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Topbilling engagement report

@SABC3Topbilling - 378K followers on X

Measured over 75 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom quarter for its size
Per follower
0.002%
of 378K followers
Per impression
0.93%
968 views on a typical post
Reach
0.26%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
9
interactions (median)
Saved
0%
0 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
2.73/day
active 33% of days
Peak time
17:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 9 interactions against 378K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 75 original posts, its engagement rate beats 18% 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 968 times each, and 0.93% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.256% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 75 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 7% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 355 interactions, about 39x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #topbilling, #topbillingpresentersearch, #expressoshow.

Measured over 75 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #topbilling, #topbillingpresentersearch, #expressoshow.

Compared with accounts its own size

Topbilling's engagement rate beats 18% 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 45% 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 0.002%, Topbilling sits below the 10th percentile of the 205,048 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.678%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 205,048 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,894 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.678%
90th percentile2.55%
99th percentile82.4%

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 17:00 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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 17:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 17:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
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 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Thursday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Thursday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

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.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video100% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link7% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-+15%+14% to +16%32K
  • 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.
  • 7% 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 280 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 10, 202639x their median

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    150561371211K viewsView on X
  • Sep 24, 202637x their median

    Missed the BIG reveal on #TopBilling? Here they are, the #TopBillingPresenterSearch TOP 10: Candice Weber Disego Rachel Mogale Homba Mazaleni Karen Mthethwa Nasi Hako Nehemiah Tjatji Ross Marshall Shaun Farrell Talitha Bothma Timothe Matheba Who are you backing? https://t.co/6HJvdm92IL

    25135261944K viewsView on X
  • Sep 9, 20269.9x their median

    You know her style, now discover a whole new side of Sarah Langa’s creativity. Zozi steps into Sarah’s new world of interiors, where African heritage, personal memories and contemporary design come together. Watch the full feature on #TopBilling: 📺 THURSDAY | 7PM | @SABC3 https://t.co/nXSE1OwDIt

    798116.7K viewsView on X
  • Sep 24, 20269.2x their median

    Your #TopBillingPresenterSearch Top 10 are officially here courtesy of @luckyfishza! Next, they’ll face their biggest challenges yet a LIVE takeover on @expressoshow on Tuesday 29 Sep and Thursday 1 Oct. Who will be joining the #TopBilling presenter team? https://t.co/Bc5tPg9EmR

    54155917K viewsView on X
  • Aug 27, 20269.2x their median

    For @ZolaZeelovin her latest chapter is all about creating spaces where women feel celebrated. Her new shapewear range brings that vision to life, while adding entrepreneur to an impressive resume. Thank you Zola for welcoming #TopBilling into your world. 📷@emmy_photograph https://t.co/zoX72Y2IS2

    745316.5K viewsView on X
  • Sep 10, 20267.6x their median

    Thank you, Sarah Langa, for sharing this exciting new venture with #TopBilling. We wish you every success and look forward to featuring many more beautiful homes with interiors designed by you! https://t.co/wVeYX28i4i

    605305.6K viewsView on X
  • Sep 3, 20267.6x their median

    It’s #TopBilling time! Join Zozi and Fez for an evening filled with spectacular spaces, inspiring South Africans, unforgettable adventures and a celebration of the very best of the good life. ❤️ Get comfortable - we’re starting now on @SABC3 ! https://t.co/iK960TBp5L

    5210158.5K viewsView on X
  • Aug 27, 20267.6x their median

    A team that continues to make South Africa proud. 🇿🇦 Fresh from the Commonwealth Games, we spent a special day with some of the @My_SPAR @Netball_SA Proteas and Coach Jenny van Dyk, celebrating their journey and exciting ambitions for the future. #TopBilling https://t.co/TlcB2gp0ym

    4617142.4K viewsView on X
  • Oct 1, 20266.7x their median

    London is calling… and Fez is answering! 🇬🇧 Tonight, Dr Fez Mkhize is your host for a very special London edition of #TopBilling! And of course, he’s doing London in style, dressed by @Luzooy_sa. 🔥 Join Fez tonight at 7pm on @SABC3 https://t.co/5g9Y4wGaj0

    469144.0K viewsView on X
  • Aug 27, 20265.6x their median

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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

#topbilling#topbillingpresentersearch#expressoshow#betwiththebold#luckyfish

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 9 interactions against 378K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 75 original posts, its engagement rate beats 18% 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 968 times each, and 0.93% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.256% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 75 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 7% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 355 interactions, about 39x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #topbilling, #topbillingpresentersearch, #expressoshow.

What is Topbilling's engagement rate on X?
Topbilling (@SABC3Topbilling) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 75 original posts from the last 30 days against 378,422 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.002%, Topbilling sits below the 10th percentile of the 205,048 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 @SABC3Topbilling have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 18% 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 @SABC3Topbilling post?
Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.73 posts per day across the measured window.

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