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United Nations engagement report

@UN - 16M followers on X

Measured over 112 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.

Engagement

Per follower
0.003%
of 16M followers
Per impression
1.17%
40K views on a typical post
Reach
0.25%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
466
interactions (median)
Saved
0.043%
17 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
8.57/day
active 103% of days
Peak time
04:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 466 interactions against 16M followers, an engagement rate of 0.003%. Posts are seen about 40K times each, and 1.17% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.247% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 8.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 04:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 112 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.4K interactions, about 20x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #yemen, #unga, #climateaction.

Measured over 112 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #yemen, #unga, #climateaction.

Where this sits in the catalog

At 0.003%, United Nations sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,424 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.677%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 204,424 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,888 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 percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.677%
90th percentile2.55%
99th percentile82.4%

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 04:00 UTC, and Thursday 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: 04:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 04:00 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: Thursday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Thursday
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 video94% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link78% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 94% 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.
  • 78% 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 268 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

  • Aug 18, 202620x their median

    Tuesday marks eight years since the passing of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who was regarded by so many as a guiding force for good. Today and every day, we remember him. https://t.co/GW8fas0Boc https://t.co/PL5lraPE01

    7.1K2.0K225126264K viewsView on X
  • Oct 9, 202620x their median

    Congratulations to our colleague Navi Pillay on being awarded the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize! Her unwavering commitment to justice, human rights and accountability is a source of inspiration for the United Nations and millions of people around the world. https://t.co/IXRp6gbey4

    6.9K1.8K50376129K viewsView on X
  • Sep 22, 20269.7x their median

    “The greatest power is not the power to dominate. It is the power to build a future that works for everyone.” At #UNGA, @antonioguterres stresses our shared future depends on whether humanity can govern power wisely. https://t.co/OVqSQcJLdj https://t.co/FT7BuxiBBo

    2.7K911872100143K viewsView on X
  • Oct 1, 20269.2x their median

    Coffee is enjoyed worldwide & provides livelihoods for millions. The UN supports producers, climate-resilient practices & a more sustainable coffee sector. On #InternationalCoffeeDay, we celebrate this popular beverage & the people who make it possible. https://t.co/z4EBX2WlXz https://t.co/ELYtvXfdDS

    2.8K1.1K123246186K viewsView on X
  • Aug 20, 20268.9x their median

    Uganda provides 600+ military and police officers to four @UNPeacekeeping missions. They are #ServingForPeace at great personal risk and under harsh conditions to help others. We thank them for their service and sacrifice. https://t.co/wptcVaVAAo https://t.co/l1GcCj5p1w

    2.5K775801104129K viewsView on X
  • Oct 2, 20266.1x their median

    Friday's International Day of Non-Violence marks the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, a leader who remained committed to the principle of non-violence, even in the most difficult circumstances. https://t.co/cjpYWYbGYN https://t.co/JZsSCV9jFM

    1.9K73214276107K viewsView on X
  • Aug 19, 20265.9x their median

    Orangutans are critically endangered, facing threats from climate change, habitat loss, poaching, deforestation and more. On Wednesday’s #OrangutanDay, help spread the word about the importance of protecting these incredible animals. More from @UNEP: https://t.co/SJmH6U6e2Z https://t.co/pLK2cw9Hbm

    1.6K1.0K7067171K viewsView on X
  • Sep 20, 20265.3x their median

    As world leaders arrive for #UNGA, @antonioguterres has stressed the need for unity. “My message to them is clear: Come together for peace, for dignity, for justice and for humanity.” https://t.co/ObjA4yE6p3 https://t.co/i7TtoRGPnB

    1.4K44853575114K viewsView on X
  • Oct 1, 20264.9x their median

    There are no blurred lines when it comes to consent. Yet it is still too often misunderstood, ignored or dismissed. There is no excuse for sexual violence. Women’s rights and choices must be protected. — via @UN_Women https://t.co/aTuSPP1Enu

    1.4K5392796099K viewsView on X
  • Oct 5, 20264.9x their median

    Monday is #WorldTeachersDay! Thank you to all educators around the world for their unwavering dedication to future generations. Join @UNESCO in celebrating teachers worldwide: https://t.co/62BvQEzXi9 https://t.co/zuaF5RMz4a

    1.4K6301289093K 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

#yemen#unga#climateaction#sudan#actnow

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 466 interactions against 16M followers, an engagement rate of 0.003%. Posts are seen about 40K times each, and 1.17% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.247% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 8.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 04:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 112 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.4K interactions, about 20x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #yemen, #unga, #climateaction.

What is United Nations's engagement rate on X?
United Nations (@UN) has an engagement rate of 0.003%, based on the median interactions across 112 original posts from the last 30 days against 16,110,469 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.003%, United Nations sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,424 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 @UN have real engagement?
There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
When does @UN post?
Most posts go out around 04:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 8.57 posts per day across the measured window.

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