This Old House engagement report
@ThisOldHouse - 255K followers on X
Measured over 23 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 99 interactions against 255K followers, an engagement rate of 0.039%. Measured over 23 original posts, its engagement rate beats 42% of 20,444 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 7.7K times each, and 1.28% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.02% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.8 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 70% of days. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 23 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.5K interactions, about 15x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sponsored, #thisoldhouse, #tohessexco.
Measured over 23 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #sponsored, #thisoldhouse, #tohessexco.
Compared with accounts its own size
This Old House's engagement rate beats 42% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 50% 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 0.039%, This Old House sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,048 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.143%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.143% |
| 75th percentile | 0.678% |
| 90th percentile | 2.55% |
| 99th percentile | 82.4% |
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 15:00 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.
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 | - | 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.
- 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 192 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 4, 202615x their median
Richard Trethewey (@ThisOldPlumber) shows how to rotate a toilet to improve the layout while keeping the plumbing properly aligned. https://t.co/QvchdqRihm
- Sep 13, 20266.0x their median
π‘ Ever wonder how one light can be controlled from two different switches? Heath Eastman explains how 3-way switches work. https://t.co/GgFYckZjZn
- Sep 22, 20265.8x their median
π§± A strong retaining wall starts with the right foundation. Mark McCullough shows how to build a retaining wall that can hold back soil, manage drainage, and stand up to the elements. https://t.co/sum2elhCfb
- Jul 30, 20262.9x their median
πͺ΅ A stripped or slippery screw can bring an entire project to a grinding halt. @TomSilvaTOH walks through the tips that actually work: https://t.co/KRKTfQfAAA
- Sep 12, 20262.2x their median
πͺ Getting baluster spacing right can make all the difference. @TomSilvaTOH shows how to space balusters evenly for a railing that looks polished and meets the right safety requirements. https://t.co/8mUmh5AlN4
- Sep 12, 20262.0x their median
π§ Better water starts with the right setup. Richard Trethewey (@ThisOldPlumber) explains how to install a water conditioner and what to consider when adding one to your homeβs water system. https://t.co/1bu0hOJiAU
- Aug 10, 20261.8x their median
One tool, a lot of jobs. πͺ΅ @TomSilvaTOH breaks down everything you need to know about combination squares so yours gets used the way it was meant to. https://t.co/4W3CWC9E8z
- Sep 9, 2026
π A driveway is a big project, and getting the foundation right matters. Mark McCullough walks through how to pour a concrete driveway. https://t.co/DCR5ogzdLj
- Aug 22, 2026
π§οΈ Your gutters are only as good as the downspouts directing the water away. @TomSilvaTOH explains how gutter downspouts wor and why proper drainage matters for protecting your home. https://t.co/45vy4Mth8q
- Sep 19, 2026
π Thinking about towing? @TomSilvaTOH breaks down the basics of trailer hitches, including what to consider when choosing one for your vehicle. https://t.co/5mAR7ZqgAG
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 99 interactions against 255K followers, an engagement rate of 0.039%. Measured over 23 original posts, its engagement rate beats 42% of 20,444 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 7.7K times each, and 1.28% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.02% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.8 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 70% of days. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 23 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.5K interactions, about 15x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sponsored, #thisoldhouse, #tohessexco.
- What is This Old House's engagement rate on X?
- This Old House (@ThisOldHouse) has an engagement rate of 0.039%, based on the median interactions across 23 original posts from the last 30 days against 255,324 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.039%, This Old House sits above the 25th percentile of the 205,048 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 @ThisOldHouse have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 42% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 @ThisOldHouse post?
- Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.8 posts per day across the measured window.