Pick n Pay engagement report
@PicknPay - 422K followers on X
Measured over 33 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 422K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 33 original posts, its engagement rate beats 13% of 20,444 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 1.3K times each, and 0.378% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.314% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.2 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 33 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 79% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 42 interactions, about 8.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #comehometopicknpay, #picknpay, #eatlikeachampion.
Measured over 33 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #comehometopicknpay, #picknpay, #eatlikeachampion.
Compared with accounts its own size
Pick n Pay's engagement rate beats 13% 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 25% 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 0.001%, Pick n Pay sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,798 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.
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 08:00 UTC, and Saturday 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 | 100% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 79% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 100% 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.
- 79% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% 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 266 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
- Jul 1, 20268.4x their median
You don't build champions by accident. π You feed them well. #ComeHomeToPicknPay and #EatLikeAChampion. πͺπ Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap - https://t.co/aT3lfyiGMK #PicknPay #Springboks #GreenAndGold https://t.co/OXh56CCfj9
- Sep 12, 20267.0x their median
The Bokke showed them ours, and some of our cuisine, you know. πΏπ¦β Champions eat like champions. Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap - https://t.co/aT3lfyiGMK β β#PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #EatLikeAChampion #ForeverGreenForeverGold #Springboks https://t.co/IglOdg7OaB
- Sep 16, 20265.0x their median
Our Smart Shopper Price Palooza winners are here! ππ Congratulations to these lucky shoppers whoβve each won R100 000! Keep shopping for your chance to win. Competition ends 6 October 2026. Ts&Cs apply. #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #SmartShopperPricePalooza https://t.co/q1Jc43sSaY
- Jul 2, 20263.2x their median
It's time to add to the gees. Drop a word, and emoji, or something that gets the Springboks going in the comments. β Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap - https://t.co/wUKjHyjxcQ #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #Springboks #GreenAndGold https://t.co/1iWSxcLNNo
- Aug 8, 20262.6x their median
Tonightβs menu? Rugby. πΏπ¦π₯ Argentina can bring the chimichurri, weβve got chakalaka. Nothing beats a braai on game day.β Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #EatLikeAChampion #forevergreenforevergold #Springboks https://t.co/eIfGC4bhIa
- Jul 8, 20262.6x their median
No one's breaking through a line like that for salad. ππ°πͺβ Come home to Pick n Pay to fuel up with the best and eat like a Champion. πππβ Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap - https://t.co/wUKjHyjxcQ #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #EatLikeAChampion #Springboks https://t.co/RcgpyIxcnF
- Sep 3, 20262.4x their median
We've helped them eat like champions. Now let's help them feel like champions.β Drop your message for the Bokke below. πΏπ¦πβ Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap - https://t.co/aT3lfyiGMK #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #EatLikeAChampion #Springboks https://t.co/Hcjq04VvbC
- Aug 29, 20262.4x their median
They knew the Boks were coming. They just didnβt know what was cooking. π₯πΏπ¦β Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap - https://t.co/aT3lfyiGMK β #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #EatLikeAChampion #ForeverGreenForeverGold #Springboks https://t.co/8MWn9hfKPW
- Aug 21, 20262.4x their median
Your Springbok squad, but make it spin. ππ Collect all 15 for R99.99 each. Shop in-store, online and on @picknpayasap - https://t.co/61R0kv5UAf #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #Springboks #EatLikeAChampion https://t.co/DZwtvnnZBq
- Jul 4, 20262.4x their median
Yho, yho. The Boks were doing the things today. π βThatβs how we show up. πͺπ₯ β Nou gaan ons braai. Shop in-store, online, and on @picknpayasap for all your match day supplies - https://t.co/wUKjHyjxcQ β #PicknPay #ComeHomeToPicknPay #Springboks #GreenAndGold #EatLikeAChampion https://t.co/qqQNzZ13RS
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 5 interactions against 422K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 33 original posts, its engagement rate beats 13% of 20,444 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 1.3K times each, and 0.378% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.314% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.2 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 33 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 79% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 42 interactions, about 8.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #comehometopicknpay, #picknpay, #eatlikeachampion.
- What is Pick n Pay's engagement rate on X?
- Pick n Pay (@PicknPay) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 33 original posts from the last 30 days against 421,718 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.001%, Pick n Pay sits below the 10th 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 @PicknPay have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 13% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts), 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 @PicknPay post?
- Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.2 posts per day across the measured window.