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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

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.014%
of 490K followers
Per impression
1.02%
6.5K views on a typical post
Reach
1.34%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
67
interactions (median)
Saved
0.061%
4 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.47/day
active 97% of days
Peak time
06:00 UTC
Tuesday

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%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.677%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 204,694 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,880 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.677%
90th percentile2.55%
99th percentile82.4%

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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 06:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 06:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
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 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Tuesday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Tuesday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

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.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video100% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link0% 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

    50611755110K viewsView on X
  • 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

    159327111K viewsView on X
  • 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

    143458317K viewsView on X
  • 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

    1203736119K viewsView on X
  • 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

    153247120K viewsView on X
  • 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

    1064316824K viewsView on X
  • 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

    13326527.1K viewsView on X
  • 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

    12537128.1K viewsView on X
  • 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

    11542418.2K viewsView on X
  • 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

    89194408.3K viewsView on X

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

#japanweeks#pickaheader

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.

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