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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children engagement report

@NCMEC - 288K followers on X

Measured over 40 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 6, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.098%
of 288K followers
Per impression
8.23%
3.4K views on a typical post
Reach
1.19%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
282
interactions (median)
Saved
0.029%
1 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.37/day
active 20% of days
Peak time
01:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 282 interactions against 288K followers, an engagement rate of 0.098%. Measured over 40 original posts, its engagement rate beats 61% of 6,874 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 3.4K times each, and 8.23% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.19% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 01:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 40 posts sampled, 25% carry an image or video and 95% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 615 interactions, about 2.2x its own typical post.

Measured over 40 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 6, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's engagement rate beats 61% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (6,874 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 96% 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 0.098%, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children sits above the 25th percentile of the 66,691 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.016% to 0.1%.

p100.002%
p250.016%
p50 (median)0.1%
p750.499%
p902.09%
p99118.6%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 66,691 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 56,485 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 percentile0.016%
50th percentile0.1%
75th percentile0.499%
90th percentile2.09%
99th percentile118.6%

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 Thursday 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: 01:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 01:00 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: Thursday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Thursday
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 video25% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link95% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 25% 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.
  • 95% 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 193 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 3, 20262.2x 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
  • Sep 4, 20262.1x 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
  • Sep 2, 20261.8x their median

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

    178336254.4K viewsView on X
  • Sep 5, 20261.7x their median

    MISSING 14-year-old Khyzier was last seen on August 27, 2026 in Fall River, Massachusetts. https://t.co/LL9YaFkUUh

    163302464.5K viewsView on X
  • Sep 3, 20261.6x their median

    🚨 MISSING ALERT! 🚨 Isaac has been missing since September 2, 2026 in Okemos, Michigan. He was last seen wearing bright blue shoes. Isaac may be in need of medical attention. https://t.co/zrO9w012Er

    159285654.0K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 20261.6x their median

    Nearly four months have passed since 17-year-old Brionna Lavender disappeared from York, Pennsylvania. Brionna was last seen on May 8, and authorities believe she may still be in York or the surrounding area. We’re asking the public to keep looking and help us spread the word. Have info? Call NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or the York City Police Department at 1-717-846-1234. Poster: https://t.co/8FdBkIdzQ4

    162276473.4K viewsView on X
  • Sep 3, 20261.6x their median

    MISSING Rycazakja was last seen on August 22, 2026 in Lubbock, Texas. https://t.co/miGvnabvKM

    164272673.7K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 20261.6x their median

    MISSING Paris was last seen in Graceville, Florida on August 30, 2026. https://t.co/KbCzP2rWT8

    147289363.7K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 2026

    MISSING Rikki may be in the company of an adult male. When she was last seen, her hair was cut in a pixie style and dyed black and blue. Rikki has been missing since August 27, 2026 from Taylor, Texas. https://t.co/UABQKlZ9ow

    145241983.9K viewsView on X
  • Sep 3, 2026

    MISSING Jelisa was last seen in Corpus Christi, Texas on august 23, 2026. She may dye her hair and may be in need of medical attention. https://t.co/O1e7peSl7U

    154239353.7K 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.

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Reading these numbers

A typical post picks up 282 interactions against 288K followers, an engagement rate of 0.098%. Measured over 40 original posts, its engagement rate beats 61% of 6,874 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 3.4K times each, and 8.23% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.19% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 01:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 40 posts sampled, 25% carry an image or video and 95% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 615 interactions, about 2.2x its own typical post.

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 0.098%, based on the median interactions across 40 original posts from the last 30 days against 288,231 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.098%, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children sits above the 25th percentile of the 66,691 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 61% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (6,874 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 01:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.37 posts per day across the measured window.

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