World Bank Africa engagement report
@WorldBankAfrica - 588K followers on X
Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 9, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 14 interactions against 588K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 18% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 2.1K times each, and 0.664% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.358% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 50% of days. Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 96% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 356 interactions, about 25x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #thejobihopefor, #wbgmeetings, #africaeconomicupdate.
Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 9, 2026. Recurring tags: #thejobihopefor, #wbgmeetings, #africaeconomicupdate.
Compared with accounts its own size
World Bank Africa's engagement rate beats 18% 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 37% 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 0.002%, World Bank Africa sits below the 10th percentile of the 205,374 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 | 0.143% |
| 75th percentile | 0.678% |
| 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 07:00 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 | 96% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 96% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 96% 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.
- 96% 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 279 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
- Sep 12, 202625x their median
If you're passionate about creating solutions, influencing change, and contributing to a better future, your journey could begin with the @WorldBankGroup Young Professionals Program. Apply by September 30, 2026. 🔗 https://t.co/qOFLOJub1c #WBGYPP2026 https://t.co/Jqp2b57JL5
- Aug 31, 20269.3x their median
NEW REPORT: What would a fully integrated African market look like—and how do we get there? We did the research. Here are the answers: https://t.co/OzjzzgL6vL #IntegratingAfrica https://t.co/24mHZKltZn
- Aug 23, 20268.1x their median
60% of Africa's population is under 25. That's not just a statistic. It's a generation ready to build, create, and lead. The continent's #digital future belongs to them. 🌍 Read more: https://t.co/EZ3knffIPR https://t.co/BJEIZq2xUw
- Sep 14, 20266.1x their median
Intra-African trade is more diversified and manufacturing-intensive than exports to the rest of the world — yet it represents only 15–20% of total trade. Deepening regional integration through the #AfCFTA is key to #Africa's structural transformation: https://t.co/EKQSsyrlrU https://t.co/x2EIKygRRo
- Aug 30, 20265.6x their median
What if Africa’s next big jobs engine is sport? 🏟️ Infrastructure 📺 Media ✈️ Tourism 💻 Tech 🍽️ Hospitality 💼 Small businesses @IFCAfrica_VP, Ethiopis Tafara & @theBAL President, Amadou Gallo explore the opportunity. ➡️ https://t.co/mMGmQ9rfMH https://t.co/mr3NYVGxXA
- Aug 21, 20265.5x their median
Road freight regulations vary widely across Africa. One restrictive country can affect the efficiency of an entire trade corridor. Explore our interactive chart to see how regulatory barriers shape regional connectivity. https://t.co/OyBDkmg0Wx https://t.co/8nh82dbIRn
- Sep 10, 20265.1x their median
Join the next generation of development leaders. The @WorldBankGroup Young Professionals Program is seeking talented professionals eager to tackle complex development challenges and create impact on a global scale. Apply by September 30. 🔗 https://t.co/qOFLOJub1c #WBGYPP2026 https://t.co/MPAyvTvsel
- Aug 22, 20264.4x their median
Africa's economy is growing. So why isn't poverty falling? The current growth model isn't enough. A new @WorldBankGroup + @AFD_France blog lays out 5 insights to change that — starting with the 25 MILLION jobs Africa needs every year through 2050: https://t.co/EKQSsyrlrU https://t.co/KS5Hxp66g9
- Aug 28, 20263.9x their median
Road freight regulations vary widely across Africa. One restrictive country can affect the efficiency of an entire trade corridor. Explore our interactive chart to see how regulatory barriers shape regional connectivity. https://t.co/OyBDkmg0Wx https://t.co/XiulcL9tDV
- Aug 22, 20263.4x their median
AI + satellites = smarter trade. New @WorldBankGroup research shows how geospatial data can pinpoint congestion, improve freight flows, and strengthen trade corridors across Africa. 🌍🚛 Read more: https://t.co/9xxBpOH4gl https://t.co/WEVOzE2Pxr
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 14 interactions against 588K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 18% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 2.1K times each, and 0.664% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.358% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 50% of days. Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 53 posts sampled, 96% carry an image or video and 96% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 356 interactions, about 25x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #thejobihopefor, #wbgmeetings, #africaeconomicupdate.
- What is World Bank Africa's engagement rate on X?
- World Bank Africa (@WorldBankAfrica) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 53 original posts from the last 30 days against 588,333 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, World Bank Africa sits below the 10th percentile of the 205,374 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 @WorldBankAfrica have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 18% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts), which puts it in the bottom quarter for its size 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 @WorldBankAfrica post?
- Most posts go out around 07:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.13 posts per day across the measured window.