METROFM SABC engagement report
@METROFMSA - 2.6M followers on X
Measured over 294 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 8, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 32 interactions against 2.6M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Posts are seen about 5.5K times each, and 0.591% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.211% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 9.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 294 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 34% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 5.7K interactions, about 177x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #thetouchdown, #bestmornings, #commandyourday.
Measured over 294 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 8, 2026. Recurring tags: #thetouchdown, #bestmornings, #commandyourday.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.001%, METROFM SABC sits below the 10th percentile of the 156,148 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 | 83.3% |
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 12:00 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 | 34% 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.
- 34% 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 291 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
- Sep 9, 2026177x their median
#ShowYourColours 🎨👑 She’s gone viral with her Head Girl campaign! Meet Koki from Jeugland High School as she takes us behind the scenes of #KokiForHeadGirl and shares her vision for 2027. 🔥 https://t.co/dBfRAVstAd
- Aug 14, 2026109x their median
#NotLikeUS: @scoopmakhathini is dropping his hot take 🔥 What are your thoughts? 👀🎙️ https://t.co/sdoWZKVEjU
- Aug 13, 2026105x their median
Ramahlwe Mphahlele's mother Ramatsobane Moshopiadi Mphahlele farewell message to Rama on his retirement, his children (Ofentse and Reitumetsi) also sent their farewell messages. #SNAWA https://t.co/DCedi6rvH4
- Oct 6, 202693x their median
On #METROFMTALK, we spoke to Vuyo Zungula, President of the African Transformation Movement (ATM), about South Africa’s new asylum rules and concerns over the pressure they could place on Home Affairs. With asylum applications required to be accepted regardless of how or where a person entered the country, we unpacked the department’s capacity to process more applications, distinguish legitimate asylum claims and prevent abuse of the system. Could the new rules overwhelm South Africa’s asylum system? Catch the podcast on https://t.co/N8uDZbnuRn
- Sep 17, 202687x their median
More than a song, it’s a message of solidarity. 🕊️ On #TheTouchDown, Shwi noMtekhala shared how they’ve used their music to speak out against gender-based violence in South Africa, standing with women and honouring the lives lost. Through their song, the legendary Maskandi duo are adding their voices to the call for an end to GBV. What role can music play in driving change? Catch the podcast on https://t.co/N8uDZbmX1P
- Sep 16, 202674x their median
Today’s morning prayer was for the broken hearted in South Africa #CommandYourDay @Rorisangt4 https://t.co/vl8p1d8N9Q
- Sep 12, 202653x their median
First Lady of the Penthouse Sessions, Lamiez Holworthy holding it down on the decks! #WaterfallCityHalfMarathon #METROFM @waterfallcityac https://t.co/hfl144JiXp
- Aug 19, 202645x their median
Nelson Mandela Bay 2026 Can the EFF’s Sinawo Thambo Win the Metro? The Economic Freedom Fighters have put forward Sinawo Thambo as their mayoral candidate, and the party will be hoping to persuade voters that it can offer a different approach to governing the metro #METROFMTALK https://t.co/OGDWtkkcaC
- Sep 2, 202644x their median
Celebrating 40 years by taking it back to where it all began. 🎙️🎶 This morning on #BestMornings, we had breakfast with METRO FM legend Treasure Tshabalala, one of the iconic voices who helped shape the station when it launched as Radio Metro in 1986. From those formative years to becoming a cultural powerhouse, we reflect on four decades of music, memories, Black excellence and #TheSoundOfUs. Here’s to 40 years of METRO FM! #METROFM40
- Aug 21, 202643x their median
We were hanging out with JussGigi on #TML #TheMiddayLinkup what a set she gave us!! 🔥🔥 https://t.co/LdTQxEkMkV
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 32 interactions against 2.6M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Posts are seen about 5.5K times each, and 0.591% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.211% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 9.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 294 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 34% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 5.7K interactions, about 177x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #thetouchdown, #bestmornings, #commandyourday.
- What is METROFM SABC's engagement rate on X?
- METROFM SABC (@METROFMSA) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 294 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,610,230 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.001%, METROFM SABC sits below the 10th percentile of the 156,148 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 @METROFMSA have real engagement?
- There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
- When does @METROFMSA post?
- Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 9.87 posts per day across the measured window.