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Metallica engagement report

@Metallica - 6.0M followers on X

Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.032%
of 6.0M followers
Per impression
1.43%
132K views on a typical post
Reach
2.21%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
1.9K
interactions (median)
Saved
0.041%
54 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.6/day
active 33% of days
Peak time
13:00 UTC
Tuesday

A typical post picks up 1.9K interactions against 6.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.032%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 66% of 3,774 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 132K times each, and 1.43% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.21% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.6 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video, 38% are part of a thread and 23% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 19K interactions, about 10x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #onthisday, #bleedingme, #m72.

Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #onthisday, #bleedingme, #m72.

Compared with accounts its own size

Metallica's engagement rate beats 66% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 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 67% 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 0.032%, Metallica sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,654 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.012% to 0.08%.

p100.002%
p250.012%
p50 (median)0.08%
p750.433%
p902.10%
p99160.5%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 36,654 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 106,977 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 percentile0.433%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile160.5%

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 13:00 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: 13:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 13:00 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%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%61K
09:00 UTC-3%70K
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%101K
16:00 UTC-3%98K
17:00 UTC-2%91K
18:00 UTC-1%85K
19:00 UTC-1%80K
20:00 UTC-1%74K
21:00 UTC-1%66K
22:00 UTC-1%57K
23:00 UTC-2%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+4%231K
Monday0%288K
Tuesday-2%278K
Wednesday-1%251K
Thursday-1%245K
Friday-3%253K
Saturday+3%227K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • Aug 3, 202610x their median

    🎉 Happy Birthday, James! 🎉 https://t.co/nytrSKKJzp

    16K2.3K436208301K viewsView on X
  • Jul 2, 20266.4x their median

    In response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela, AWMH is granting $100,000 in support through longtime partner @directrelief. While the full scale of the damage is yet to be determined, the United Nations is reporting that up to 6.8 million Venezuelans may be affected, including those displaced or losing access to electricity and water. More than 68,000 people were reported missing within three days of the disaster, and the official death toll is approaching 2,000. Direct Relief is preparing medical aid commonly needed after earthquakes, including first-aid supplies, hygiene items for displaced families, medicines used to treat acute injuries, and chronic disease medications for people whose access to routine care may be interrupted. AWMH’s $100,000 grant will support Direct Relief as the organization continues to respond to requests in the region as they become known. 💙 Learn more and join us in lending support at https://t.co/2P2Laz3g1r. 📸 Maryorin Mendez, AFP #MetallicaGivesBack #AWMH

    8.5K2.9K361280316K viewsView on X
  • Jul 27, 20266.2x their median

    "Ride the Lightning" was released 42 years ago #OnThisDay in 1984! What's your favorite song on the album? https://t.co/Hjj37g34E3

    9.2K1.7K537354249K viewsView on X
  • Aug 12, 20265.7x their median

    "Metallica" was released 35 years ago #OnThisDay in 1991! What's your favorite song on the album? https://t.co/4LShfeFRX2

    8.3K1.6K510329238K viewsView on X
  • Jul 28, 20265.6x their median

    Lights up, London. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://t.co/pprEtjShDn

    9.5K9859780287K viewsView on X
  • Jul 18, 20265.6x their median

    Dublin sang every word back twice as loud. 🇮🇪 #Metallica #M72Dublin https://t.co/xCMsT8kSA7

    9.2K1.2K11884311K viewsView on X
  • Jul 31, 20265.5x their median

    Scorched earth. 🔥 London Stadium never stood a chance. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://t.co/gJLht5wwf7

    9.0K1.1K141101314K viewsView on X
  • Jul 25, 20264.8x their median

    "Kill 'Em All" was released 43 years ago #OnThisDay in 1983! What's your favorite song on the album? https://t.co/ttdnsOoprd

    7.1K1.3K437234251K viewsView on X
  • Jul 10, 20263.7x their median

    "So close no matter how far..." 🇮🇪 #M72Dublin https://t.co/TFZMvug6HF

    6.1K8047058217K viewsView on X
  • Jul 24, 20263.1x their median

    A record crowd in Cardiff, pulling every string. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 https://t.co/SRiqLnZKEP

    5.2K5776440228K 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

#onthisday#bleedingme#m72#maximummetallica#metallicafamily

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 1.9K interactions against 6.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.032%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 66% of 3,774 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 132K times each, and 1.43% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.21% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.6 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video, 38% are part of a thread and 23% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 19K interactions, about 10x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #onthisday, #bleedingme, #m72.

What is Metallica's engagement rate on X?
Metallica (@Metallica) has an engagement rate of 0.032%, based on the median interactions across 13 original posts from the last 30 days against 5,980,948 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.032%, Metallica sits above the 25th percentile of the 36,654 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 @Metallica have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 66% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 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 @Metallica post?
Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.6 posts per day across the measured window.

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