Rashid Abdi engagement report
@RAbdiAnalyst - 486K followers on X
Measured over 8 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 28, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 41 interactions against 486K followers, an engagement rate of 0.008%. Measured over 8 original posts, its engagement rate beats 29% of 3,792 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 8.2K times each, and 0.499% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.69% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 17% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 02:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 8 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 50% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.1K interactions, about 27x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #iran, #somalia, #unga.
Measured over 8 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 28, 2026. Recurring tags: #iran, #somalia, #unga.
Compared with accounts its own size
Rashid Abdi's engagement rate beats 29% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,792 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 34% 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 0.008%, Rashid Abdi sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,654 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.433% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 160.5% |
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 02:00 UTC, and Wednesday 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% | 51K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 52K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 50K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 53K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 43K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 42K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 48K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 52K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 61K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 70K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 72K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 78K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 86K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 94K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 97K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 101K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 98K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 91K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 85K |
| 19:00 UTC | -1% | 80K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 74K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 66K |
| 22:00 UTC | -1% | 57K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 52K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 231K |
| Monday | 0% | 288K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 278K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 251K |
| Thursday | -1% | 245K |
| Friday | -3% | 253K |
| Saturday | +3% | 227K |
Best tweets
- Feb 9, 202627x their median
Mogadishu's favourite talking point is that Somaliland is Isaq dominated and a single clan cannot become a nation-state. Reality is that Somaliland is a multi-clan state and has historically done more to become more inclusive than any Somali polity in the Horn. The Isaq are the dominant clan because of demography not because they 'own' the state. The Isaq were the central force that drove Somaliland's war of liberation, helped reclaim its independence and contributed to its state-building. Those who demonise the Isaq conveniently forget the clan's contribution to build a democratic state, inclusive and pluralistic society. The notion Somaliland is single clan aristocracy is a caricature Dahir Riyale Kahin (Somaliland's 3rd President) was a Gadabursi from Awdal and not an Isaq. If it did that when it was a young democracy it surely could do the same now. Look at every Somali polity and show me one single Somali state whose early state building was not driven by a 'central clan' with demographic weight, military muscle, ability to out-coerce and exert control. The beauty of Somaliland is that it is on the right path towards becoming a strong constitutional democracy one which prioritises and privileges citizenship over clan. Ask Balcad and Mogadishu if a Hamari, a Jareer/Bantu Somali can become president. Zero chance. 😇
- Aug 26, 20263.6x their median
I admire Rwanda for many things. I also believe strong African self-belief and confidence are necessary for growth. Africa will be a super continent powering the future simply because it has the demographic advantage and the critical resource potential. But "meta-Africanism"? What beast is that?
- Aug 26, 20263.0x their median
Veteran Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan has joined Rigathi Gachagua's Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP). This is a major realignment ahead of 2027 polls. Yusuf is still popular with voters from all ethnicities and has excellent chances at winning. The move is likely impelled by tactical calculations to lock in the Kikuyu vote in Kamukunji which is significant. With solid Somali support and potentially strong Kikuyu support, Yusuf likely will be unassailable. The ruling UDA plans to front President Ruto's ally and comms chief Hussein Mohammed to contest in Kamukunji.
- Aug 27, 20261.5x their median
Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta gives impressive speech at closing ceremony of Ethiopia's National Dialogue. Full speech: https://t.co/5Rpo2KUdfI via @YouTube https://t.co/dRrIubjcGg
- Aug 26, 2026
📩 The Month Ahead: Special Edition | Can the UN Be Saved? In three weeks’ time, world leaders will cram into half a square mile in Manhattan for speeches and side discussions at UNGA. As @EroComfort explains, the stakes could hardly be higher. https://t.co/dNIKsOQG9g https://t.co/XkMYXLzbS7
- Aug 28, 2026
The emerging insurgency in Baidoa has its roots in the violent overthrow of Abdiaziz Laftagareen by Mogadishu. When Villa Somalia - against all sensible advice - embarked on a policy of violently overthrowing regional leaders and installing its allies it ought to have expected a violent blowback and counter-reaction. There is so far no hard evidence Laftagareen's army (over 800 strong and most of them ex-Darawiish regional state forces - trained, equipped and paid for by international actors including AUSSOM) is aligned with Al-Shabaab. Conflating a type of political violence inspired by anger towards Mogadishu and the new rulers in Baidoa with jihadist violence is a big mistake. It is even more depressing to see the AU now seemingly endorse the terrorism label attached to Laftagareen's army without a cautious and thorough independent assessment. The danger is that this could actually become a self-fulfilling prophecy - pushing the former leader and his army into the jihadist camp. The ENDF must stay neutral and reject the call from the AU to join active combat. Kenya, equally, must equally dismiss calls from Mogadishu for Laftagareen to be arrested and handed over to Mogadishu on terrorism charges. This is a nasty local fight triggered by Mogadishu's short-sighted and militarised re-centralisation of the Somali state. External actors must nudge talks, promote a peaceful solution and fend of pressure to take sides. The Somali Wire actually warned about this on 26 August - a day before the AU called on African peacekeeping troops to lauch attacks on Laftagareen's forces.
- Aug 25, 2026
Sudan’s war is becoming its partition By Abdul Mohammed https://t.co/kNFeBr7xFe https://t.co/LI5xOBytRR
- Aug 27, 2026
⛑️ A week after the World Humanitarian Day, France in Kenya reaffirms its commitment to the principles of humanitarian aid : humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independance. During a working roundtable hosted yesterday with several major humanitarian partners, the French Ambassador to Kenya and Somalia @arnaud_suquet recalled that France has committed €5️⃣8️⃣ million in humanitarian aid to Kenya and Somalia to tackle food insecurity; to support school feeding programmes; to assist women who are victims of gender-based violence; and to protect vulnerable populations in refugee camps. ▶️ In 2026, 🇫🇷 will fund two new projects: 1️⃣ In 🇰🇪 , we are renewing our long-lasting partnership with @Food4Education, which will make it possible to feed 10,600 children daily in Nairobi and Kakamega counties. 2️⃣ In 🇸🇴, we will support the crisis affected communities in Jubaland by integrated nutrition, food assistance and resilient livelihood support, in partnership with Somali Lifeline Organisation and Secours Islamique Français.
- Aug 26, 2026
Hot off the press. The Somali Wire this week in a commentary looks at the burgeoning insurgency in Baidoa; and how Mogadishu's electoral enforcement is exporting instability to the periphery. https://t.co/33bXN84GRf https://t.co/mVI4McdkCB
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 41 interactions against 486K followers, an engagement rate of 0.008%. Measured over 8 original posts, its engagement rate beats 29% of 3,792 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 8.2K times each, and 0.499% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.69% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 17% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 02:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 8 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 50% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.1K interactions, about 27x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #iran, #somalia, #unga.
- What is Rashid Abdi's engagement rate on X?
- Rashid Abdi (@RAbdiAnalyst) has an engagement rate of 0.008%, based on the median interactions across 8 original posts from the last 30 days against 486,053 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.008%, Rashid Abdi sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,654 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 @RAbdiAnalyst have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 29% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,792 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 @RAbdiAnalyst post?
- Most posts go out around 02:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.47 posts per day across the measured window.