Seeking Alpha engagement report
@SeekingAlpha - 341K followers on X
Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 3, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 341K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 10% of 6,874 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 5.2K times each, and 0.096% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.53% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 11% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 17 interactions, about 3.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #economy, #markets, #stockmarket.
Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 3, 2026. Recurring tags: #economy, #markets, #stockmarket.
Compared with accounts its own size
Seeking Alpha's engagement rate beats 10% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (6,874 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 6% 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%, Seeking Alpha sits below the 10th percentile of the 65,980 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.016%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.016% |
| 50th percentile | 0.1% |
| 75th percentile | 0.499% |
| 90th percentile | 2.09% |
| 99th percentile | 120.0% |
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 16:00 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% | 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 | 96% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 4% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 96% 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.
- 4% 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 569 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
- Aug 28, 20263.4x their median
Marvell Technology $MRVL delivered a strong Q2 earnings beat, powered by 46% YoY growth in Data Center revenue! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Data center revenue topped $2B (+46% YoY) driven by surging AI demand Guides Q3 revenue to $3.15B, handily beating the $3.04B consensus forecast Shares tempered post-print as high investor expectations priced in perfection THE RATING: Accelerating AI growth balances against current valuation metrics, keeping the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $MRVL at a HOLD.
- Aug 27, 20263.2x their median
CrowdStrike $CRWD surged 15% in early trading following a massive Q2 earnings beat and upgraded fiscal '27 outlook! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Net-new ARR growth projected up to 34% YoY on strong enterprise security demand AI Detection & Response (AIDR) usage tripled (3X) quarter-over-quarter Total ending ARR crossed $5.84B with accelerating platform consolidation THE RATING: Rapid AI-driven growth counterbalances premium valuation multiples, keeping the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $CRWD at a HOLD.
- Aug 28, 20262.6x their median
Why Patience Wins: The 1-Year Rule for IPOs & Spin-Offs ⏳ Jumping into hyped initial public offerings is often a recipe for extreme volatility. Seeking Alpha’s Quant system enforces a strict 4-quarter waiting period before covering new issues, ensuring stock ratings are based on verified financial metrics rather than market speculation. The Key Valuation Metrics: - 1-Year Data Threshold: Requires four full quarters of audited income statements, revenue growth, and profitability metrics before generating a Quant rating. - Protection Over Hype: Passing on immediate IPO entry eliminates early-stage volatility and speculative pricing traps. - Proven Strategy in Action: SanDisk ($SNDK) re-emerged as a public entity, but Quant coverage waited a full year before assigning an instant Strong Buy rating—which resulted in stellar performance. - Steven Cress' Take: "We wait. We're patient. We do not invest until one full year of data has transpired, four quarters... we want to see what a company's income level is, what the revenue is, what the profitability is." #Investing #StockMarket #IPOs #AlphaPicks #QuantInvesting #SanDisk #SeekingAlpha #RiskManagement 🔻Discover Your Next Strong Buy with Alpha Picks today!
- Aug 26, 20262.2x their median
Zoom $ZM beat Q2 earnings estimates and raised full-year guidance, but shares fell on a soft Q3 EPS outlook! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Q2 revenue rose 4.7% YoY to $1.22B with non-GAAP EPS of $1.53 beating expectations Full-year revenue guided up to $5.09B–$5.10B with FY27 EPS raised to $6.08–$6.12 Shares fell after Q3 EPS guidance of $1.46–$1.48 missed Wall Street estimates of $1.50 THE RATING: Soft near-term earnings guidance keeps the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $ZM at a HOLD.
- Aug 31, 20262.0x their median
Eli Lilly $LLY agreed to acquire Merida Biosciences for up to $2.875B in cash to bolster its immunology pipeline! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Adds Phase 1 lead asset MER511 targeting Graves' disease and thyroid eye disease Precision platform selectively degrades pathogenic autoantibodies without broad immune suppression Supported by Lilly's financial scale with an 83.4% gross margin and $41.7B in EBITDA THE RATING: Strong pipeline expansion counterbalances elevated valuation metrics, keeping the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $LLY at a HOLD.
- Sep 2, 20261.8x their median
Palantir $PLTR secured a prime U.S. Army contract to deliver 8 next-gen Titan Ground Station systems! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Moves Titan project from prototype to production with 4 advanced & 4 basic configurations Total annual revenue reaches $6.15B with an elite 84.8% gross margin Tactical defense software adoption continues to scale across government programs THE RATING: Strong top-line growth and high gross margins balance against valuation, keeping the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $PLTR at a HOLD.
- Aug 27, 20261.8x their median
Salesforce $CRM surged over 10% after delivering $5.90 in adjusted Q2 EPS—beating estimates by more than $2.00! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Partnered with Anthropic to launch "ClaudeForce" for enterprise AI integration cRPO growth accelerated to 14%, outperforming backward-looking revenue trends Raised FY27 guidance to $16.67–$16.71 EPS on revenue of $46.1B–$46.4B THE RATING: Exceptional profitability balances against slowing organic expansion, keeping the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $CRM at a HOLD.
- Aug 26, 20261.8x their median
Boosting Productivity, Not Layoffs: Lockheed Martin’s AI Advantage 🛡️🤖 Phase one of the AI boom was all about infrastructure, but enterprise adoption is where operational efficiency is won. Lockheed Martin ($LMT) is leveraging AI tools to supercharge workforce productivity and drive massive revenue gains without cutting specialized talent. The Key Valuation Metrics: - A+ Profitability Grade: Seeking Alpha Quant rates Lockheed Martin with a top-tier A+ overall profitability grade. - Surging Revenue Per Employee: Revenue per worker jumped from $554,000 in 2023 to $610,000 in 2025—with gains continuing to climb as new AI platforms roll out. - Dual-Engine Growth: Productivity gains from internal AI deployment compound directly on top of organic tailwinds from depleted global military inventories and a surging order backlog. Steven Cress' Take: "What I think is really cool about Lockheed Martin is they're not using their AI initiatives to reduce the labor force, they're using it to make it more efficient... revenue per employee in 2023 was $554,000 per person, and in 2025 it's increased to $610,000 per person." #Investing #StockMarket #LockheedMartin #LMT #AI #DefenseStocks #QuantInvesting #SeekingAlpha 🔻 Read the full quantitative analysis on Seeking Alpha below!
- Aug 25, 20261.8x their median
Visa plans to penalize Hims & Hers $HIMS nearly $75K over surging subscription billing disputes! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Must reduce overall transaction dispute rate below 1.5% to exit Visa’s acquirer monitoring program Maintains strong unit economics with a 69.53% gross margin as weight loss demand remains high Payment dispute friction adds near-term operational noise to its fast-growing subscription base THE RATING: Payment network scrutiny counterbalances high profitability, keeping the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $HIMS at a HOLD.
- Aug 28, 20261.6x their median
Affirm $AFRM surged after-hours following a massive Q4 earnings beat and strong FY27 guidance! KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Fiscal Q4 GMV reached $14.1B (+36% YoY) with adjusted operating margin expanding to 30.3% Total Q4 revenue grew 33% YoY to $1.17B, beating Wall Street estimates Fiscal 2027 guidance projects total GMV to clear $64B+ THE RATING: Near-term valuation metrics balance against accelerating BNPL platform adoption, keeping the Seeking Alpha Quant score for $AFRM at a HOLD.
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 341K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 10% of 6,874 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 5.2K times each, and 0.096% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.53% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 11% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 17 interactions, about 3.4x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #economy, #markets, #stockmarket.
- What is Seeking Alpha's engagement rate on X?
- Seeking Alpha (@SeekingAlpha) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 53 original posts from the last 30 days against 341,058 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, Seeking Alpha sits below the 10th percentile of the 65,980 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 @SeekingAlpha have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 10% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (6,874 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 10% 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 @SeekingAlpha post?
- Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.97 posts per day across the measured window.