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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan engagement report

@MayorofLondon - 2.9M followers on X

Measured over 113 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.007%
of 2.9M followers
Per impression
0.509%
42K views on a typical post
Reach
1.46%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
214
interactions (median)
Saved
0.009%
4 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
4.53/day
active 80% of days
Peak time
14:00 UTC
Wednesday

A typical post picks up 214 interactions against 2.9M followers, an engagement rate of 0.007%. Measured over 113 original posts, its engagement rate beats 41% 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 42K times each, and 0.509% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.46% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 113 posts sampled, 41% carry an image or video and 46% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.7K interactions, about 45x its own typical post.

Measured over 113 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan's engagement rate beats 41% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 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 39% 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 0.007%, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,521 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.

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p250.012%
p50 (median)0.08%
p750.434%
p902.10%
p99160.7%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 36,521 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 107,166 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 percentile0.434%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile160.7%

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 14:00 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.

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: 14:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 14:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%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
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: Wednesday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 5%Busiest day: Wednesday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+4%230K
Monday0%286K
Tuesday-2%276K
Wednesday-1%251K
Thursday-1%244K
Friday-3%252K
Saturday+3%227K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • Sep 17, 202545x their median

    In London, hate will never win. https://t.co/Lm424D4SeR

    6.4K1.4K01.9K4.5M viewsView on X
  • Aug 25, 202611x their median

    From 3am, London is at risk of severe flash floods. Intense downpours could see up to 50mm of rainfall arrive in the space of just a few hours - almost the total average rainfall for August. Don’t be caught out - check your insurance covers flooding and see what more you can do to prepare: https://t.co/gx1Jg8qnoa

    1.6K5010331589K viewsView on X
  • Aug 13, 20269.9x their median

    Londoners should not be forced to pay the price for Thames Water's failures. They deserve accountability, not higher bills. Unacceptable. https://t.co/e0JQ3vq4LG

    1.7K356061174K viewsView on X
  • Aug 18, 20268.2x their median

    A decade ago, the Night Tube changed Londoners’ nights out forever. Londoners said goodbye to running for the last train on weekend nights and hello to a new era of a 24-hour city. https://t.co/m7NQxSGRez

    1.6K143063209K viewsView on X
  • Aug 11, 20268.2x their median

    It's now been confirmed that this summer will be the hottest on record. For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations. https://t.co/6ZijrKK4bb

    1.2K3580175240K viewsView on X
  • Aug 14, 20268.0x their median

    Record-breaking heatwaves. Flash floods. Accelerating extinctions. Climate change deniers will tell you that this is the normal order of the world. But should burnt, brittle and brown fields be normal? Extreme temperatures in our own homes? Species of wildlife disappearing because of human activity? Of course not. We have the answers - we’ve had them for decades. National governments must choose action over apathy and commit to delivering Net Zero, reducing our reliance on oil and gas, and investing in the large-scale green projects we urgently need to cut emissions, adapt to extreme heat, and protect communities from flooding and wildfires. That’s the choice to be made - not just here, but all around the world.

    1.2K407085109K viewsView on X
  • Aug 10, 20266.9x their median

    Brexit has held our economy back. I welcome steps to strengthen our relationship with the EU that help businesses grow and create jobs. From architects and engineers to tech firms and creatives, London thrives when talent and expertise can work across borders.

    1.2K18906877K viewsView on X
  • Aug 16, 20266.5x their median

    “The wand chooses the wizard.” 🪄 And in this case, it chose Oxford Street. Congratulations to Warner Bros on the UK’s largest Harry Potter shop. Another brilliant new destination for the West End, and proof that Oxford Street is well and truly on the up. https://t.co/DgaM0mWwxe

    1.0K950280953K viewsView on X
  • Aug 28, 20266.5x their median

    Some of London’s detractors are determined to paint a picture of a city becoming less safe. The facts tell a different story. These crimes are down ⬇️ https://t.co/ID6oxSdxgL

    9433190123222K viewsView on X
  • Aug 12, 20265.9x their median

    Spot the difference. We didn't 5x the Cycleways network in London overnight. It took vision, hard work, and the conviction to invest in green infrastructure - often in the face of vocal opposition. In 2016, we had 90km of Cycleways. Now we're at 450km. That's real progress. And we're not stopping there…

    1.1K13804979K 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.

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Reading these numbers

A typical post picks up 214 interactions against 2.9M followers, an engagement rate of 0.007%. Measured over 113 original posts, its engagement rate beats 41% 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 42K times each, and 0.509% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.46% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 113 posts sampled, 41% carry an image or video and 46% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.7K interactions, about 45x its own typical post.

What is Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan's engagement rate on X?
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) has an engagement rate of 0.007%, based on the median interactions across 113 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,883,758 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.007%, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,521 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 @MayorofLondon have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 41% 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 @MayorofLondon post?
Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 4.53 posts per day across the measured window.

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