MTN Nigeria engagement report
@MTNNG - 1.4M followers on X
Measured over 63 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 42 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.003%. Measured over 63 original posts, its engagement rate beats 20% of 20,444 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 8.5K times each, and 0.495% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.621% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 77% of days. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 63 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 13% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 10K interactions, about 248x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #dataontrial, #mtncareerseries, #mtnfootball.
Measured over 63 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #dataontrial, #mtncareerseries, #mtnfootball.
Compared with accounts its own size
MTN Nigeria's engagement rate beats 20% 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 31% 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 0.003%, MTN Nigeria sits below 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 15:00 UTC, and Monday 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 | 13% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 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.
- 13% 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 244 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
- Aug 8, 2026248x their median
We started with a dream. Today, we're powering millions of possibilities. Here's to many more years of connection and progress. MTNAt25 https://t.co/ugiqw0bnvj
- Aug 7, 2026151x their median
25 years of you, us, and progress. We wouldn’t have it any other way.💯 WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/thAJ2NAabG
- Aug 7, 202669x their median
You saw the bigger picture and believed in us. This is our shared success story. WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/mJ2OJHbGSz
- Aug 11, 202660x their median
We walked Y’ello Street yesterday! And what a journey it was. 💛 25 years of products, moments, people and memories, all brought to life in one place. From where we started to how far we’ve come, Y’ello Street is a celebration of the journey we’ve shared with Nigeria. And we’re not done yet. 👀 Y’ello Street continues today. Who’s tagging along with you? 💛 YelloStreet MTNAt25 WeveComeALongWay
- Aug 7, 202659x their median
We're investing today in the infrastructure that will power tomorrow's possibilities. WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/EZkk4YjQw4
- Aug 7, 202657x their median
Millions of stories lived, shared, and connected through one network. WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/LRUnnH9aD7
- Aug 11, 202635x their median
No be today😆 If you witnessed these phases of our growth, come and relive them with us at the Y’ello street experience. Date: August 10 - 17 Venue: MTN Plaza, Ikoyi, Lagos WeveComeALongWay MTNAt25 YelloStreet https://t.co/n6uVpvf125
- Aug 17, 202628x their median
25 years of being there for the moments that matter. The connections that made the distance feel a little smaller. We're only getting started. Cheers to the next. WeveComeALongWay MTNAt25 LiveIt100 https://t.co/wkLgHulelz
- Aug 26, 202628x their median
The accused take the stand to tell their side of the story. But will their defence hold up under scrutiny? Watch the full episode here: https://t.co/PSvoZe4G1J as we get one step closer to uncovering the truth about data. DataTruth LiveIt100 https://t.co/TKxydRLAFK
- Jul 30, 202613x their median
Afrobeats has taken Nigeria to the world. Now let the world hear you. If your music deserves more than your headphones and your hometown, this is your moment. Text NAS to 13013 or visit https://t.co/eek25DzcTj and take your place on the world stage. NextAfrobeatsStar LiveIt100 MTNxNASSeason2
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 42 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.003%. Measured over 63 original posts, its engagement rate beats 20% of 20,444 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 8.5K times each, and 0.495% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.621% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 77% of days. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 63 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 13% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 10K interactions, about 248x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #dataontrial, #mtncareerseries, #mtnfootball.
- What is MTN Nigeria's engagement rate on X?
- MTN Nigeria (@MTNNG) has an engagement rate of 0.003%, based on the median interactions across 63 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,365,365 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.003%, MTN Nigeria sits below 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 @MTNNG have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 20% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 @MTNNG post?
- Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.6 posts per day across the measured window.