NASA Armstrong engagement report
@NASAArmstrong - 513K followers on X
Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 27, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 418 interactions against 513K followers, an engagement rate of 0.082%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 65% 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 19K times each, and 2.23% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.66% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.4 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 15K interactions, about 36x its own typical post.
Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 27, 2026. Recurring tag: #flightspark.
Compared with accounts its own size
NASA Armstrong's engagement rate beats 65% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,774 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 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 73% 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 0.082%, NASA Armstrong sits above the 50th percentile of the 36,521 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.08% to 0.434%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.434% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 160.7% |
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 15:00 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.
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
| Hour (UTC) | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 230K |
| Monday | 0% | 286K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 276K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 251K |
| Thursday | -1% | 244K |
| Friday | -3% | 252K |
| Saturday | +3% | 227K |
Best tweets
- Jul 3, 202636x their median
In honor of @Freedom250, two of our most iconic aircraft are getting a fresh coat of red, white, and blue! ✈️🇺🇸 NASA Armstrong’s F-18 and F-15 were repainted in the colors that represent the legacy of determination, service, and unity that define America. It’s more than paint, it’s a tribute to the past and a salute to the future. 🔗: https://t.co/oD1HKgsOAm
- Jul 4, 202616x their median
The Nation’s capitol will feel the power of NASA Aeronautics today! ✈️ The agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, joined by aircraft from @NASAJohnson, will ignite the skies with a @Freedom250 flyover bursting with energy, pride, and aerospace brilliance. Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 🔗: https://t.co/zh4FSbrsii
- Aug 5, 20262.5x their median
Happy Birthday, Neil Armstrong! Before becoming an astronaut in 1962, Armstrong served as a research pilot here at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. As a project pilot on pioneering high-speed aircraft, including the iconic X-15, which reached speeds over 4,000 mph, he flew more than 200 different aircraft spanning jets, rockets, and helicopters. Today, we honor his enduring impact on aerospace research, space exploration, and aviation history. His legacy continues to inspire generations of explorers, innovators, and enthusiasts. Learn more about his story: https://t.co/3pgV56mNtM Explore the NASA center that proudly carries his name: https://t.co/4xqmT7rgme
- Jun 25, 20262.5x their median
Mach 1.4. 55,000 feet. NASA’s X-59 has been pushing to new limits! ✈️ A step closer toward future quiet supersonic flights. The next generation of flight is taking off! 🔗: https://t.co/IUySmz20Gm https://t.co/X8dDlQBXxm
- Jun 8, 20262.5x their median
NASA’s X-59 just cleared a huge milestone with its first supersonic flight. Next up: the first mission conditions flight at Mach 1.4 and an altitude of 55,000 feet, key for future community overflights. Bonus: You can follow the upcoming flight live on NASA’s flight tracker. Follow the Quesst blog for what’s coming next in the mission! 🔗: https://t.co/XRadFOf4zS
- Aug 13, 20262.3x their median
NASA’s new 737 debuts its fresh paint scheme as it gears up for lunar gravity test flights supporting Artemis space equipment development, along with future systems-integration research. 🔗: https://t.co/cXs7bseJYR https://t.co/Td44HL4exQ
- Jun 23, 20261.7x their median
#OTD in 1961, Major Robert M. White was the first pilot to exceed Mach 5 in an aircraft. Flying the X-15, White reached an altitude of 107,700 feet and a speed of 3,603 miles per hour. The highly successful X-15 program provided valuable data that contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spaceflight programs, as well as the Space Shuttle program. 🔗: https://t.co/dwcqInz7cm NASA History | NASA Aeronautics
- May 27, 20261.7x their median
NASA’s home for flight test in action! From cutting‑edge supersonic research to high‑altitude science and precision chase operations, this is flight research at its best. Sound on 🔊 Learn more: https://t.co/zLkYQ9788F https://t.co/FN6ipI3YJt
- Aug 11, 20261.6x their median
Sonic booms follow aircraft the entire time they fly at supersonic speeds – not just the moment they exceed Mach 1. As NASA advances research toward quiet supersonic flight, learn more about how sonic booms happen. ✈️ 🔗: https://t.co/4QMWDvCUxR https://t.co/RgkgBZxeQk
- Jul 1, 20261.5x their median
Flight tests turn bold ideas into real breakthroughs. ✈️ For 80 years, NASA Armstrong has pushed the limits of flight, shaping safer, more efficient tech used across U.S. aviation today. Every mission is a chance to discover something new for the aviation industry. 🔗: https://t.co/b6gGwejMAl
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 418 interactions against 513K followers, an engagement rate of 0.082%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 65% 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 19K times each, and 2.23% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.66% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.4 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 15K interactions, about 36x its own typical post.
- What is NASA Armstrong's engagement rate on X?
- NASA Armstrong (@NASAArmstrong) has an engagement rate of 0.082%, based on the median interactions across 9 original posts from the last 30 days against 512,846 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.082%, NASA Armstrong sits above the 50th 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 @NASAArmstrong have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 65% 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 @NASAArmstrong post?
- Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.4 posts per day across the measured window.