NEEDTOBREATHE engagement report
@NEEDTOBREATHE - 180K followers on X
Measured over 21 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 28 interactions against 180K followers, an engagement rate of 0.015%. Measured over 21 original posts, its engagement rate beats 29% 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 3.9K times each, and 0.712% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.18% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.7 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 40% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 21 posts sampled, 76% carry an image or video and 71% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 131 interactions, about 4.7x its own typical post.
Measured over 21 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
NEEDTOBREATHE's engagement rate beats 29% 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 34% 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 0.015%, NEEDTOBREATHE sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,152 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.143% |
| 75th percentile | 0.678% |
| 90th percentile | 2.55% |
| 99th percentile | 82.4% |
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 21:00 UTC, and Friday 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% | 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 UTC | 0% | 116K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 100K |
| 23:00 UTC | -1% | 90K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 393K |
| Monday | +1% | 483K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 520K |
| Wednesday | -3% | 472K |
| Thursday | -2% | 430K |
| Friday | -3% | 447K |
| Saturday | +2% | 393K |
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.
| Format | This account | Catalog effect | 95% interval | Accounts behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image or video | 76% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 71% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 76% 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.
- 71% 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 238 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 15, 20264.7x their median
Last night’s show @RedRocksCO was one of the most special shows we’ve ever played. There was a magic and an energy in that space that is hard to put into words. Thank you for giving us the best jobs in the world. We love you Red Rocks. https://t.co/vYc3nPjChd
- Mar 27, 20264.1x their median
It's finally here y'all. The Long Surrender is yours now. We hope you enjoy it! We can't wait to sing these songs with you on tour this year. https://t.co/207pDLwY0B https://t.co/FsTNyWoXuD
- Sep 18, 20264.0x their median
Strike a chord, sing a song.. https://t.co/GkRumKMU6Y
- Sep 16, 20263.9x their median
Thank you @RedRocksCO 🤍 https://t.co/dsQSgNjAao
- Sep 18, 20263.8x their median
Thank you Nashville for an amazing night. Birmingham, let’s do this. https://t.co/PrAOgbUjsv
- Sep 11, 20262.7x their median
Arkansas was beautiful. Thanks for bringing the energy on a Thursday. Mississippi, it’s Friday, and we’re comin for you. https://t.co/INSsHVESqZ
- Sep 24, 20262.6x their median
Got a surprise for y'all... We'd like to welcome you to The Long Surrender and The Fellow Passengers of Pain, yours November 19th. We’re in a time of overflow in the band and there are some new songs that we are really proud of that we wanted to put out during this season of The Long Surrender. We felt like we needed some extra voices and are honored to collaborate on this special project with a bunch of special artists. Through this process, we've been able to hear their stories of how our band has influenced their careers. Feels super special and we can't wait to share more with you. "Can't Apologize" with the fantastic @JonahKagen is out now. Hope y'all enjoy. You can pre-save the deluxe album now at the link below. https://t.co/1WrQVkri8x
- Sep 6, 20262.1x their median
Happy birthday to the man @iamwilderwoods! Can't wait to celebrate you tonight in your home state of South Carolina ❤️ https://t.co/1HvFjDCaUK
- Sep 9, 20262.1x their median
Even when the rain falls… Thank you Charleston for an unbelievable special night and for celebrating our main squeeze @iamwilderwoods https://t.co/RrAKkkpnB4
- Aug 10, 20262.1x their median
Getting ready to get unplugged this time on The Long Surrender Tour... 2 days out! https://t.co/SgZ7rBNPTD https://t.co/vqhLYKwKEN
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 28 interactions against 180K followers, an engagement rate of 0.015%. Measured over 21 original posts, its engagement rate beats 29% 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 3.9K times each, and 0.712% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.18% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.7 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 40% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 21 posts sampled, 76% carry an image or video and 71% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 131 interactions, about 4.7x its own typical post.
- What is NEEDTOBREATHE's engagement rate on X?
- NEEDTOBREATHE (@NEEDTOBREATHE) has an engagement rate of 0.015%, based on the median interactions across 21 original posts from the last 30 days against 180,023 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.015%, NEEDTOBREATHE sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,152 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 @NEEDTOBREATHE have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 29% 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 @NEEDTOBREATHE post?
- Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.7 posts per day across the measured window.