time.
- Aug 12, 20263.1x their median
Greece was once shut out of markets and collecting too little tax. Today it runs a primary budget surplus and stands as one of only five EU countries to do so. Tax administration reform powered this striking reversal. https://t.co/RZggSA3HFr https://t.co/r5Lx7uP413
- Aug 21, 20262.8x their median
The global oil market absorbed a major disruption. Less demand, more production, and inventory drawdowns prevented a larger price spike. These shock absorbers have been used up, leaving the world weaker when the next shock comes. See our blog: https://t.co/F4RCLUpcxV https://t.co/s5wfofDQE1
- Jul 4, 20262.3x their median
The 2026 Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank will open in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 12, 2026. It’s a return to the country that hosted the Meetings 35 years ago. The countdown starts today. #IMFMeetings https://t.co/Vr0Vy25t87
- Aug 11, 20262.2x their median
Stablecoins offer significant potential benefits and carry significant potential risks. In emerging markets, both are magnified. In this speech, @DanKatzIMF discusses how countries can harness stablecoin innovation while safeguarding stability. https://t.co/g6dDdpg7QG https://t.co/qT36SteMwv
- Aug 15, 20262.0x their median
Sovereign wealth funds have become some of the most powerful players in global finance, with $16 trillion in assets. Law should guide their operations and governance to ensure the institutions support financial stability. See our new blog. https://t.co/sK6yiwPOAT https://t.co/zMGSyBxFBK
- Aug 28, 20261.9x their median
Ask an Economist – What is the Difference Between the IMF and World Bank? People often mix up the IMF and World Bank. Our latest Ask an Economist explains the difference in 60 seconds. https://t.co/9zmyoJ14Qz
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 182 interactions against 4.2M followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 49 original posts, its engagement rate beats 34% of 3,758 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 57K times each, and 0.32% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.34% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 49 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.3K interactions, about 13x its own typical post.
- What is IMF's engagement rate on X?
- IMF (@IMFNews) has an engagement rate of 0.004%, based on the median interactions across 49 original posts from the last 30 days against 4,233,681 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.004%, IMF 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 @IMFNews have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 34% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 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 @IMFNews post?
- Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.07 posts per day across the measured window.