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
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%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.142% |
| 75th percentile | 0.672% |
| 90th percentile | 2.54% |
| 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 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.
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 | 66% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 68% 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Aug 23, 20264.9x their median
VIDEO: Nevada Army Guard drops water on Hawk Fire, Aug. 23, 2026. #hawkfire https://t.co/aDSQzeleK9
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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 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.