Nomzamo Mbatha engagement report
@NomzamoMbatha - 3.0M followers on X
Measured over 4 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 20, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 4 original posts 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 42 interactions against 3.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 4 original posts, its engagement rate beats 11% of tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 29K times each, and 0.142% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.986% 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 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 4 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 25% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.5K interactions, about 225x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #jsesheinvests, #oneyoungworld, #southafrica. Only 4 original posts 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 4 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 20, 2026. Recurring tags: #jsesheinvests, #oneyoungworld, #southafrica.
Compared with accounts its own size
Nomzamo Mbatha's engagement rate beats 11% 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 0.001%, Nomzamo Mbatha sits above the 10th percentile of the 9,789 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.006%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.001% |
| 25th percentile | 0.006% |
| 50th percentile | 0.046% |
| 75th percentile | 0.319% |
| 90th percentile | 2.64% |
| 99th percentile | 357.2% |
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 Monday 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 | 25% of posts | -49% | -50% to -47% | 6.1K |
| Typical length | - | +13% | +10% to +15% | 6.4K |
- 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.
- 25% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 49% below the same accounts' other posts.
- Its average post runs 326 characters, which falls in the over 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts over 280 characters run 13% above 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 23, 2023225x their median
Nations will bow 🙏🏿 18 June 2023 #ShakaiLembe #ShakaZuluTrailer #ShakaiLembeMzansi https://t.co/F8EHaTmdWN
- May 21, 2026179x their median
we had so much fun shooting with @NomzamoMbatha💐🎙️✨ watch ep. 49: https://t.co/PQ4WTGD3BF https://t.co/RLrsmrepqm
- Aug 31, 2025146x their median
Kanjalo nje… a wrap on Season Two of #ShakaiLembeS2 Ngithanda ukubonga kunina nonke for journeying with us for 12 Weeks on work that took many months to make, 20 000 jobs created since Season1 and retelling our history with love, respect, triumph, vigour and cinematic excellence. SIYABONGA ASIPHEZI… 🙏🏿💫💕
- May 20, 202642x their median
Ep. 49: Made by Africa, Loved by the World ft Nomzamo Mbatha | #BecauseWeSaidSoPod https://t.co/9WXhDWgYpF via @YouTube https://t.co/5PmPmDHwQO
- Aug 31, 202518x their median
#ShakaiLembeS2 Shoutout to Sheli Masando for her incredible contribution to the show as the costume designer. Her work this season has been absolutely outstanding. https://t.co/U4odR6xXYk
- Aug 31, 202518x their median
Hats off to the Shaka iLembe S2 production team🔥🔥🙌 The visuals, costumes, and performances were FLAWLESS in every episode. It's time to give credit where credit is due , you guys absolutely SLAYED this season🔥👏 #ShakaiLembeS2 @Mzansimagic https://t.co/uMXwD3o03m
- Aug 1, 202610x their median
Nomzamo Mbatha, Actress, Producer, Ambassador and Humanitarian as she brings together ‘Bold Voices, Bold Wealth, Bold Balance and Bold Solidarity’, capturing the spirit of a movement built on confidence, opportunity, purpose and possibility at the 9th annual #JSESheInvests 2026. "Your net worth is the sum of every bold decision you were brave enough to make while the outcome was still uncertain. Bet on yourself.”
- Sep 1, 20259.7x their median
TV UPDATE 🎥 MULTICHOICE CONFIRMES SHAKA ILEMBE S3 Production has officially started on Season 3 of #ShakaILembe, premiering on @MzansiMagic in 2026.Nomzamo Mbatha returns as Queen Nandi & Executive Producer. #ShakaiLembeS2 #shakailembemzansi https://t.co/QhvV9rHlzu
- Mar 19, 20264.9x their median
She is the story: The Rise of Nomzamo Mbatha. She dreamed it. She became it. ✨ 👑 Watch her full journey on DStv Africa on YouTube! 🎥 #InternationalWomensMonth https://t.co/Z7KJIzv2hG
- Mar 11, 20263.4x their median
Nomzamo Mbatha joins National literacy movement, a powerful milestone at Masivuke Primary School A new chapter in South Africa’s literacy journey has begun. The Cotton On Foundation, Nomzamo Lighthouse Foundation and The Bookery have officially opened the first library under the Beyond Words project at Masivuke Primary School in Philippi Township, Cape Town. Masivuke Primary School serves a community that continues to navigate the lasting effects of inequality shaped by South Africa’s past. With limited infrastructure and learning resources, building strong reading foundations has not always been easy. At each partner school, the Beyond Words programme will deliver a comprehensive solution designed to strengthen literacy over time. This includes building or refurbishing libraries in under-resourced schools, providing age-appropriate books that speak to the local context and introducing digital tools such as tablets or laptops to support reading programmes. “Education has always been one of the most powerful tools we have to uplift young people,” said Nomzamo. “Standing in this library today and seeing the excitement in these learners’ eyes is incredibly moving. Books open worlds. They give children the freedom to dream, to learn and to believe in possibilities far beyond what they see around them.” With the first Beyond Words library now open, this is only the beginning. The movement will continue to roll out across schools in South Africa, bringing books, learning spaces and reading support to many more learners who deserve the chance to discover the power of reading. https://t.co/uv927GYJGH
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 42 interactions against 3.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 4 original posts, its engagement rate beats 11% of tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 29K times each, and 0.142% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.986% 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 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 4 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 25% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.5K interactions, about 225x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #jsesheinvests, #oneyoungworld, #southafrica. Only 4 original posts 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 Nomzamo Mbatha's engagement rate on X?
- Nomzamo Mbatha (@NomzamoMbatha) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 4 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,961,899 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.001%, Nomzamo Mbatha sits above the 10th percentile of the 9,789 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 @NomzamoMbatha have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 11% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count, which puts it in the bottom quarter for its size 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 @NomzamoMbatha post?
- Most posts go out around 06:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.33 posts per day across the measured window.