Scott Kelby engagement report
@ScottKelby - 270K followers on X
Measured over 11 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 23, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 16 interactions against 270K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 11 original posts, its engagement rate beats 19% of 15,519 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 2.1K times each, and 0.77% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.768% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.53 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 11 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 91% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 50 interactions, about 3.1x its own typical post.
Measured over 11 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 23, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Scott Kelby's engagement rate beats 19% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 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 39% 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 0.006%, Scott Kelby sits above the 10th percentile of the 156,969 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.022%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.003% |
| 25th percentile | 0.022% |
| 50th percentile | 0.128% |
| 75th percentile | 0.604% |
| 90th percentile | 2.32% |
| 99th percentile | 83.4% |
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 Monday 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 | 91% 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.
- 91% 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 403 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 21, 20263.1x their median
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- Aug 10, 20262.4x their median
I’m doing a free live webinar this Wednesday, and I hope you’ll join me. It’s called Photographer’s Fast Track, and I’ll be sharing some of my favorite tips, techniques, and shortcuts to help you get better results without having to figure everything out the hard way. I’ve got a lot planned (and I’ll make it worth your while for joining me live, too). We go live Wednesday, August 12 at 2:00 PM EDT. Check out this short promo to hear more, then register here: https://t.co/PkKNo6nANX
- Aug 4, 20262.0x their median
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- Feb 24, 20262.4x their median
I've got a Sneak Peek of an unreleased Lightroom feature that is going to be a real game-changer for anyone who (like me) hates keywording but wants to get to the images you want fast. This is next-level stuff, and it's coming to a Lightroom near you. #lightroom #photography https://t.co/SF7G0L14wz
- Feb 24, 20262.1x their median
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- Sep 15, 2026
In less than an hour, we go live with this year’s Photoshop World Keynote, and I’m really excited for this one. Terry White from Adobe is joining me to show us some of the cool new things they’ve been working on for Photoshop and Lightroom. And, of course, it wouldn’t be a PSW Keynote without a few surprises. :) Hope you’ll join us. It all starts at 9:30 AM EDT, and there’s still time to be part of it: https://t.co/qBZIx5mr1T
- Aug 28, 2026
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- Aug 17, 2026
Here's a sneak peek at my latest course, where I'm sharing my complete ON1 Photo RAW MAX workflow. You can watch the whole course for free right now. Learn more here: https://t.co/JkfdagpqtQ https://t.co/GyniWhPbZ8
- Mar 12, 20261.6x their median
A couple of spots just opened up for Rammy’s Waterfront Caddo Lake Workshop (May 4–8), and if you’ve ever thought about doing one of his workshops, this is a great one. I’ve attended them before and can’t recommend it enough — small group, incredible locations, and you learn a ton while having a blast. If this sounds like your kind of adventure, I’d jump on it (and he’s giving @KelbyOne members a nice discount). You can get all the details here: https://t.co/tmJnnVtZgz
- Sep 16, 2026
It’s Day 3 of Photoshop World, and I’m kicking things off with one of my favorite Photoshop classes. I’ll show you how I quickly spot and remove distractions so the focus stays right where it belongs. We’ve got another great day lined up, starting at 11:00 AM EDT. If you haven’t joined us yet, there’s still time. Jump in today and catch anything you missed with replays for a full year: https://t.co/qBZIx5mr1T
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 16 interactions against 270K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 11 original posts, its engagement rate beats 19% of 15,519 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 2.1K times each, and 0.77% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.768% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.53 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 11 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 91% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 50 interactions, about 3.1x its own typical post.
- What is Scott Kelby's engagement rate on X?
- Scott Kelby (@ScottKelby) has an engagement rate of 0.006%, based on the median interactions across 11 original posts from the last 30 days against 270,408 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.006%, Scott Kelby sits above the 10th percentile of the 156,969 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 @ScottKelby have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 19% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 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 @ScottKelby post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.53 posts per day across the measured window.