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MTN Nigeria engagement report

@MTNNG - 1.4M followers on X

Measured over 74 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.005%
of 1.4M followers
Per impression
0.46%
14K views on a typical post
Reach
1.05%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
66
interactions (median)
Saved
0.014%
2 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
2.87/day
active 93% of days
Peak time
12:00 UTC
Tuesday

A typical post picks up 66 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 74 original posts, its engagement rate beats 25% of 3,829 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 14K times each, and 0.46% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.05% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.9 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 74 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 18% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 10K interactions, about 158x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #liveit100, #mtnfootball, #mtnxsuperfalcons.

Measured over 74 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #liveit100, #mtnfootball, #mtnxsuperfalcons.

Compared with accounts its own size

MTN Nigeria's engagement rate beats 25% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,829 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 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 0.005%, MTN Nigeria sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,071 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.

p100.002%
p250.012%
p50 (median)0.08%
p750.435%
p902.10%
p99158.3%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 37,071 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 105,527 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 percentile0.002%
25th percentile0.012%
50th percentile0.08%
75th percentile0.435%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile158.3%

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.

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: 12:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 12:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%51K
01:00 UTC-2%52K
02:00 UTC-3%51K
03:00 UTC-4%54K
04:00 UTC-6%44K
05:00 UTC-4%42K
06:00 UTC-4%49K
07:00 UTC-5%53K
08:00 UTC-4%61K
09:00 UTC-3%71K
10:00 UTC-2%73K
11:00 UTC-3%80K
12:00 UTC-2%88K
13:00 UTC-2%96K
14:00 UTC-4%99K
15:00 UTC-2%103K
16:00 UTC-3%100K
17:00 UTC-2%92K
18:00 UTC-1%86K
19:00 UTC-2%81K
20:00 UTC-1%75K
21:00 UTC-1%67K
22:00 UTC-1%58K
23:00 UTC-1%52K
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 5%Busiest day: Tuesday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%234K
Monday0%294K
Tuesday-3%288K
Wednesday-1%253K
Thursday-2%247K
Friday-3%256K
Saturday+3%230K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

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    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

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  • Aug 7, 202687x their median

    25 years of you, us, and progress. We wouldn’t have it any other way.💯​ WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/thAJ2NAabG

    4.1K3001.2K1281.7M viewsView on X
  • Aug 7, 202644x their median

    You saw the bigger picture and believed in us. This is our shared success story.​ WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/mJ2OJHbGSz

    2.4K144309421.6M viewsView on X
  • Aug 11, 202638x 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

    2.1K119255261.8M viewsView on X
  • Aug 7, 202638x their median

    We're investing today in the infrastructure that will power tomorrow's possibilities.​ WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/EZkk4YjQw4

    2.1K124277241.6M viewsView on X
  • Aug 7, 202636x their median

    Millions of stories lived, shared, and connected through one network. ​ WeveComeALongWay https://t.co/LRUnnH9aD7

    2.0K99236291.7M viewsView on X
  • Aug 11, 202622x 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

    1.2K81143151.8M viewsView on X
  • Aug 17, 202614x 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

    8014455102.9M viewsView on X
  • Jul 30, 20268.6x 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

    500303421.5M viewsView on X
  • Aug 26, 20267.4x 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

    375226030624K 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

#liveit100#mtnfootball#mtnxsuperfalcons#naijawegetfootball#mtnat25

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 66 interactions against 1.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 74 original posts, its engagement rate beats 25% of 3,829 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 14K times each, and 0.46% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.05% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.9 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 74 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 18% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 10K interactions, about 158x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #liveit100, #mtnfootball, #mtnxsuperfalcons.

What is MTN Nigeria's engagement rate on X?
MTN Nigeria (@MTNNG) has an engagement rate of 0.005%, based on the median interactions across 74 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,365,313 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.005%, MTN Nigeria sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,071 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 25% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,829 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 @MTNNG post?
Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.87 posts per day across the measured window.

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