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National Guard engagement report

@USNationalGuard - 817K followers on X

Measured over 56 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 27, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.009%
of 817K followers
Per impression
1.12%
6.9K views on a typical post
Reach
0.84%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
77
interactions (median)
Saved
0.029%
2 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
3.63/day
active 93% of days
Peak time
17:00 UTC
Friday

A typical post picks up 77 interactions against 817K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 56 original posts, its engagement rate beats 33% of 19,932 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 6.9K times each, and 1.12% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.842% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 56 posts sampled, 66% carry an image or video and 68% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.4K interactions, about 122x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #alwaysreadyalwaysthere, #armynationalguard, #2026bestsquad.

Measured over 56 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 27, 2026. Recurring tags: #alwaysreadyalwaysthere, #armynationalguard, #2026bestsquad.

Compared with accounts its own size

National Guard's engagement rate beats 33% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (19,932 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 10 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 51% 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 0.009%, National Guard sits above the 10th percentile of the 201,787 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.142%
p750.672%
p902.54%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 201,787 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,901 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 percentile0.142%
75th percentile0.672%
90th percentile2.54%
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 17:00 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.

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: 17:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 17:00 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: Friday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Friday
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 video66% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link68% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 66% 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.
  • 68% 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 244 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 26, 2026122x their median

    The National Guard honors @DollyParton, a proud daughter of Tennessee and a true friend of our Guardsmen. Dolly supported service members through USO programs and base visits, bringing joy to Guardsmen at home and around the globe. On Sept. 8, 2004, the 134th Air Refueling Wing unveiled “Miss Dolly” nose art on a KC-135 at McGhee Tyson ANGB. She was predeceased by her husband of nearly 59 years, Carl Dean, who served two years stateside in the Army National Guard during the Vietnam era. Fair Skies, Miss Dolly.

    8.5K900421477K viewsView on X
  • Sep 11, 202646x their median

    Twenty-five years ago, National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from across the country proved that “Always Ready, Always There” is more than a motto as they answered the call to respond to the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. We will never forget. https://t.co/rzCoGMXyVh

    3.0K4573630144K viewsView on X
  • Sep 25, 202641x their median

    As Soldiers with @MINationalGuard’s 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment prepare for deployment, Axel, the battalion’s ministry dog, is ready to put his best paw forward to support his fellow Guardsmen as he deploys alongside them. 🔗https://t.co/S2ej672qVN https://t.co/GuvBDHJrR6

    2.6K33311279112K viewsView on X
  • Sep 8, 20266.9x their median

    As a young Airman assigned to @DCGuard1802’s 113th Wing on Sept. 11, 2001, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Hook and his unit sprang into action, loading munitions onto F-16 fighter jets and preparing to protect the skies above the national capital region… https://t.co/wagOfv5j1q

    4119818422K viewsView on X
  • Aug 23, 20264.9x their median

    VIDEO: Nevada Army Guard drops water on Hawk Fire, Aug. 23, 2026. #hawkfire https://t.co/aDSQzeleK9

    2946711522K viewsView on X
  • Aug 24, 20264.9x their median

    Did you know? Airmen with the @DCGuard1802 ’s 113th Wing maintain around-the-clock readiness to rapidly launch F-16 Fighting Falcons to identify and intercept aircraft in defense of the skies over the nation’s capital. https://t.co/zv8ODck1mu

    2985221552K viewsView on X
  • Sep 21, 20264.5x their median

    Welcome home! ~40 @OHNationalGuard Soldiers were greeted by loved ones, colleagues and community members on Sunday after returning from a deployment supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in the @CENTCOM area of responsibility. https://t.co/7CeV9P9PnY

    2914511112K viewsView on X
  • Sep 5, 20263.8x their median

    “If you have a goal, why not go for it? You never know what you’re capable of unless you try.” @IDNationalGuard Maj. Annelise Rowe fulfilled a childhood dream this year by following in her mother's footsteps and completing the Boston Marathon. 🔗https://t.co/d9qQfKbaNi https://t.co/C1uiUYH2b7

    2324415210K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 20263.2x their median

    Today, more than 225 National Guardsmen from seven states continue to support wildfire response efforts across the western U.S. Throughout this summer, Guard Soldiers and Airmen have provided critical support on the ground and from the air as crews work to contain the flames. https://t.co/a4BvTWuqzl

    188461037.0K viewsView on X
  • Sep 21, 20263.2x their median

    .@FLGuard Soldiers with the 20th Special Forces Group conducted helocast training, strengthening critical water-insertion skills and remaining ready whenever and wherever they are needed to execute special forces missions. https://t.co/pQbmac8C5g

    19739628.2K 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

#alwaysreadyalwaysthere#armynationalguard#2026bestsquad#okguard#operationlonestar

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 77 interactions against 817K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 56 original posts, its engagement rate beats 33% of 19,932 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 6.9K times each, and 1.12% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.842% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 56 posts sampled, 66% carry an image or video and 68% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.4K interactions, about 122x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #alwaysreadyalwaysthere, #armynationalguard, #2026bestsquad.

What is National Guard's engagement rate on X?
National Guard (@USNationalGuard) has an engagement rate of 0.009%, based on the median interactions across 56 original posts from the last 30 days against 816,930 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.009%, National Guard sits above the 10th percentile of the 201,787 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 @USNationalGuard have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 33% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (19,932 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 @USNationalGuard post?
Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.63 posts per day across the measured window.

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