CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 engagement report
@MFA_China - 881K followers on X
Measured over 49 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 199 interactions against 881K followers, an engagement rate of 0.023%. Measured over 49 original posts, its engagement rate beats 47% 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 12K times each, and 1.70% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.33% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 49 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 22% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11K interactions, about 54x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #china, #guizhou, #apec.
Measured over 49 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026. Recurring tags: #china, #guizhou, #apec.
Compared with accounts its own size
CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人's engagement rate beats 47% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 65% 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 0.023%, CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,378 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.012% to 0.08%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.432% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 161.0% |
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 Thursday 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
- Aug 10, 202654x their median
China now owns the world's largest and most tunnel boring machines (TBMs). 70% of the world's total are made in China. But this dominance is hard-earned. In 1997, to build the Qinling Tunnel, China paid Germany RMB 700 million for just 2 SECONDHAND TBMs. 700 million is an entire region’s tax revenue back then. But the 700 million didn't include support. China also had to hire German engineers for €800/day (≈RMB 6,800), while the average Chinese worker earned less than RMB 4,000 a year. Back then, the global market was locked by the US, Japan, and Germany. China was being robbed, simply because it couldn't produce its own. In 2002, China began the painful journey of self-development of TBM, which has over 30,000 precision parts. After 6 years, in 2008, China's first homegrown TBM was born. In a 2012 head-to-head test, it matched the best in the world. Today, Chinese TBMs lead the world. Dignity is earned. This is just an example in TBM. In humanoid robots, in electric cars, in solar farms, in drones...China has plenty of examples that make the country strong again.
- Aug 20, 202613x their median
FM Wang Yi in Seoul: China-ROK relations have entered a track of improvement and development, which serves the interests of both countries. https://t.co/tmVy9kvWHE
- Aug 21, 20269.7x their median
Watch the Zhuque-3 rocket take off and land from a first-person viewpoint. Thrilling and amazing! 🚀 https://t.co/hOBfotqQyG
- Aug 21, 20267.7x their median
China opposes unilateral sanctions that lack basis in international law and UN Security Council mandate. Military force and pressure tactics will only lead to escalation that serves no one’s interests. We call on parties to act responsibly and solve disputes through dialogue and negotiation. #Iran
- Aug 27, 20267.1x their median
China firmly rejects the U.S. accusation of “China’s state-sponsored hacking” against U.S. government agencies. We will not accept any vilification in the name of so-called cybersecurity issues. The U.S. is yet to respond to previously disclosed NSA cyberattack on China’s National Time Service Center. Time to quit double standards and the disinformation campaign, and start acting responsibly to join the effort to tackle cybersecurity risks.
- Aug 22, 20265.4x their median
May every child live in peace and have warm meals. https://t.co/qsFOfkn5BI
- Aug 28, 20265.0x their median
Preliminary assessment made by Chinese and Nepalese experts and official institutions shows that the tragic mudslide was triggered by a collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal. We will continue the all-out effort to search and rescue foreign as well as Chinese nationals. https://t.co/NxQue8SQIK
- Aug 27, 20263.9x their median
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the tragic mudslide. To the government of Nepal and its people hit by the disaster, China extends heartfelt sympathies and stands ready to assist in light of Nepal’s need. The two sides are coordinating efforts for search and rescue. According to information gathered so far, 260 foreign nationals remain missing on the Chinese side of the border. We will keep foreign embassies in China updated about these missing persons and continue the all-out rescue operation. All lives are precious, regardless of their nationalities. The Chinese embassy in Nepal is available at all hours and ready to do its utmost to assist Chinese nationals in need.
- Aug 20, 20263.5x their median
A rare “Dragon’s Tail” tide graces the Qiantang River in eastern China, showcasing the stunning might of nature. 🌊🐉 https://t.co/qokm6Zv9T8
- Aug 21, 20263.4x their median
China congratulates Mr. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the President of Bangladesh. China is committed to advancing the China-Bangladesh community with a shared future in the new era. https://t.co/VHyYHKkdGA
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 199 interactions against 881K followers, an engagement rate of 0.023%. Measured over 49 original posts, its engagement rate beats 47% 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 12K times each, and 1.70% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.33% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 49 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 22% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11K interactions, about 54x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #china, #guizhou, #apec.
- What is CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人's engagement rate on X?
- CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 (@MFA_China) has an engagement rate of 0.023%, based on the median interactions across 49 original posts from the last 30 days against 880,809 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.023%, CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,378 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 @MFA_China have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 47% 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 @MFA_China post?
- Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.83 posts per day across the measured window.