United States Space Force engagement report
@USSpaceForce - 726K followers on X
Measured over 29 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 587 interactions against 726K followers, an engagement rate of 0.081%. Measured over 29 original posts, its engagement rate beats 67% 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 23K times each, and 2.57% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.15% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 19:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 29 posts sampled, 55% carry an image or video and 69% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 7.7K interactions, about 13x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #afa2026, #afanational, #sempersupra.
Measured over 29 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #afa2026, #afanational, #sempersupra.
Compared with accounts its own size
United States Space Force's engagement rate beats 67% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 74% 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 0.081%, United States Space Force sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,694 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 | 0.677% |
| 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 19:00 UTC, and Wednesday 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 | 55% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 69% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 55% 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.
- 69% 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 300 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
- Sep 11, 202613x their median
We have just unfurled the American flag at the Pentagon on the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. MAY WE NEVER FORGET.
- Sep 2, 20265.5x their median
Guardians, Airmen and staff applaud Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and Jennifer Saltzman on his final day at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Sept. 2, 2026. #SemperSupra https://t.co/YYFrXZC7sB
- Aug 7, 20263.7x their median
Senate confirms Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to serve as the next Chief of Space Operations. Schiess will succeed Gen. Chance Saltzman who is preparing to retire after a 35-year military career. Read more: https://t.co/oB4EN8ulru
- Aug 8, 20262.8x their median
Celebrating excellence in training Congratulations to the 535th Training Squadron, Space Delta 1, for being named Unit of the Year! 🎉 A special shoutout to Tech. Sgt. Tyler J. Strauser, recognized as Military Training Instructor of the Year. Their dedication to revolutionizing Space Force Basic Military Training and enhancing the development of combat-ready Guardians is truly inspiring. Here's to their hard work and commitment to excellence! Story here: https://t.co/Qcx7o0ib4E
- Aug 27, 20262.7x their median
STARCOM has launched the 320th Recruiting Squadron—the Space Force’s very first dedicated recruiting squadron. They’re connecting with communities and schools nationwide to find the talent needed for our space mission! #SpaceForce https://t.co/jQ4TxQYnN8
- Sep 18, 20262.6x their median
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess at #AFA2026 "Let me be crystal clear. Today, Guardians operate on-orbit weapons that can defend the joint force against space-enabled attacks." #SemperSupra https://t.co/73GYvTrHuQ
- Sep 17, 20262.4x their median
"Before you became an acquirer, a space operator, an intel analyst, or a cyber operator, you were a Guardian first." Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess shares a message on identity and unity during his keynote at #AFA2026. https://t.co/ZL4L5U8Bma
- Sep 30, 20262.1x their median
Congratulations to the 10 Guardians who recently graduated the Regional Space Advisor Academics Course. Established on April 11, 2024, the RSA program is the Space Force’s deliberate development initiative for international affairs and security cooperation skillsets within its cadre. #SpaceLeadership #RSAAC #GuardiansOfTheFuture
- Sep 16, 20262.1x their median
The space domain is increasingly contested from low Earth orbit to cislunar space. At #AFA2026, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess highlighted how the Space Force is accelerating capacity, maturing capabilities & developing Guardians to outpace the threat. https://t.co/6j79rzk5r1
- Sep 12, 20262.1x their median
Defending the digital frontier In an unprecedented collaboration, Cosmic Chimera united the 33rd Range and Aggressor Squadron, Space Delta 11, with the 645th Cyberspace Squadron and a cyber protection team of remote observers from Naval Network Warfare Command. #CyberDefense #SpaceOperations #Teamwork #Innovation More: https://t.co/epXY3mEK9A
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 587 interactions against 726K followers, an engagement rate of 0.081%. Measured over 29 original posts, its engagement rate beats 67% 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 23K times each, and 2.57% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.15% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 19:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 29 posts sampled, 55% carry an image or video and 69% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 7.7K interactions, about 13x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #afa2026, #afanational, #sempersupra.
- What is United States Space Force's engagement rate on X?
- United States Space Force (@USSpaceForce) has an engagement rate of 0.081%, based on the median interactions across 29 original posts from the last 30 days against 726,421 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.081%, United States Space Force sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,694 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 @USSpaceForce have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 67% 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 @USSpaceForce post?
- Most posts go out around 19:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.67 posts per day across the measured window.