Local 3 News engagement report
@Local3News - 117K followers on X
Measured over 31 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 7, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 117K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 31 original posts, its engagement rate beats 11% of 15,519 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 1.6K times each, and 0.319% 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 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 31 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 27 interactions, about 5.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #fmf3, #fnf3, #vols.
Measured over 31 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 7, 2026. Recurring tags: #fmf3, #fnf3, #vols.
Compared with accounts its own size
Local 3 News's engagement rate beats 11% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 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 16% 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%, Local 3 News sits above the 10th percentile of the 156,596 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.022%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.003% |
| 25th percentile | 0.022% |
| 50th percentile | 0.127% |
| 75th percentile | 0.604% |
| 90th percentile | 2.32% |
| 99th percentile | 83.4% |
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 11:00 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% | 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 | 94% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 0% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 94% 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 219 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 25, 20265.4x their median
A SPECTACLE: The newly renovated Walnut St. Bridge will feature color-changing lights on special occasions, according to Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors. The bridge is set to reopen on Saturday, October 3. https://t.co/VtQr4cwcag
- Sep 25, 20264.8x their median
UPDATE: Missing 3-year-old Caleb Johnson has been found safe, according to Hamilton County Emergency Management. https://t.co/91zc2T9IfU
- Sep 25, 20263.8x their median
MISSING CHILD: Hamilton County Emergency Services and Chattanooga police are asking for help locating a 3-year-old child who was last seen at 7 AM Friday. Caleb Johnson was last seen on Boynton Drive in Chattanooga, wearing a yellow T-shirt and a pull-up. https://t.co/OO5Ifk524H
- Sep 22, 20262.4x their median
UPDATE: Hamilton County deputies have arrested a second juvenile for animal cruelty after an online video began circulating that showed a dog being abused. Four dogs have been removed from the home and are in protective custody. https://t.co/tsanUmu5is
- Sep 28, 20262.0x their median
LOCAL TALENT: Chattanooga-based artist Mon Rovia was featured at the Farm Aid music festival in Virginia, alongside music legends Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp. The annual festival raises money for family-owned farms across America. https://t.co/Gk95IUxeVb
- Sep 28, 20262.0x their median
BREAKING: Tennessee officials have reversed their decision to move the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute to previously purchased land on Birmingham Highway in Lookout Valley. State leaders say they will continue their search for a replacement facility location. More: ⬇️ https://t.co/9gZ9LwGpw9
- Sep 23, 20261.8x their median
HAPPENING TODAY: Tennessee officials plan to announce a new location for Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute this afternoon. Local 3 News will follow this story and provide updates as they are available. https://t.co/2JFsIhSpVl
- Oct 2, 20261.6x their median
TRUE PURPOSE: Cleveland High School junior True Waller didn't let spinal surgery stop her from carrying on her family's legacy. She's also making sure other young athletes get the support they need as well. https://t.co/9NmsIuzs42
- Sep 23, 20261.6x their median
EXPANSION: Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli is investing $1.2 billion in its Rome, GA, facility. Floyd County leaders say the investment will bring 1,000 new jobs to the area. Details: ⬇️ https://t.co/iAzH3IHRa6
- Sep 22, 20261.6x their median
SOLIDARITY: President Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, prompting a federal lawsuit. It raises questions about press access and the First Amendment, with various news organizations pausing coverage of the president's events. https://t.co/jFVn5YCpaw
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 5 interactions against 117K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 31 original posts, its engagement rate beats 11% of 15,519 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 1.6K times each, and 0.319% 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 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 31 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 27 interactions, about 5.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #fmf3, #fnf3, #vols.
- What is Local 3 News's engagement rate on X?
- Local 3 News (@Local3News) has an engagement rate of 0.004%, based on the median interactions across 31 original posts from the last 30 days against 117,260 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.004%, Local 3 News sits above the 10th percentile of the 156,596 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 @Local3News have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 11% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 accounts), which puts it in the bottom quarter for its size 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 @Local3News post?
- Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.33 posts per day across the measured window.