World Rugby engagement report
@WorldRugby - 577K followers on X
Measured over 14 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 11, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 74 interactions against 577K followers, an engagement rate of 0.013%. Measured over 14 original posts, its engagement rate beats 37% 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 16K times each, and 0.454% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.81% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.63 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 14 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.4K interactions, about 19x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #pacificnationscup, #asahipotm, #wxv.
Measured over 14 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 11, 2026. Recurring tags: #pacificnationscup, #asahipotm, #wxv.
Compared with accounts its own size
World Rugby's engagement rate beats 37% 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 29% 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 0.013%, World Rugby sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,152 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 09:00 UTC, and Saturday 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 | 100% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 0% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | -3% | -3% to -2% | 54K |
- 100% 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.
- 0% 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 142 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
- Aug 22, 202619x their median
An elite group gains a new member π― https://t.co/Ch9sISritt
- May 17, 202613x their median
World Rugby is deeply saddened by the passing of Scotland great Scott Hastings. One of the defining players of his generation, Hastings represented Scotland across 65 test matches and played a pivotal role in the nationβs historic 1990 Grand Slam triumph. A British & Irish Lion and an iconic figure in the game, he was respected throughout world rugby for his leadership, passion and unwavering commitment on the field. Following his playing career, Hastings remained a valued voice within the sport, continuing to contribute to rugby through broadcasting and advocacy with the same authenticity and love for the game that defined his career. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, former teammates and the entire Scottish rugby community at this incredibly difficult time. Rest in peace, Scott Hastings.
- Aug 22, 202618x their median
A new centurion in the green and gold πΏπ¦ Congrats, Damian, on your 100th @Springboks cap! https://t.co/EXImTsgzkF
- Aug 27, 202616x their median
The lineups you've been waiting for π #RugbysGreatestRivalry π https://t.co/EQc601X1t3
- Sep 11, 202613x their median
The teams are set ahead of the final weekend of #RugbysGreatestRivalry action πͺ https://t.co/L9X5s9JZum
- Sep 3, 202610x their median
The squads are set ahead of another huge weekend of #RugbysGreatestRivalry action πͺ Watch the full test LIVE in the USA on the World Rugby YouTube channel π₯οΈ https://t.co/Y9xaw4JJnp
- Sep 19, 20269.8x their median
Japan win the 2026 Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup! π #PacificNationsCup https://t.co/ktbVNqpneh
- Mar 14, 2026
Allez les Bleus π«π· France go back-to-back and win the 2026 #GuinnessM6N @FranceRugby https://t.co/dyn1DRvXoL
- Aug 27, 20269.1x their median
"One of the greatest No. 8s ever..." Introducing Zinzan Brooke, Hall of Fame Inductee #177 π³πΏ #WorldRugbyHOF | @AllBlacks https://t.co/PLf7SsWAxF
- Mar 31, 2026
We cannot wait π₯ The Nations Cup comes this July & November! #NationsCup https://t.co/Vgy2Ln0qP1
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 74 interactions against 577K followers, an engagement rate of 0.013%. Measured over 14 original posts, its engagement rate beats 37% 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 16K times each, and 0.454% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.81% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.63 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 14 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.4K interactions, about 19x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #pacificnationscup, #asahipotm, #wxv.
- What is World Rugby's engagement rate on X?
- World Rugby (@WorldRugby) has an engagement rate of 0.013%, based on the median interactions across 14 original posts from the last 30 days against 577,100 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.013%, World Rugby sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,152 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 @WorldRugby have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 37% 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 @WorldRugby post?
- Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.63 posts per day across the measured window.