Nandan Nilekani engagement report
@NandanNilekani - 2.6M followers on X
Measured over 1 original post from a 30-day window, last computed on August 21, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 1 original post for this account, below the 8 we require before treating a median as settled. The numbers above describe what we have seen so far, not a finished profile of the account.
A typical post picks up 188 interactions against 2.6M followers, an engagement rate of 0.007%. Measured over 1 original post, its engagement rate beats 58% of 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 18K times each, and 1.07% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.677% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.07 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 7% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.0K interactions, about 16x its own typical post. Only 1 original post have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
Measured over 1 original post from a 30-day window, last computed on August 21, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Nandan Nilekani's engagement rate beats 58% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count. A percentile is spread evenly by construction, so 50 really is the middle of that group and 90 really is its top tenth.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.007%, Nandan Nilekani sits above the 25th percentile of the 10,326 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.007% to 0.048%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.001% |
| 25th percentile | 0.007% |
| 50th percentile | 0.048% |
| 75th percentile | 0.321% |
| 90th percentile | 2.48% |
| 99th percentile | 354.0% |
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 08:00 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 | 0% | 15K |
| 01:00 UTC | +4% | 15K |
| 02:00 UTC | -1% | 14K |
| 03:00 UTC | -2% | 15K |
| 04:00 UTC | -5% | 12K |
| 05:00 UTC | -5% | 12K |
| 06:00 UTC | -7% | 13K |
| 07:00 UTC | -6% | 14K |
| 08:00 UTC | -7% | 17K |
| 09:00 UTC | -2% | 19K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 20K |
| 11:00 UTC | -2% | 22K |
| 12:00 UTC | -1% | 24K |
| 13:00 UTC | +1% | 27K |
| 14:00 UTC | -2% | 29K |
| 15:00 UTC | -1% | 30K |
| 16:00 UTC | -1% | 30K |
| 17:00 UTC | -1% | 28K |
| 18:00 UTC | +1% | 25K |
| 19:00 UTC | 0% | 24K |
| 20:00 UTC | 0% | 22K |
| 21:00 UTC | +1% | 19K |
| 22:00 UTC | +1% | 17K |
| 23:00 UTC | +1% | 15K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +8% | 59K |
| Monday | +8% | 72K |
| Tuesday | +1% | 94K |
| Wednesday | -4% | 78K |
| Thursday | -3% | 71K |
| Friday | -5% | 73K |
| Saturday | +2% | 64K |
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 | 100% of posts | +79% | +73% to +85% | 5.8K |
| Outbound link | 100% of posts | -49% | -50% to -47% | 6.1K |
| Typical length | - | -5% | -7% to -4% | 7.9K |
- 100% of this account's sampled posts carry an image or video. Across the catalog, posts with an image or video run 79% above the same accounts' other posts.
- 100% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 49% 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 226 characters, which falls in the 180 - 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 180 to 280 characters run 5% below the same accounts' other posts.
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
- Apr 29, 202616x their median
India doesn't need to lead the world in building the most advanced AI models. But it must lead in ensuring benefits of AI are widely shared. @rvenk and I have an op-ed in The @EconomicTimes https://t.co/yuzgkRXXWf
- May 24, 202510x their median
In 25 years, India will have 300mn elders. It’s time for a mental reset – from making second careers possible, to recognising hours of caregiving they provide, to finding ways to keep them socially active. Sharing Rohini's op-ed in @timesofindia on how silver can be the new black! @RNP_Foundation has also commissioned a report on longevity which will come out next week. https://t.co/jQuRFx094Z
- Mar 21, 20257.1x their median
8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ Presenting, #TheGreatUnlock: My thoughts on how 8 reforms across tech, capital, entrepreneurship and population-scale formalisation can help India grow at 8% and become an $8T economy by 2035! https://t.co/W6OmdbmIHj @arkam_vc @bsrinivasa
- Jul 24, 20254.8x their median
Prioritizing inclusivity in healthcare should not come at the expense of patient harm. Yet, that’s exactly what is happening. I run a maternity-care hospital and public health non-profit in India. I founded them so that more Indian women would have access to Western-style ethical and evidence-based medicine. So I have been dismayed to watch the West abandon those principles. Link below.
- Apr 5, 20262.6x their median
In many ways, our society could not fully benefit from the demographic dividend we enjoyed for years! Too many young people were left waiting at the door. We cannot let them down twice. From Rohini's op-ed in The @EconomicTimes on why and how we need to reimagine our systems for older adults: https://t.co/AsyiL8FQre
- Oct 15, 2025
It doesn't get more OG than the architect of India's entire digital DNA. I'll be hosting the one and only @NandanNilekani for a fireside chat at @spc Bangalore on November 10th. Apply to attend. You don't want to miss this one. https://t.co/hT5OHEbsHn
- May 25, 2026
Introducing the Samvardhan Biodiversity and Conservation Fellowship — a 12-month Fellowship co-curated by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Dasra, and seed funded by @RNP_Foundation, built to support the next generation of conservation leaders across India, especially those from grassroots communities and underrepresented regions. Too many passionate conservationists leave the field not because they lose interest, but because the system doesn't support them. The Samvardhan Fellowship is here to change that. What the fellowship offers: - A seed grant of ₹3 lakh for practice-led conservation work - Mentorship from conservation experts throughout the year - Peer learning through cohort sessions, knowledge workshops, and community building Who can apply: - Early-career conservation researchers and practitioners under 35, engaged in public-interest conservation — whether in research, fieldwork, or community work. - Applicants from diverse educational backgrounds and non-elite institutions are strongly encouraged. _(Note: PhD students are not eligible.)_ Applications are open now! Visit https://t.co/0FR75pzTd3 to apply.
- Jul 17, 2025
Felis Creations & Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies are delighted to share that 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐬 – 𝐀 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, an award-winning documentary film by Sandesh Kadur, will be in cinemas from Friday, July 18th. 🎟️ Tickets on BookMyShow https://t.co/MsSnlXv1Ap https://t.co/TVatI9gnKD
- Apr 22, 2026
India understands that we need our tigers and our biodiversity, even if we use only economic logic to show how it contributes billions of rupees of ecosystem services annually. Rohini's op-ed in The @IndianExpress based on our Tadoba outing👇 https://t.co/IqCARDgp8T
- Jul 21, 2025
Sharing my interview with @restofworld in which I argue that the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems. https://t.co/Wp9R3XAkzp
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 188 interactions against 2.6M followers, an engagement rate of 0.007%. Measured over 1 original post, its engagement rate beats 58% of 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 18K times each, and 1.07% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.677% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.07 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 7% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 1 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.0K interactions, about 16x its own typical post. Only 1 original post have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
- What is Nandan Nilekani's engagement rate on X?
- Nandan Nilekani (@NandanNilekani) has an engagement rate of 0.007%, based on the median interactions across 1 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,598,634 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.007%, Nandan Nilekani sits above the 25th percentile of the 10,326 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 @NandanNilekani have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 58% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count, 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 @NandanNilekani post?
- Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.07 posts per day across the measured window.