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TOI Bengaluru engagement report

@TOIBengaluru - 166K followers on X

Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 21, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.035%
of 166K followers
Per impression
1.05%
5.5K views on a typical post
Reach
3.33%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
58
interactions (median)
Saved
0.036%
2 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.93/day
active 53% of days
Peak time
07:00 UTC
Saturday

A typical post picks up 58 interactions against 166K followers, an engagement rate of 0.035%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 39% of 15,519 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 5.5K times each, and 1.05% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.33% 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 53% of days. Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 11% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.9K interactions, about 32x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #bengaluru, #karnataka, #iambengaluru.

Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 21, 2026. Recurring tags: #bengaluru, #karnataka, #iambengaluru.

Compared with accounts its own size

TOI Bengaluru's engagement rate beats 39% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 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 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 0.035%, TOI Bengaluru sits above the 25th percentile of the 156,396 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.022% to 0.127%.

p100.003%
p250.022%
p50 (median)0.127%
p750.604%
p902.32%
p9983.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 156,396 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 26,062 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 percentile0.003%
25th percentile0.022%
50th percentile0.127%
75th percentile0.604%
90th percentile2.32%
99th percentile83.4%

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 07:00 UTC, and Saturday 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: 07:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 07:00 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: Saturday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Saturday
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 video96% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link11% 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.
  • 11% 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 331 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 31, 202632x their median

    Do you remember seeing a minister standing next to a garbage collection vehicle, actually supervising the process? On Monday morning (starting @ 5:30 am), #Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda did just that — personally overseeing garbage collection in Mallasandra and Dasarahalli to understand ground realities and how the system can be made more efficient. Leadership, quite literally, at street level.

    1.5K2201102966K viewsView on X
  • Sep 2, 202622x their median

    No gunmen, no sycophants… On learning that their fellow commuter was Bengaluru Development minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Metro rail passengers lined up to take selfies & shake hands with him. The minister had inspected Majestic station before boarding the train. @timesofindia https://t.co/WSSx19Q3zE

    1.2K10121859K viewsView on X
  • Sep 3, 202621x their median

    In #Bengaluru: Slaughter & sale of meat will be prohibited across the city on Friday on account of Krishna Janmashtami, says the order from Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) 👇 https://t.co/H7EoSIRdOe

    837101121154340K viewsView on X
  • Aug 28, 20268.3x their median

    In #Bengaluru: NSG conducted a high-risk hostage rescue and counter-terrorism drill in Bengaluru, in coordination with Karnataka State Police, as part of a comprehensive capacity-building programme. The exercise included drills at Manekshaw Parade Grounds, MG Road BMRCL Metro station, Barton Centre and Public Utility Building. (📷 by TOI’s Syed Asif) @timesofindia

    437381462K viewsView on X
  • Aug 29, 20267.0x their median

    #Bengaluru cops SAVE man’s LIFE Assistant Sub-Inspector Sachidananda Murthy and constable Basavaraju, attached to Hoysala patrol vehicle 88, administered CPR to a man who suffered chest pain on Magadi Road. The cops then rushed him to a nearby private hospital and alerted his family. The man is now doing fine, police said. THANK YOU COPS FOR BEING THERE.👏👏 @timesofindia (📹: Fwd)

    3316010520K viewsView on X
  • Sep 19, 20265.7x their median

    #Bengaluru property owners to pay software charges ?? “GBA is now adding a ‘software charge’ of ₹200 for residential properties and ₹1,000 for commercial buildings to the annually collected property tax. What exactly are citizens paying for? Why should people separately fund the government’s software system? Where is the legal basis, cost breakup and public accountability? Is this not looting in broad daylight?” — asked BJP state president B Y Vijayendra. @timesofindia

    23943321622K viewsView on X
  • Sep 16, 20265.4x their median

    #Rajasthani men thrashed in #Bengaluru A crowd thrashed a group of Rajasthan men and damaged their car on Magadi Road on Wednesday night after suspecting them of trying to #kidnap a girl. The twist: the girl intervened and told the crowd they were her family, who had tracked her down & wanted her to return to Rajasthan. She said she had married a man from another caste against her family’s wishes & they had come from her. Six people, including a 9-year-old girl, were injured when the car-borne men were trying to flee. @timesofindia

    23824351456K viewsView on X
  • Sep 14, 20265.2x their median

    Even US President Donald Trump is copying us — said #Karnataka CM DK #Shivakumar in #Bengaluru while narrating how the Congress Govt’s guarantee schemes have become a blockbuster. (President #Trump had recently pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate) @timesofindia

    2182749926K viewsView on X
  • Sep 8, 20264.9x their median

    Star Tortoises seized in #Bengaluru! #DRI officials intercepted a man in Bengaluru’s Gandhinagar on Monday and seized 180 live Indian Star Tortoises during ‘Operation Kurma’. The Schedule-I protected species were concealed in six cloth covers inside a green trolley bag. The accused allegedly collected it from Kalasipalya and was to deliver it in Majestic for Rs 10,000. @timesofindia

    232445627K viewsView on X
  • Sep 8, 20264.5x their median

    #Bengaluru #Bikers get a Breather! Bikes to be allowed on Airport Road flyover and E-City elevated corridor Home minister Priyank Kharge said ‘Bikers Ban’ on Kempegowda International Airport elevated road (from Sanjeevininagar Cross to Vidyashilp Junction) & Electronics City Elevated Corridor will be put on hold for now because of the confusion caused on the roads. It will be implemented in a phased manner, the minister said without giving any timeline. @timesofindia

    21319191171K viewsView on X

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

#bengaluru#karnataka#iambengaluru#mangaluru#alert

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 58 interactions against 166K followers, an engagement rate of 0.035%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 39% of 15,519 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 5.5K times each, and 1.05% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.33% 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 53% of days. Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 11% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.9K interactions, about 32x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #bengaluru, #karnataka, #iambengaluru.

What is TOI Bengaluru's engagement rate on X?
TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) has an engagement rate of 0.035%, based on the median interactions across 53 original posts from the last 30 days against 166,183 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.035%, TOI Bengaluru sits above the 25th percentile of the 156,396 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 @TOIBengaluru have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 39% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,519 accounts), which puts it in the middle of its size range 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 @TOIBengaluru post?
Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.93 posts per day across the measured window.

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