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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children engagement report

@NCMEC - 287K followers on X

Measured over 56 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 22, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.088%
of 287K followers
Per impression
10.8%
2.3K views on a typical post
Reach
0.81%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
252
interactions (median)
Saved
0.086%
2 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
2.03/day
active 23% of days
Peak time
13:00 UTC
Monday

A typical post picks up 252 interactions against 287K followers, an engagement rate of 0.088%. Measured over 56 original posts, its engagement rate beats 57% of 20,444 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 2.3K times each, and 10.8% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.811% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 56 posts sampled, 20% carry an image or video and 88% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 799 interactions, about 3.2x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #missing, #opnation, #alert.

Measured over 56 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 22, 2026. Recurring tags: #missing, #opnation, #alert.

Compared with accounts its own size

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's engagement rate beats 57% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 97% 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 0.088%, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,475 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.143%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.678%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 205,475 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,893 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 percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.678%
90th percentile2.55%
99th percentile82.4%

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 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.

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 111%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%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 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
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: Monday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Monday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

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.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video20% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link88% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 20% 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.
  • 88% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts, so a large share of this account's output sits in the weakest bucket we measure.
  • Its average post runs 202 characters, which falls in the 180 - 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 180 to 280 characters match the same accounts' other posts almost exactly.

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 14, 20263.2x their median

    MISSING: Have you seen 15-year-old Shay Waddle? Shay was last seen on Sept. 2, 2026, in Everett, Washington. Someone may have information that could help. Please help us spread the word. Have info? Call NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST or Everett Police at 1-425-407-3999. Poster: https://t.co/YCc2Njg91A

    293493854.9K viewsView on X
  • Sep 18, 20262.9x their median

    MISSING: 16-year-old Arabella was last seen Sept. 2, 2026, in Bulverde, Texas. She may have traveled to the San Antonio, New Braunfels, or Austin areas. Please help us spread the word and bring more eyes to Arabella’s case. Have information? Call NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Comal County Sheriff’s Office at 1-830-620-3400.

    2404636114.9K viewsView on X
  • Sep 17, 20262.6x their median

    🚨 MISSING CHILD ALERT 🚨 Trinity Simmons, 12, has been missing from Kansas City, MO since September 11, 2026. Trinity may remain in the local area or travel to surrounding cities. If you have any information regarding Trinity’s whereabouts, please call 911 or contact NCMEC immediately at 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST). Official NCMEC Poster: https://t.co/DXmYZLx4Zw

    2164151084.7K viewsView on X
  • Sep 18, 20262.5x their median

    “We want her home.” Seven years ago, 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared while playing at a park in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Dulce is 12 today. Her family and investigators are still searching for answers. https://t.co/rRWSBS42c7

    312307649.0K viewsView on X
  • Sep 3, 20262.4x their median

    Anthonette Cayedito was just 9 years old when she disappeared from her home in Gallup, New Mexico. She was last seen asleep around 3 a.m. on April 6, 1986. Later that morning, her mother discovered she was gone. More than 40 years later, the search for answers continues. One tip could be the one that finally brings answers. Report tips to NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). https://t.co/EP0GJUFsuj

    316293426.8K viewsView on X
  • Oct 17, 20262.3x their median

    MISSING 14-year-old Caleb was last seen in Dayton, Ohio on September 28, 2026. https://t.co/7rquag4RpN

    219362554.1K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 20262.3x their median

    It has been 14 months since 17-year-old John Santana disappeared, and we need your help to bring him home. John was 16 when he went missing from his home in Austin, Texas, on July 3, 2025. Authorities believe he may be in the Kyle, Texas, area. If you have any information about John or his disappearance, call NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or the Travis County Sheriff's Office at 512-854-9770. Poster: https://t.co/IG4HmuWz2x

    215360254.2K viewsView on X
  • Oct 15, 20262.3x their median

    MISSING Kylie was last seen on October 10, 2026 in Kansas City, Missouri. https://t.co/kM3TIvl16y

    208353924.0K viewsView on X
  • Sep 15, 20262.1x their median

    45 missing and endangered children were located or recovered during Operation Lightning Bug II in San Antonio. Led by the U.S. Marshals Service, the multi-agency effort also led to arrests and new human trafficking investigations. NCMEC is proud to have supported the operation. https://t.co/u1xRSpzObC

    3731351134.5K viewsView on X
  • Sep 2, 20262.1x their median

    MISSING Dia was last seen in Mesa, Arizona on August 26, 2026. https://t.co/B99gGz40Vq

    178336254.4K 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

#missing#opnation#alert#boletínfge#manabí

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 252 interactions against 287K followers, an engagement rate of 0.088%. Measured over 56 original posts, its engagement rate beats 57% of 20,444 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 2.3K times each, and 10.8% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.811% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 56 posts sampled, 20% carry an image or video and 88% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 799 interactions, about 3.2x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #missing, #opnation, #alert.

What is National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's engagement rate on X?
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (@NCMEC) has an engagement rate of 0.088%, based on the median interactions across 56 original posts from the last 30 days against 287,456 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.088%, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,475 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 @NCMEC have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 57% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 @NCMEC post?
Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.03 posts per day across the measured window.

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