Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty engagement report
@RFERL - 215K followers on X
Measured over 94 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 5, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 19 interactions against 215K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 94 original posts, its engagement rate beats 22% 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 3.2K times each, and 0.591% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.49% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 94 posts sampled, 32% carry an image or video, 6% are part of a thread and 76% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 146 interactions, about 7.7x its own typical post.
Measured over 94 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 5, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's engagement rate beats 22% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 30% 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 0.009%, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sits above the 10th percentile of the 204,956 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 14:00 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 | 32% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 76% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 32% 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.
- 76% 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 295 characters, which falls in the over 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts over 280 characters run 15% 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
- Sep 11, 20267.7x their median
(WARNING: VIEWERS MAY FIND THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO DISTURBING) Ukraine’s foreign minister is calling on allies to urgently provide more air defense systems after a Russian drone strike on a shopping district in the eastern city of Pavlohrad killed at least five people and injured dozens. Andriy Sybiha said the September 10 attack, carried out in broad daylight, was part of a deliberate campaign to terrorize civilians. RFE/RL correspondent Roman Pahulych arrived at the scene as emergency crews treated the wounded and battled fires. Pavlohrad is a key logistics hub linking central Ukraine with frontline areas in the east.
- Oct 3, 20267.5x their median
"The hunger has reached such a scale that, in the best-case scenario, a person can eat a clear soup and a few spoons of some kind of porridge in a day," a Ukrainian volunteer said. "If they have any left." By @radiosvoboda , @CurrentTimeTv https://t.co/Dwi7S0X8aK
- Oct 3, 20264.3x their median
Belgrade Showcases Chinese Lethal Tech Armed with rockets and storming target buildings, Chinese "robot dogs" have made their debut in Serbian military drills, signaling the expansion of defense and industrial ties between Belgrade and Beijing right on Europe’s doorstep. By @RSE_Balkan
- Sep 8, 20263.8x their median
Volunteers from Ukraine's UAnimals charity dodge Russian drones to rescue people's pets in cities under fire in the Donetsk region. They've saved hundreds of animals, from beloved dogs and cats to jittery goats and raccoons, delivering them to new homes in safer areas far from the front lines. But the work is more challenging than ever. By @CurrentTimeTv
- Oct 3, 20263.6x their median
A bipartisan, bicameral group of US lawmakers has introduced the SRBIJA Act, proposing tougher conditions on US assistance to Serbia, possible sanctions over corruption and human-rights abuses, and greater scrutiny of Russian, Chinese and Iranian influence. https://t.co/nPAPCdDQJa
- Oct 3, 20263.6x their median
Crossing only 6 kilometers took three and a half hours. Andriy Kuzakov from @CurrentTimeTv joined Ukrainian soldiers on the increasingly dangerous road toward Druzhkivka, dodging Russian drones and watching for mines. Along the way, they passed the body of a civilian that emergency services could not safely recover. "Everything looks pretty apocalyptic."
- Dec 3, 20253.4x their median
Russia is trying to build a parallel financial system to evade Western sanctions and be able to buy dual-use technologies, experts say. That’s why Russia, with Kyrgyzstan’s help, has launched its own cryptocurrency. 🧵1/3 By @Mike_Eckel and @Azattyk_Radiosu https://t.co/3KCbJSDeUt
- Sep 7, 20263.3x their median
After US envoys met with Putin and Zelenskyy separately, the central question remains unanswered: Has Moscow changed its position enough to make a settlement possible? Former US ambassadors told @ralexdc that for now, the answer appears to be no. https://t.co/MD2OPtxOfz
- Sep 10, 20262.9x their median
Iranians studying in Russia often work on projects with military applications, an analysis by Systema shows -- and upon return, some join entities linked to Iran’s armed forces. These ties are growing. https://t.co/MYbXAunnjf
- Sep 10, 20262.9x their median
An analysis by RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, shows that Moscow and Tehran have continued to cooperate in areas of particular relevance to Iran’s defense industry -- now including areas such electronic warfare, GPS spoofing to mislead navigation systems, and artificial intelligence for drones. https://t.co/iAERo5YEmt
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.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 19 interactions against 215K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 94 original posts, its engagement rate beats 22% 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 3.2K times each, and 0.591% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.49% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 94 posts sampled, 32% carry an image or video, 6% are part of a thread and 76% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 146 interactions, about 7.7x its own typical post.
- What is Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's engagement rate on X?
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) has an engagement rate of 0.009%, based on the median interactions across 94 original posts from the last 30 days against 215,372 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.009%, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sits above the 10th 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 @RFERL have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 22% 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 @RFERL post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.73 posts per day across the measured window.