Media Council of Kenya engagement report
@MediaCouncilK - 125K followers on X
Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 3, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 18 interactions against 125K followers, an engagement rate of 0.014%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 23% of 21,185 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 1.0K times each, and 1.75% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.799% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 90% carry an image or video, 10% are part of a thread and 30% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 41 interactions, about 2.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #iduai2026, #keelection2027, #idua2026.
Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 3, 2026. Recurring tags: #iduai2026, #keelection2027, #idua2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Media Council of Kenya's engagement rate beats 23% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 57% 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 0.014%, Media Council of Kenya sits above the 10th percentile of the 213,381 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.147% |
| 75th percentile | 0.699% |
| 90th percentile | 2.61% |
| 99th percentile | 82.9% |
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 09:00 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 | 90% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 30% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 90% 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.
- 30% 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 28, 20262.3x their median
Currently underway! The @MediaCouncilK, in partnership with the @KenyasOmbudsman, has commenced the commemoration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information. This year’s discussions focus on safeguarding information integrity in the digital age and expanding access to credible information to counter misinformation and other forms of information disorder. Follow the conversation for insights on how credible, accurate and reliable information can strengthen public trust and support a more informed society. #IDUAI2026 #KEElection2027
- Sep 27, 20261.8x their median
We present to you the Powerhouse Lineup.... #IDUAI2026 #KEElection2027 https://t.co/Fr7tFZfyka
- Oct 2, 2026
Faith, Youth & Media unite: say NO to election incitement. Learn More: https://t.co/x59Ild8TNF #KeElection2027 https://t.co/C6mwBDFNxF
- Sep 28, 2026
Fare thee well, Mr Noel Wandera... https://t.co/F1lxHs5q8R
- Sep 29, 2026
IDUAI in the Regions: Council Regional Offices across the Country joined stakeholders in commemorating #IDUA2026. The engagements brought together media practitioners, governments and civil society to highlight the importance of timely, credible and accessible information. Discussions focused on strengthening journalists’ use of access to information mechanisms, verification and responsible use of AI, particularly ahead of the 2027 General Election. Stakeholders also called for stronger collaboration between the media and public institutions to counter misinformation and disinformation, promote accountability and ensure inclusive access to information. #MCKInTheRegions
- Sep 29, 2026
ICYMI | Promoting the Right to Access Information We marked #IDUAI2026 with renewed calls for stronger access to public information, greater transparency and collaboration among media, government and other stakeholders to counter misinformation and strengthen information integrity. Via @NationAfrica and @BD_Africa Daily. #MCKInTheNews
- Sep 28, 2026
Protecting information integrity begins with protecting the public’s right to know, stakeholders urged during this year's #IDUAI2026 Learn More: https://t.co/hVmnoRChBw #IDUAI2026 #KEElection2027 https://t.co/XoI8axbfbj
- Oct 1, 2026
Pressing Issues: Press freedom must be safeguarded, and grievances against media houses must be handled according to the legal framework; criticising the media is also part of free expression."~CEO @DavidOmwoyo , via @ntvkenya More:https://t.co/W3mvjVFuaf #MCKInTheNews
- Sep 28, 2026
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION "People are looking for information that has been verified, information that has gone through all the quality checks, so as to consume information that is factual, and not harmful" ~ Eric Oduor, Secretary General, Kenya Union of Journalists #KBCniYetu ^KG
- Sep 28, 2026
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION "Access to information is not a favour from the government; it is a constitutional right" ~ Zubeidah Kananu, President, Kenya Editors’ Guild #KBCNiYetu ^KG https://t.co/yxriZwY0AZ
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 18 interactions against 125K followers, an engagement rate of 0.014%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 23% of 21,185 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 1.0K times each, and 1.75% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.799% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 90% carry an image or video, 10% are part of a thread and 30% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 41 interactions, about 2.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #iduai2026, #keelection2027, #idua2026.
- What is Media Council of Kenya's engagement rate on X?
- Media Council of Kenya (@MediaCouncilK) has an engagement rate of 0.014%, based on the median interactions across 10 original posts from the last 30 days against 125,406 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.014%, Media Council of Kenya sits above the 10th percentile of the 213,381 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 @MediaCouncilK have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 23% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 @MediaCouncilK post?
- Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.9 posts per day across the measured window.