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National Theatre engagement report

@NationalTheatre - 448K followers on X

Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.022%
of 448K followers
Per impression
0.868%
12K views on a typical post
Reach
2.57%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
100
interactions (median)
Saved
0.052%
6 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.33/day
active 30% of days
Peak time
14:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 100 interactions against 448K followers, an engagement rate of 0.022%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 40% of 4,199 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 12K times each, and 0.868% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.57% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.33 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 30% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 78% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 89% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 220 interactions, about 2.2x its own typical post.

Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

National Theatre's engagement rate beats 40% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (4,199 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 46% 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 0.022%, National Theatre sits above the 25th percentile of the 40,677 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.013% to 0.083%.

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p250.013%
p50 (median)0.083%
p750.443%
p902.07%
p99145.6%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 40,677 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 90,978 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 percentile0.013%
50th percentile0.083%
75th percentile0.443%
90th percentile2.07%
99th percentile145.6%

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 14:00 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: 14:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 14:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%57K
01:00 UTC-2%58K
02:00 UTC-3%56K
03:00 UTC-3%60K
04:00 UTC-6%48K
05:00 UTC-4%47K
06:00 UTC-4%54K
07:00 UTC-4%58K
08:00 UTC-4%68K
09:00 UTC-4%79K
10:00 UTC-3%81K
11:00 UTC-3%88K
12:00 UTC-2%97K
13:00 UTC-2%106K
14:00 UTC-4%109K
15:00 UTC-2%113K
16:00 UTC-3%110K
17:00 UTC-3%102K
18:00 UTC-2%95K
19:00 UTC-2%90K
20:00 UTC-1%84K
21:00 UTC-1%74K
22:00 UTC-1%64K
23:00 UTC-1%57K
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 5%Busiest day: Thursday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%251K
Monday+1%321K
Tuesday-3%343K
Wednesday-4%299K
Thursday-2%260K
Friday-3%272K
Saturday+3%245K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • Aug 25, 20262.2x their median

    We've got good news 🥁 The ‘joy filled celebration of togetherness’ (★★★★★ Guardian) Pride transfers to the Bridge Theatre from 12 November 🙌 Booking opens at 10am on 2 September. Find out more here: https://t.co/q0qQh282fl https://t.co/EzDNi1Ah8r

    1792431417K viewsView on X
  • Aug 12, 20261.6x their median

    Peek into the rehearsal room 👀 Benedict Andrews' thrilling fusion of ancient myth and modern psychology plays in our Lyttelton Theatre from 19 Aug to 10 Oct. Find out more about Electra/Persona 👇 https://t.co/nyzvzmEbR0 https://t.co/vM0gtJXXXH

    132230212K viewsView on X
  • Aug 4, 2026

    We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Welsh playwright and director Peter Gill (1939-2026). Peter was one of British theatre’s quietest masters whose association with the National Theatre stretched back 45 years. https://t.co/LizAkls7un https://t.co/87SyjwS6ku

    94273424K viewsView on X
  • Aug 26, 2026

    Open Casting Call 📢 All will be revealed in our 2027 season announcement this September – but right now, we’re on the lookout for performers with exceptional acting, dancing and singing skills for roles in an iconic musical. Apply here: https://t.co/9JEtlhxalA https://t.co/okKnusLlpd

    73193719K viewsView on X
  • Aug 9, 2026

    "Blanchett and Hoss playing all four roles across the evening and swapping nightly" More info on our upcoming show, Electra/Persona, from Variety's cover of the BFI's panel 👇 https://t.co/QgsanmXtlW

    76183315K viewsView on X
  • Jun 11, 2026

    Sir Ian McKellen unveiled an @EnglishHeritage Blue Plaque for Sir Laurence Olivier 💫 From Olivier's childhood home to his artistic home, our Director and Co-Chief Executive Indhu Rubasingham joined in the celebrations of our founder. 📸 David Parry https://t.co/pnWUJYMOFk

    8313106.0K viewsView on X
  • May 5, 2026

    We're delighted to announce further details for our upcoming shows in 2026, with tickets going on sale to the public on 21 May 🎭 - Electra/Persona - Cloud 9 - Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists - Some Woman - The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Find out more 👇 https://t.co/tXkKjVZ5OR

    65251617K viewsView on X
  • May 28, 2026

    A perfect morning ☀️ We were delighted to host a group of community choirs who performed songs from War Horse to celebrate its return to our Olivier Theatre. Author Sir Michael Morpurgo and life-sized horse puppet Joey joined in! More info👇 https://t.co/36R1x2QFVS https://t.co/1rt2iXN8r2

    6821239.2K viewsView on X
  • Jun 19, 2026

    Coming to National Theatre at Home 📢 Here's the five new productions that will be available to stream this season: - Summerfolk - Inter Alia - London Road - Our Town - The Authenticator Browse the platform👇 https://t.co/48lPdehDeM https://t.co/i6j18Q9UUX

    61183210K viewsView on X
  • May 13, 2026

    Announcing National Theatre Nationwide 🚀 In partnership with 12 English theatres, supported by @ace_national, we’ll be touring mainstage productions to partner venues and schools, with ticketing initiatives to break down barriers to entry. Let’s see what’s in store 👇

    6795323K 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 100 interactions against 448K followers, an engagement rate of 0.022%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 40% of 4,199 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 12K times each, and 0.868% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.57% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.33 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 30% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 78% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 89% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 220 interactions, about 2.2x its own typical post.

What is National Theatre's engagement rate on X?
National Theatre (@NationalTheatre) has an engagement rate of 0.022%, based on the median interactions across 9 original posts from the last 30 days against 448,041 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.022%, National Theatre sits above the 25th percentile of the 40,677 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 @NationalTheatre have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 40% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (4,199 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 @NationalTheatre post?
Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.33 posts per day across the measured window.

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