NBA engagement report
@NBA - 47M followers on X
Measured over 407 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 602 interactions against 47M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 407 original posts, its engagement rate beats 20% of 3,716 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 246K times each, and 0.245% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.523% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 19.3 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 01:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 407 posts sampled, 99% carry an image or video and 14% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 15K interactions, about 25x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #wnbaseason30, #mffl.
Measured over 407 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #wnbaseason30, #mffl.
Compared with accounts its own size
NBA's engagement rate beats 20% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,716 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 23% 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 0.001%, NBA sits below the 10th percentile of the 36,134 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.431% |
| 90th percentile | 2.11% |
| 99th percentile | 161.6% |
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 01:00 UTC, and Sunday 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 | -4% | 49K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 53K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 42K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 41K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 47K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 51K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 60K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 68K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 71K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 77K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 85K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 93K |
| 14:00 UTC | -3% | 96K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 99K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 96K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 89K |
| 18:00 UTC | -2% | 83K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 79K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 73K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 65K |
| 22:00 UTC | -1% | 57K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 51K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 228K |
| Monday | 0% | 281K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 270K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 249K |
| Thursday | -2% | 242K |
| Friday | -3% | 250K |
| Saturday | +3% | 225K |
Best tweets
- Aug 11, 202625x their median
A CAN'T-MISS TRIPLEHEADER TO OPEN THE SEASON. πΏ Jayson Tatum, Paul George and the Celtics visit Cade Cunningham and last year's top-seeded Pistons πΏ LeBron James and Jaylen Brown make Sixers debuts vs. Jalen Brunson and the Knicks on their championship banner raising night at MSG πΏ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder face Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs in a West Finals rematch The 2026-27 NBA season tips off Tuesday, October 20 on NBC and Peacock!
- Aug 26, 202624x their median
Klay Thompson in his new @MiamiHEAT threads! π₯ https://t.co/RAIOilxRvw
- Aug 15, 202621x their median
π RUSSELL WESTBROOK 2016-17 KIA NBA MVP MIXTAPE π 31.6 PPG (led the NBA) 10.7 RPG (10th in NBA) 10.4 APG (4th in NBA) 42 triple-doubles (single-season record) Congrats on your retirement, @russwest44! https://t.co/xFr8wEDxQm
- Aug 24, 202617x their median
Kobe Bryant's incredible resume while wearing No. 8: 3x NBA Champion 4x All-NBA Defensive First Team 8x NBA All-Star 7x All-NBA (4x First Team) 1997 ATT Slam Dunk Champion 2002 NBA All-Star MVP Happy 8/24, Kobe Day ππ https://t.co/UDRRc7vYJ6
- Aug 27, 202616x their median
Rui Hachimura was on FIRE, as he knocked down his first 8 shots in today's FIBA World Cup Qualifier win for Japan π₯ π―π΅ 29 PTS π―π΅ 11-14 FGM π―π΅ 3 3PM π―π΅ 2 STL (via @FIBAWC) https://t.co/BIutnpYgv8
- Aug 16, 202615x their median
"In '97, my brother got drafted and traded on Draft night to the Sixers." -throws basketball to Allen Iverson- "And this guy right here became his teammate... the dominance and the impact he has is still felt today... I am sorry I am blown away by you having a suit that has Parker on it." This moment between @alleniverson and @Candace_Parker during Parker's @Hoophall enshrinement speech π₯Ή
- Aug 18, 202615x their median
VJ Edgecombe helped the Bahamas clinch a spot in Round 2 of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers! π§πΈ 22.5 PPG π§πΈ 7.0 RPG π§πΈ 4.5 SPG π§πΈ 55.0 3P% π§πΈ 2-0 record (via @FIBAWC) https://t.co/kIwcBsLBWi
- Aug 23, 202615x their median
Lakers in the gymβ¦ Slovenia editionβΌοΈ (Via @Lakers) https://t.co/PoHoDOiPsx
- Aug 30, 202615x their median
π¨ HISTORY MADE π¨ Angel Reese has recorded her 29th double-double this year, setting a new WNBA record for the most in a single season! #WNBASeason30 https://t.co/k9AO61hN3Q
- Aug 23, 202614x their median
Join us in wishing Devin Vassell a HAPPY 26th BIRTHDAY! https://t.co/ilhAneYmkk
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 602 interactions against 47M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 407 original posts, its engagement rate beats 20% of 3,716 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 246K times each, and 0.245% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.523% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 19.3 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 01:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 407 posts sampled, 99% carry an image or video and 14% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 15K interactions, about 25x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #wnbaseason30, #mffl.
- What is NBA's engagement rate on X?
- NBA (@NBA) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 407 original posts from the last 30 days against 47,061,087 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.001%, NBA sits below the 10th percentile of the 36,134 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 @NBA have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 20% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,716 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 @NBA post?
- Most posts go out around 01:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 19.3 posts per day across the measured window.