takealot engagement report
@TAKEALOT - 244K followers on X
Measured over 28 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 27, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 10 interactions against 244K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 28 original posts, its engagement rate beats 15% of 20,183 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 1.9K times each, and 0.549% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.784% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.1 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 28 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 50% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 37K interactions, about 2076x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #deliveredinyourlanguage, #takealothappydelivered, #takealotheritagedesignchallenge.
Measured over 28 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 27, 2026. Recurring tags: #deliveredinyourlanguage, #takealothappydelivered, #takealotheritagedesignchallenge.
Compared with accounts its own size
takealot's engagement rate beats 15% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,183 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 28% 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 0.004%, takealot sits above the 10th percentile of the 202,566 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 | 0.142% |
| 75th percentile | 0.673% |
| 90th percentile | 2.54% |
| 99th percentile | 82.6% |
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 09:00 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 | 96% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 50% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 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.
- 50% 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 237 characters, which falls in the 180 - 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 180 to 280 characters match the same accounts' other posts almost exactly.
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
- Feb 24, 20262076x their median
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- Apr 8, 2026909x their median
Balenciagaโs $9,900 shipping box outfit is breaking the internet ๐ณ Would you actually wear this ? https://t.co/DPtkJnXHVg
- Sep 3, 20261470x their median
You order at Take A Lot bathi 2-3 days delivery 3 hours later: ebaba phuma sila ngaphandle.
- Feb 1, 202614x their median
Itโs the month of love, and weโre celebrating with a month of surprises! ๐ Whether you're gifting a partner, a bestie, or yourself, we have the deals to make it happen. Dropping a hint? Tell us your dream Takealot gift in the comments! ๐ https://t.co/AAvGnIDhvT
- Sep 7, 202620x their median
Stand a chance to win a R1,000 Takealot voucher. ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ Post a picture of your Heritage Edition Takealot box, tag us and use #DeliveredInYourLanguage. T&Cs apply. https://t.co/AoYYKMb5Kc
- Sep 15, 202620x their median
Stand a chance to win a R1000 Takealot voucher this #HeritageMonth. Post a pic/video with our Heritage box Tag us. Include #DeliveredInYourLanguage Share the post on your feed or story Winners announced weekly. T&Cs apply. ๐๐ฆ https://t.co/IRAUk8KdGY
- Jun 1, 20269.8x their median
Create your Soundtrack to Your Package when you shop the Thanksalot sale. ๐ฟ๐๏ธ๐ Pack your track here: https://t.co/oOwRVN8hqz #TakealotHappyDelivered #ThanksalotSale #SoundtrackToYourPackage https://t.co/a7XDImYvXU
- Aug 16, 20267.4x their median
Win double tickets to Festival of Motoring 2026 worth R9,000! ๐๏ธ๐จ To enter: ๐ Shop Automotive on Takealot (15โ20 Aug) ๐ Follow @Takealot โค๏ธ Like + comment #FestivalOfMotoring #AutomotiveOnTakealot Give your cart something to vrrrr-phaaa about! ๐ฅ https://t.co/vjFAAUz8tp
- Jun 4, 20266.4x their median
To Warrant Officer Sander and everyone else delivering day after day in South Africa, thank you. ๐ ๐พโ๏ธ๐ Officer Sander, DM us so we can send your new coffee machine and K9 unit supplies. ๐ #TakealotHappyDelivered https://t.co/ro28tEl7BO
- Apr 8, 20263.3x 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
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 10 interactions against 244K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 28 original posts, its engagement rate beats 15% of 20,183 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 1.9K times each, and 0.549% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.784% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.1 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 28 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 50% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 37K interactions, about 2076x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #deliveredinyourlanguage, #takealothappydelivered, #takealotheritagedesignchallenge.
- What is takealot's engagement rate on X?
- takealot (@TAKEALOT) has an engagement rate of 0.004%, based on the median interactions across 28 original posts from the last 30 days against 243,869 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.004%, takealot sits above the 10th percentile of the 202,566 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 @TAKEALOT have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 15% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,183 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 @TAKEALOT post?
- Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.1 posts per day across the measured window.