Navy Lookout engagement report
@NavyLookout - 160K followers on X
Measured over 52 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 22, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 255 interactions against 160K followers, an engagement rate of 0.16%. Measured over 52 original posts, its engagement rate beats 62% 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 12K times each, and 2.09% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 7.61% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 52 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 21% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.5K interactions, about 5.7x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #navy, #opceto, #russian.
Measured over 52 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 22, 2026. Recurring tags: #navy, #opceto, #russian.
Compared with accounts its own size
Navy Lookout's engagement rate beats 62% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 63% 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 0.16%, Navy Lookout sits above the 50th percentile of the 204,798 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.143% to 0.678%.
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 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday 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 | 98% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 21% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 98% 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.
- 21% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts.
- Its average post runs 243 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 22, 20265.7x their median
First of four new high-speed landing craft launched for 🇯🇵JMSDF. The 35-metre aluminium craft is based on 🇬🇧🇦🇺 @BMT_Global CAIMEN design. Detailed design and construction was undertaken by Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU). It is the first BMT-designed vessel to be built under a Japanese shipbuilding programme. The craft uses BMT’s distinctive tri-bow hull form and is designed for speeds of around 18kn while carrying vehicles and personnel. It combines relatively high transit speed with the manoeuvrability and stability needed for beaching operations where established port facilities are unavailable. The BMT CAIMEN design is also the basis for the US Army’s Manoeuvre Support Vessel (Light).
- Sep 14, 20265.0x their median
The last surviving warship of the 1982 Falklands task force ex-HMS Ambuscade could be expended as a target within weeks. Sold to Pakistan in 1993, she served another 30 years as PNS Tariq. The Pakistan Navy has agreed to gift her for preservation but getting her home is the problem. War and instability across the Middle East have pushed insurance and transit costs sharply upwards, roughly doubling the bill for the 6,000nm passage to around £2M. The Pakistan Navy has now set a deadline of the end of September. If she has not moved by then, she will be destroyed. The plan is to make her the centrepiece of a Falklands War museum on the Clyde. The charity @FallsofClydeSco has written to the Pakistani Navy requesting an extension. Fundraising is live now and sponsorship opportunities are open. https://t.co/1WTvSWEG3m
- Sep 21, 20263.7x their median
HMS Dragon alongside in 🇲🇹Valletta this morning. Via @JimsShipTweets https://t.co/IdSnnLJVTU
- Sep 17, 20263.1x their median
1 down, 24 to go... First decommissioned RN nuclear submarine to be dismantled (ex-HMS Swiftsure) is due to be fully disposed of by end of this year. By June 2026, a total of 2,445 tonnes has been removed from the boat - about 62% of total weight. Don't expect to see any more photos - aspects of the boat's internals remain classified.
- Sep 21, 20262.7x their median
HMS Queen Elizabeth alongside at Glen Mallan last week - she sailed this morning. Via @dcullen_photo https://t.co/mifAfQgOQM
- Sep 16, 20262.5x their median
HMS Queen Elizabeth laid a wreath over the wreck of escort carrier HMS Dasher which sank on 27 Mar 1943 with the loss of 379 men in the Firth of Clyde. The result of a fuel explosion due to hasty wartime conversion and poor design - the lessons of which contribute to aircraft carrier safety today. @HMSQNLZ is on her way up Loch Long to take on munitions at Glen Mallan this morning.
- Sep 17, 20262.4x their median
🇦🇷 Argentina is attempting to modernise its navy. The Congress has been asked to authorise $1.2 Bn to purchase two frigates and $2.3 Bn to purchase three submarines. (Probably won't be buying Type 31!) H/T @SA_Defensa https://t.co/Kz2oWH3QBu
- Sep 21, 20262.3x their median
After her high very profile deployment to the Med in March, HMS Dragon is on her way home following several months East of Suez in Arabian sea and Indian Ocean. She arrived in Valletta 🇲🇹Malta, yesterday. Photo @JimsShipTweets
- Sep 21, 20262.1x their median
UK-led NATO Exercise Strike Warrior 26 (SW26) begins today, also off NW Scotland, and runs until 9th October involving 30+ ships. HMS Queen Elizabeth sailed in the rain from Glen Mallan this morning to join the exercise. Via @ArgyllSeaGlass https://t.co/P8v9muBJ4z
- Sep 19, 20262.1x their median
HMS Audacious with HMS Astute and HMS Anson - all alongside on the tidal berths at Devonport today. https://t.co/HoEefAGOLD
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
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 255 interactions against 160K followers, an engagement rate of 0.16%. Measured over 52 original posts, its engagement rate beats 62% 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 12K times each, and 2.09% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 7.61% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 52 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 21% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.5K interactions, about 5.7x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #navy, #opceto, #russian.
- What is Navy Lookout's engagement rate on X?
- Navy Lookout (@NavyLookout) has an engagement rate of 0.16%, based on the median interactions across 52 original posts from the last 30 days against 159,979 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.16%, Navy Lookout sits above the 50th percentile of the 204,798 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 @NavyLookout have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 62% 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 @NavyLookout post?
- Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.87 posts per day across the measured window.