Trooper Ben engagement report
@TrooperBenKs - 99K followers on X
Measured over 27 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 123 interactions against 99K followers, an engagement rate of 0.124%. Measured over 27 original posts, its engagement rate beats 55% of 21,185 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 3.5K times each, and 3.52% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.54% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 18:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 27 posts sampled, 89% carry an image or video and 30% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.9K interactions, about 31x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #helpmore, #army, #forward.
Measured over 27 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026. Recurring tags: #helpmore, #army, #forward.
Compared with accounts its own size
Trooper Ben's engagement rate beats 55% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 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 77% 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 0.124%, Trooper Ben sits above the 25th percentile of the 213,472 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.025% to 0.147%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.147% |
| 75th percentile | 0.699% |
| 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 18:00 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 | 89% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 30% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 89% 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.
- 30% 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 599 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
- Jul 6, 202631x their median
Itās whatās for supper tonight! What do you call it? https://t.co/YXkew9Xwic
- Oct 17, 20268.4x their median
How do you go home when your child isnāt coming with you? Their bed is still there. Their favorite cereal is in the kitchen. The clothes you washed for them are waiting to be put away. Thatās what I keep thinking about as I read about Oregon. The parents who woke up with plans for an ordinary day and now face something so different. So difficult. My children have heard me say, āBe safe,ā more times than they could count. You say it because you love them. Because you know you cannot go everywhere they go. If Sandy Hook wasnāt enough to bring us together to better protect our children, what will be? I seek change. I seek change.. I seek changeā¦ I support the Second Amendment. I also believe people with violent histories or those found through due process to pose a danger to themselves or others should not have access to firearms. Gun owners should secure their firearms. Threats should be taken seriously and followed up on. Families who are asking for help need somewhere to turn before someone gets hurt. Teachers need to be heard when they raise concerns. Schools need the resources to address them. First responders deserve support for the things they see and carry home. We need to talk honestly about how people who pose a danger get access to firearms and what can be done to stop them. My years in public safety taught me to look upstream. We will always need people ready to respond, but we also need to find the places where we can step in before a familyās worst day. We cannot ask grieving families to keep telling us about their children while we refuse to move. A child does not have to be mine for their life to matter to me. I seek change. šŗšø
- Jul 11, 20269.1x their median
Some of you may already know these things. Some of you may not. āŖļø My first name is legally Trooper. āŖļø I retired from the Kansas Highway Patrol in 2025 after 26 years of service. āŖļø Before becoming a trooper, I served as an Army tanker at Fort Riley and later in the Kansas Army National Guard. āŖļø I grew up in Michigan, but Kansas became home. āŖļø I struggled in school, had an IEP, and never imagined I would someday become an author and keynote speaker. āŖļø My wife, Mary, and I have four children, and being a husband, dad and grandpa means more to me than any title Iāve ever held. āŖļø I own a lifted 1989 Jeep Wrangler that breaks down every so often. āŖļø Then I ran out of gas twice within a few days. š āŖļø Our newest family member is a French Bulldog named #Chino, and he already believes the entire house belongs to him. āŖļø We also have three cats named Smoky, Bandit and Cletus. āŖļø My first full-length book, Awkward in a Thin Blue Line, will be released October 1, 2026. āŖļø I started the Trooper Ben #HelpMore Foundation to support others in need. āŖļø I hope people remember me less for the uniform I wore and more for how I treated others. #HelpMore
- Jul 27, 20266.8x their median
Today, for the first time, we visited Dadās headstone. Military headstones take time to be ordered, created, and finally placed. Today, we touched it, spoke to him for a little bit, and spent a few moments remembering him. https://t.co/nAo6ZNMXn5
- Aug 30, 20266.4x their median
Dolly Parton never bought a damn yacht for $800 million or flew into space. She bought books for kids. I want to live like herā¦ #HelpMore
- Oct 1, 20266.1x their median
One year ago TODAY, I woke up for the first time in 26 years with no uniform to put on. No badge. No patrol car. No radio. I knew exactly what chapter of my life had just ended. I had absolutely no idea what was written on the pages that came next. Today, exactly one year later, Iām standing in the Nashville airport waiting for a flight home, and Iāve been thinking about just how much can happen after we finally turn the page. Earlier today I was in Owensboro, Kentucky, where I finished another public speaking event. Tomorrow morning Iāll be back home gathering everything I need for the first stop of my October book tour in Salina. The more Iāve thought about it today, the more I realize retirement is just one of the many chapters we go through in life. We graduate from high school and leave behind people and places that were part of our everyday lives. College ends and we try to figure out what comes next. Some of us leave the military and take off a uniform that became part of who we were. We raise children and somehow the years pass until they grow up, move away and the house gets quieter. Careers end. Retirement comes. And if weāre fortunate enough to grow older, eventually our bodies start telling us there are things we simply canāt do anymore. Life keeps asking us to turn pages, even when we really loved the chapter we were in. For many years before retirement, I wondered what I was going to do without the uniform. Looking back now, I think I was asking the wrong question. Maybe the better question was, āWhat am I going to do with everything those 26 years taught me?ā I think Iām starting to figure that out. Our purpose may change. Our path may change. Our place may change. There are people I havenāt met yet. Places I havenāt been. Things I'm going to do that havenāt even crossed your mind. Iāll get some things right. Iāll screw some things up. Year one is behind me. Iām proud of it. Iām thankful for it. I have absolutely no idea whatās waiting for me in year two... Today, it excites me. Time to turn another page. Still learning. Still growing. Still a little awkward. Still trying to #HelpMore.
- Aug 4, 20264.5x their median
Iām a SOLID NO vote. Judges should follow the law, not run political campaigns or raise campaign money. #KsLeg #KansasVote https://t.co/bFMNNaH6p2
- Aug 20, 20263.9x their median
One moment, a stranger was thanking me for my service. Less than a minute later, I was searching for a calm and respectful way to end our conversationā¦ This is the chair where he sat. I had a small window to answer emails at Starbucks before heading to the school pickup line. At the other end of the table was an older gentleman, probably around 75, slowly drinking his coffee and looking around like he wanted someone to talk with him. After noticing āTrooper Benā on my laptop, he pointed toward it and said, āThank you for your service.ā I smiled, thanked him, and explained that I was retired now, but I loved my years in uniform. Then came his next sentence. āI gotta tell you, I hate all these dirty illegalsā¦ā The words caught me off guard. š¶ Maybe seeing āTrooper Benā made him believe he already knew where I stood. As he continued talking, other customers began looking over.š I had no interest in creating a scene, but I couldnāt allow my silence to sound like agreement. After taking a moment, I said: āSir, I donāt think Iām the right person to continue this conversation with, because I donāt share those opinions. I hope you have a wonderful day.ā What he couldnāt see was that my viewpoint had been shaped long before I ever wore a badge. Back in school, my two friends were Jose Pena and Rico Fuentes. Those were my guys. Both wrestled with me. We practiced together, pushed one another to improve, competed beside each other, and cheered for each other. Jose lived just down the road. I ate meals with his family, worked alongside his brothers, and picked on his sisters. His dad was building a family farm while also working at an automobile plant in Lansing, Michigan. Their home was filled with family, loud Hispanic music, and food. I also learned to ask a few questions before taking a large helping from the stove. Menudo taught me that lesson.š Some family members and relatives traveled very difficult paths to reach America. Their stories are theirs to tell. My memories are of hard work, sacrifice, laughter, and a family that made me feel welcome. JosĆ© and Ricoās friendships gave me a different view of life long before I wore a uniform. That same kind of connection is part of my familyās life today. My daughter is excited to attend a quinceaƱera for one of her classmates. I think our children understand something adults sometimes forget. Communities are built through classmates, neighbors, shared celebrations, and friendships. Now, disagreement is welcome here on my page Hatred is notā¦ Any comment that attacks or dehumanizes people will most likely be hidden. If someone wants to spread that kind of message, they are free to build their own page and use their influence that way. This space will not be used for it. My purpose is to create calmness and help us see the neighbors already standing beside us. Looking at this empty chair, I thought about the seat waiting for me at Joseās table all those years ago. His family made room for me. I want to do the same for others. Love thy neighbor. #HelpMore
- Oct 20, 20263.4x their median
Anyone sharing that political ad in support of Vivek Ramaswamy and spreading that disgusting narrative about his opponent should be ashamed. I said what I said. Take note of who is choosing to spread it. Be mindful of what theyāre willing to promote.
- Jul 27, 20263.1x their median
A little sunshine, a breeze, and a FIRST adventure. š Today was #Chinoās first ride in the Jeep. He didnāt bark.ļæ¼ He didnāt fuss. He just watched the world go by with those curious little eyes. How do you think he did. š š¾ https://t.co/Wdzgr1vZ3L
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 123 interactions against 99K followers, an engagement rate of 0.124%. Measured over 27 original posts, its engagement rate beats 55% of 21,185 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 3.5K times each, and 3.52% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.54% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 67% of days. Most posts go out around 18:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 27 posts sampled, 89% carry an image or video and 30% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.9K interactions, about 31x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #helpmore, #army, #forward.
- What is Trooper Ben's engagement rate on X?
- Trooper Ben (@TrooperBenKs) has an engagement rate of 0.124%, based on the median interactions across 27 original posts from the last 30 days against 98,873 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.124%, Trooper Ben sits above the 25th percentile of the 213,472 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 @TrooperBenKs have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 55% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 @TrooperBenKs post?
- Most posts go out around 18:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.03 posts per day across the measured window.