Kgopolo engagement report
@PhilMphela - 608K followers on X
Measured over 45 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 8, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 262 interactions against 608K followers, an engagement rate of 0.043%. Measured over 45 original posts, its engagement rate beats 57% 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 21K times each, and 1.26% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.41% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 50% of days. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 45 posts sampled, 69% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 109K interactions, about 416x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #readtheroom, #bnhighfashionicon, #bn20.
Measured over 45 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 8, 2026. Recurring tags: #readtheroom, #bnhighfashionicon, #bn20.
Compared with accounts its own size
Kgopolo's engagement rate beats 57% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 10 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 54% 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 0.043%, Kgopolo sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,956 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.143%.
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 09:00 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.
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 | 69% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 9% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 69% 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.
- 9% 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 235 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
- Oct 4, 2026416x their median
Imagine dealing with a Karen and the flight attendant flirting with you…😭😭😭 https://t.co/2zTN2n9x8G
- Oct 5, 202619x their median
Nonhle Thema. 👸🏾 https://t.co/AqvV6K9KtF
- Sep 9, 202619x their median
Airports Company South Africa says their vehicle parking revenue is taking a hit because y’all no longer drive to the airport and use e-hailing services instead… So now they want to encourage y’all to hang out at the airport even if you’re not flying. Not once did they mention their exorbitant parking fees
- Aug 19, 202617x their median
TV: 'SHUT UP! MEN ARE TALKING' COMING TO TV Local hit web-series has been acquired by Movie Room. The DStv Channel has acquired the exclusive television premiere rights to Shut Up! Men Are Talking, marking the channel’s first acquisition of a South African-produced feature film. Written, directed and self-funded by Chris Q. Radebe, the film built a significant audience through its independent YouTube release. During its run on YouTube the series attracted 40,000 viewers on its premiere day and reached 10 million YouTube views within its first month. 'Shut Up! Men Are Talking' will make its national television premiere on Monday, 31 August 2026 at 20:00 on DStv Channel 113. #KgopoloReports
- Aug 31, 202614x their median
TV: Heidi Giokos Joins SABC Following her being fired at eNCA, the accomplished journalist and broadcaster, Heidi Giokos, has been appointed at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) as a host of the weekend addition of its show, Fullview. #KgopoloReports https://t.co/tF1YXnXOmJ
- Aug 28, 202611x their median
SPOTTED: Sphelele Luthuli Former Umkhokha star is in Johannesburg. She is currently starring in etv's new telenovela called #LandOfMillsAndMoney. The show will premiere on 31 August. #KgopoloReports https://t.co/r3JkIY9aT2
- Sep 7, 202611x their median
HAPPENING NOW: MultiChoice - Canal+ introduces its new subscriber packages for the South African market The new packages will be launching on 17 September 2026. - Starter = R99 - Select = R299 - Sports = R399 - Movies & Series = R500 - Premium = R799 * Starter ... is a where you will find Moja Love, new channel Wethu+, Via and others. Mainly local content. You also get Supersport Kickoff where you get 2 Live PSL matches and 2 Live EPL and UEFA * Select ... offers Mzansi Magic, PSL, Mzansi Magic originals, reality shows. * Sports ... all the sports you want. All the soccer leagues available to DSTV as well as Rugby. * Movies & Series ... All the international films and series acquired by DStv * Premium ... Primarily stats the same as a package where you get access to all that DSTV has on offer. #KgopoloReports
- Oct 5, 20269.8x their median
Always take 15 minutes of your time every morning to thank God for that you are a Namibian https://t.co/8VSEYruE5V
- Sep 9, 20268.9x their median
Hanging out with the classy Khosi Twala on #ReadTheRoom Episode premieres TONIGHT at 8PM https://t.co/6KenlBvwhJ
- Sep 1, 20268.7x their median
I wish amaZulu had a visionary king who sent Zulu men across South Africa to mutually impregnate all women from other tribes & expand the Zulu empire. And build Zulu schools & churches in all the provinces of Southern Africa. Manje Zulus & other tribes don't have real leaders.
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 262 interactions against 608K followers, an engagement rate of 0.043%. Measured over 45 original posts, its engagement rate beats 57% 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 21K times each, and 1.26% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.41% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 50% of days. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 45 posts sampled, 69% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 9% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 109K interactions, about 416x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #readtheroom, #bnhighfashionicon, #bn20.
- What is Kgopolo's engagement rate on X?
- Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) has an engagement rate of 0.043%, based on the median interactions across 45 original posts from the last 30 days against 607,821 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.043%, Kgopolo sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,956 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 @PhilMphela have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 57% 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 @PhilMphela post?
- Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.77 posts per day across the measured window.