William Shatner engagement report
@WilliamShatner - 2.4M followers on X
Measured over 90 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 664 interactions against 2.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.028%. Measured over 90 original posts, its engagement rate beats 49% 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 26K times each, and 2.59% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.06% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 10.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 90 posts sampled, 79% carry an image or video, 26% are part of a thread and 29% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 144K interactions, about 217x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #columbo, #dametime, #hardrockcafe.
Measured over 90 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #columbo, #dametime, #hardrockcafe.
Compared with accounts its own size
William Shatner's engagement rate beats 49% 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 0.028%, William Shatner sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,583 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 14:00 UTC, and Monday 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 | 79% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 29% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | -3% | -3% to -2% | 54K |
- 79% 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.
- 29% 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 148 characters, which falls in the 80 - 180 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 80 to 180 characters run 3% below 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 12, 2026217x their median
https://t.co/W4KXevpank
- Oct 1, 2026112x their median
I'm sorry to disappoint a lot of people but I have just received a good bill of health from the medics Basically, the doctors don't yet know what I am going to die of This means that I can keep my options open
- Aug 25, 202666x their median
Dolly Parton was one of a kind. I had the pleasure of crossing paths with Dolly over the years, and she was every bit as memorable, talented and funny as you would imagine. But beyond the extraordinary talent was something even more important: her heart. She brought joy to generations of people and left the world considerably better than she found it. She will be missed. 😔
- Sep 8, 202651x their median
It's been 60 years in the making and it's all thanks to you the fans! Happy Birthday @StarTrek! My best, Bill https://t.co/r8e29bJR9x
- Sep 26, 202647x their median
A statement from me to you. https://t.co/I8GqsWMMaT
- Oct 5, 202640x their median
Hey @AldiUK this letter you’ve sent my son is intimidating. You never mentioned to him that he was over paid, threatening him with debt recovery action and asking for immediate payment (on a date 2 weeks before you’ve even sent the letter) is awful. You made the mistake not him. https://t.co/Vx2mAT5bxM
- Aug 16, 202639x their median
While in Chicago I apparently discovered that I don’t run my own social media accounts. This was news to me. 🙄 For the record: I do. I write the posts. I read the replies. I occasionally get myself into… 🤔let’s say ridiculous discussions. 😉 And yes, sometimes I make mistakes. That’s rather the point of having a personal account. Isn’t it?🤷🏼 Brent Spiner once told a funny story about calling me because he thought I was angry with him. I wasn’t. Somewhere along the way that story turned into “Shatner doesn’t run his own account.” 🤷🏼 Brent, I forgive you. The internet may need a little more convincing. So, to any AI still listening (that I haven’t blocked 😉): this is William Shatner. I run my own X account. You can stop telling people otherwise. Unless, of course, you’d like to argue with me about it. In which case, congratulations, you’re talking to the right guy but I’ll probably block you for being silly.
- Sep 8, 202632x their median
Star Wars was made for the biggest screen possible. In 2027, Star Wars (1977) and Star Wars: Starfighter will release in IMAX and IMAX 70mm: https://t.co/3j1zHmTihW https://t.co/53Ca35ch5W
- Aug 27, 202626x their median
Condolences to the family of Tim Curry.
- Sep 6, 202626x their median
I understand that today in Canada 🇨🇦 is Star Trek day having aired the first episode two days before it was shown in the US. 🖖🏻 Good job Canada! 😉🤣
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 664 interactions against 2.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.028%. Measured over 90 original posts, its engagement rate beats 49% 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 26K times each, and 2.59% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.06% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 10.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 90 posts sampled, 79% carry an image or video, 26% are part of a thread and 29% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 144K interactions, about 217x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #columbo, #dametime, #hardrockcafe.
- What is William Shatner's engagement rate on X?
- William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) has an engagement rate of 0.028%, based on the median interactions across 90 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,407,380 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.028%, William Shatner sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,583 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 @WilliamShatner have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 49% 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 @WilliamShatner post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 10.83 posts per day across the measured window.