The Gov't of Japan engagement report
@JapanGov - 490K followers on X
Measured over 29 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 21, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 67 interactions against 490K followers, an engagement rate of 0.014%. Measured over 29 original posts, its engagement rate beats 38% 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 6.5K times each, and 1.02% 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 1.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 29 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 31% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 633 interactions, about 7.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #japanweeks, #pickaheader.
Measured over 29 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 21, 2026. Recurring tags: #japanweeks, #pickaheader.
Compared with accounts its own size
The Gov't of Japan's engagement rate beats 38% 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 48% 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 0.014%, The Gov't of Japan sits above 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 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 | 0% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 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.
- 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 288 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
- Jul 6, 20267.4x their median
The hidden language of birds.🐥 Associate Professor SUZUKI Toshitaka of the University of Tokyo discovered that Japanese tits combine calls into simple sentences They appear to follow grammatical rules like humans. Understanding animals may change our world. 📖 https://t.co/RZPHiDRsSZ
- Sep 1, 20263.0x their median
Over 11,000 golden “eyes” watch the universe from 1 km underground. 👀🌌 Thirty years on, Super-Kamiokande found the world’s first indication of a neutrino background from supernovae—clues to how stars formed and died, and how elements in our world spread through space. 🔭✨ https://t.co/4pCjAtoUHX
- Jun 17, 20262.6x their median
As mobile phones spread, Japan’s public phones fell to about one-sixth of their peak.📞 Yet many remain for disasters. Tokyo & NTT EAST are setting public phones up as OpenRoaming Wi-Fi hubs—an idea now spreading nationwide for daily use and emergencies.📶 https://t.co/gC8ma3Xhpc
- Jul 28, 20262.9x their median
Building a new island economy by blending local strengths—much like making jam. 🏡🍊 On Suo-Oshima, Setouchi Jams Garden's inn sends guests to local shops instead of serving meals, while its jam business helps new farmers take root—keeping opportunities within the community. 🍓 https://t.co/FYanKwhPI6
- Oct 13, 20262.8x their median
Sometimes the fastest way forward is sideways. 🌉 Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited led Daishi Bridge’s replacement: the new bridge slid into place during a two-week closure. An IABSE 2025 award recognized limited disruption, earthquake resistance and easier maintenance. 🏆 https://t.co/I5kRueE9Su
- Jul 26, 20262.6x their median
This is what happens when anime battles come to life. 🔥✨ Born in Japan, HADO is a new kind of AR sport bringing people together across generations and borders. Now reaching schools and care settings, it’s connecting communities around the world. 🤾🌏 https://t.co/lJbwAQvZXH
- Jun 10, 20262.1x their median
Even in the rainy season, wisdom brightens daily life. 🌸 "Tsuyu" sweets bring richness. "Minazuki's" triangular ice wards off heat and its azuki dispels evil, while hydrangea treats express glistening petals unique to this season. Why not add one to your teatime? 💐 https://t.co/SVokuZGayw
- Jul 7, 20261.9x their median
One tradition. Countless local stories. Today is Tanabata! 🎋 Celebrations vary across Japan into August. From Sendai’s streamers and Tokyo’s candlelights to Noshiro’s castle floats and Kyoto’s sky lanterns, a single star legend takes infinite, vibrant local forms. ✨ https://t.co/JkH9fzIoSY
- Jul 11, 20261.9x their median
July 11 is World Horse Day. 🐴 On Toi Cape in Miyazaki Prefecture, the Misaki horse is a rare native horse that has lived for more than 300 years in a near-natural state. Protected as a National Natural Monument, they thrive with minimal human interference. https://t.co/5na7vM7SXA
- Jul 22, 20261.8x their median
Time to pick our August #PickAHeader! ☀️ 1. Aomori Nebuta Festival 🔥 2. Shureimon, Okinawa 🌺 3. Ruriko-in Temple, Kyoto 🌿 4. Colorful shaved ice 🍧 Which would you choose for our August header? Vote 1, 2, 3, or 4 by July 28. The winner will be revealed the next day! https://t.co/PJ91P5x4SH
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 67 interactions against 490K followers, an engagement rate of 0.014%. Measured over 29 original posts, its engagement rate beats 38% 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 6.5K times each, and 1.02% 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 1.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 29 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 31% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 633 interactions, about 7.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #japanweeks, #pickaheader.
- What is The Gov't of Japan's engagement rate on X?
- The Gov't of Japan (@JapanGov) has an engagement rate of 0.014%, based on the median interactions across 29 original posts from the last 30 days against 489,727 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.014%, The Gov't of Japan sits above 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 @JapanGov have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 38% 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 @JapanGov post?
- Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.47 posts per day across the measured window.