The Gospel Coalition engagement report
@TGC - 290K followers on X
Measured over 36 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 21, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 13 interactions against 290K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 36 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% of 21,185 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 3.1K times each, and 0.422% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.06% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 36 posts sampled, 31% carry an image or video, 25% are part of a thread and 75% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 181 interactions, about 14x its own typical post.
Measured over 36 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 21, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
The Gospel Coalition's engagement rate beats 16% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 23% 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%, The Gospel Coalition sits above the 10th percentile of the 213,098 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.147% |
| 75th percentile | 0.698% |
| 90th percentile | 2.61% |
| 99th percentile | 82.9% |
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 12:00 UTC, and Friday 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 | 31% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 75% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 31% 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.
- 75% 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 258 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
- Sep 14, 202614x their median
New @WNGdotorg: "Acknowledgement and blasphemy: Sometimes, critics have a good point." I genuinely hope this response is helpful. The issues are really important. You can read it at the link below. https://t.co/rv7ayGDvMd
- Oct 9, 20266.8x their median
In September 2026, at a private meeting of TGC Council members, @RevKevDeYoung gave a presentation on responding to Christian nationalism. DeYoung offers 15 answers someone might give when asked what they mean by identifying as a Christian nationalist. https://t.co/RnR0ckfH8B
- Sep 18, 20265.2x their median
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐โ๐บ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ by @JDGreear The greatest protection for our church isnโt the right Christians being in power but rather that our government is denied the authority to decide whether my church is sufficiently Christian. This truth has clarified for me why Iโm not a Christian nationalist. โ@JDGreear https://t.co/6js1TaB2jc
- Sep 9, 20264.9x their median
We are excited to announce the TGC Church Conference! Join us April 5-7 in Indianapolis as we gather for stirring worship, gospel-centered keynotes, and practical equipping from experienced church and ministry leaders. Come with your church to be equipped for your church. Get your ticket right now: https://t.co/XoyTG6nmfB When you join us at TGC27, youโll hear teaching from keynote speakers: - @JohnPiper - @HBCharlesjr - @PlattDavid - @MarkVroegop - @RevKevDeYoung - @HanibalRod - @TonyMerida Plus, learn from experienced ministry leaders, teachers, and thinkers: - @WesleyLHuff - @JDGreear - @LigonDuncan - @NancyGuth3 - @JenniferWilkin - @JT_English - @GavinOrtlund - @CollinHansen - @MelissaBKruger - @MattSmethurst - @TrevinWax And many more! We canโt wait to see you in Indy!
- Sep 15, 20264.3x their median
In a culture increasingly hostile to the Christian faith, it would be foolish in the extreme for Baptists to abandon their tradition in favor of government power to punish dissenters. https://t.co/SijvjEJUyv
- Sep 11, 20263.8x their median
25 years ago today, the staff of Redeemer Presbyterian Church climbed out a window onto a balcony. From there, they saw both towers collapse. Four hours south, the staff of Capitol Hill Baptist Church could feel the reverberations of the plane slamming into the Pentagon. Half a country away, John Piper looked at the staff of his Bethlehem Baptist Church and told them, โThis changes everything.โ In these stories of loss, trauma, redemption, and eternal hope, we see that God was, and is, and always will be at workโeven in the darkest moments. https://t.co/1Sai8QrutL
- Aug 29, 20263.7x their median
Parents, donโt give up. Trust the Lord and find ways to diligently teach your children while you sit, walk, go to sleep, and rise. https://t.co/4PYtqytNg8
- Sep 9, 20263.6x their median
3 things that especially excite me about #TGC27: * shift to "church conference": come with your church to be equipped for your church * first appearance by @WesleyLHuff * previewing my book 'Churchill and Lewis: For the Salvation of the World' https://t.co/olinmrqbeH
- Oct 8, 20263.4x their median
"The point of prayer is not to get what we want. The point of prayer is to submit to what He wants, and welcome what He wants, and invite Him to work in us as we wait for Him to work out his plans for us and for the whole world." โNancy Guthrie (@NancyGuth3) https://t.co/sGPyWdUfwc
- Sep 1, 20263.2x their median
Wendell Berry passed away this week. Wendell Berry's writing has been influential on many believers for many reasons. Most of all, Berryโs writings and his life challenge Christians to be rooted, fruit-bearing members of their communities. Read more: https://t.co/xaZOxgN6ec
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 13 interactions against 290K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 36 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% of 21,185 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 3.1K times each, and 0.422% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.06% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 36 posts sampled, 31% carry an image or video, 25% are part of a thread and 75% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 181 interactions, about 14x its own typical post.
- What is The Gospel Coalition's engagement rate on X?
- The Gospel Coalition (@TGC) has an engagement rate of 0.004%, based on the median interactions across 36 original posts from the last 30 days against 289,550 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.004%, The Gospel Coalition sits above the 10th percentile of the 213,098 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 @TGC have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 16% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 @TGC post?
- Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.93 posts per day across the measured window.