Amberin Zaman engagement report
@amberinzaman - 396K followers on X
Measured over 27 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 28, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 127 interactions against 396K followers, an engagement rate of 0.032%. Measured over 27 original posts, its engagement rate beats 52% 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 25K times each, and 0.518% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 6.19% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 5.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 27 posts sampled, 56% carry an image or video and 56% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 64K interactions, about 502x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #breaking, #yemen, #armenia.
Measured over 27 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 28, 2026. Recurring tags: #breaking, #yemen, #armenia.
Compared with accounts its own size
Amberin Zaman's engagement rate beats 52% 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 32% 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 0.032%, Amberin Zaman sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,798 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 | 0.678% |
| 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 08:00 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 | 56% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 56% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 56% 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.
- 56% 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 367 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 9, 2026502x their median
🚨 BREAKING: Francesca Albanese told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva: "They put me on a metal table, pressed my chest and head against it, restrained my hands to the end of the bed, and pulled my legs forcefully." "I felt a rod penetrate my anus and a man rape me. I started screaming, so they beat me on my back and head." "While blindfolded, I felt a man rape me and ejaculate inside my anus. I kept screaming and being beaten, and I heard a camera, so I believe they were filming me." "I can't describe what I felt. I wished I was dead. Every moment." — UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese reads Palestinian survivors' accounts of rape, torture and killing in Israeli detention centers. More than 18,500 people have been detained since Oct. 7. At least 100, including a child, have died in detention. Around 4,000 have also been forcibly disappeared. "What was lost in Palestine will be lost to all of us." https://t.co/DQaI0i3pn6
- Aug 30, 202665x their median
Trabzonspor kafilesi, Diyarbakır'a gitti. Fatih Tekke: "Naber delioğlan?" https://t.co/3b76rj3kkU
- Nov 17, 202032x their median
Sophia Lauren yeniden moda olduğuna göre 60lı yıllarda annem Ayazpaşalı Vasfiye hanım (dayıka min) ile bir fotosunu paylaşayım bari. https://t.co/B0IIC0i3gF
- Aug 28, 202629x their median
Kemal Öztürk’ün ulusal bir televizyon kanalında "Nusayrilerin hepsini katletseler yeridir" ifadelerini kullanması açık bir nefret suçu ve katliam çığırtkanlığıdır. Bu sözler sıradan bir siyasi analiz veya yorum değil; Türk Ceza Kanunu’nun 216. maddesi uyarınca "Halkı kin ve düşmanlığa tahrik" ve 214. maddesi uyarınca "Suç işlemeye alenen tahrik" suçunun en ağır halidir. Milyonların önünde bütün bir inanç grubuna yönelik kitlesel kıyım imasını normalleştiren bu karanlık zihniyete asla müsamaha gösterilemez. Cumhuriyet Savcılarını derhal soruşturma başlatmaya, RTÜK'ü ise bu mezhepçi rezalet hakkında acilen gereğini yapmaya çağırıyorum. Toplumsal barışımızı zehirlemenize ve herhangi bir inanç grubunu hedef göstermenize izin vermeyeceğiz!
- Aug 30, 202619x their median
New analysis @CNN — No, Iran is not winning. In Act IV of the war, it’s losing its leverage in Hormuz https://t.co/Tu7pUrWd95
- Sep 8, 202619x their median
Üsküdar Belediyesi'nin AKP'ye geçmesine vatandaş tepki gösterdi Bir kadın, kararın ardından gözyaşlarına hakim olamadı: "En büyük günah burası. Hepiniz bu gözyaşlarında boğulun" @firatfistik @alidenizcakir https://t.co/cnSn2H6jD1
- Sep 10, 202613x their median
News: Multiple American military aircraft suffered damage in strikes overnight on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, sources told @JimLaPorta and me. One A-10 Thunderbolt, known as the Warthog, was struck and left with a missing wing. Roughly eight F-15s sustained light damage and were placed back into service. American forces in Jordan launched more than 30 Patriots missiles defending against the Iranian strikes. The overnight damage came after the US attacked five Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iran targeting a U.S. Navy warship. In response, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed they launched attacks at eight tankers and two warships, including the base in Jordan. @cbsnews https://t.co/MGvOagtTTO
- Aug 29, 20269.9x their median
Mehdi Abi’nin bu dünyadan göç edişi Kürtlerin, hepimizin büyük kaybı. Bir akımın tek başına öncüsü ve temsilcisi gibiydi. Kürt uyanışının ilklerindendi. Kürtlerin ilk “kayyum” deneyimi 12 Eylül darbesi sürecinde Mehdi Zana’nın Diyarbakır Belediye Başkanlığından alınıp hapsedilmesiyle başladı. Avukatlığımda davasını ilk üstlendiğim isimdi. Kürtçe yasağa direnen cesur bir yurtseverdi. Ardından söylenecek söz bitmeyecek; ruhu şad olsun. Ezmûna yekem a “qeyûm”ê ya Kurdan di pêvajoya derbeya 12’ê Îlonê de dest pê kir; dema ku Mehdî Zana ji Serokatiya Şaredariya Diyarbekirê hat dûrxistin û hate girtin. Ew kesê yekem bû ku min di destpêka parêzgeriya xwe de doza wî girt ser xwe. Ew welatparezekî wêrek bû ku li dijî qedexeya zimanê Kurdî berxwedan dikir. Gotinên ku li ser wî bên gotin qet naqedin; ruhê wî şad be. #MehdiZana
- Sep 26, 20268.3x their median
Kısa Dalga'ya erişim engeli geldi. Bağımsız ve iyi gazeteciliğin baskılara karşı ayakta kalması için dayanışma şart. Bizi şu adreslerden takip edebilir ve Patreon'da maddi destekte bulunabilirsiniz: Twitter: @kisadalgamedia Bluesky: @kisadalgamedya.bsky.social İnstagram: https://t.co/05BqlhnmmM Patreon: https://t.co/jeOmAfGF61 E-bülten aboneliği: https://t.co/ucOip7MOkV Elden ele...
- Sep 6, 20263.6x their median
İlham Ahmed’le yaptığımız söyleşi yarın saat 10.00’da Jin TV’de, Türkçe altyazılı olarak da Yeni Yaşam’ın YouTube kanalında… @yeniyasamnews5 @jintvofficial_T @JinTVOfficial https://t.co/rCOioZkjsY
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 127 interactions against 396K followers, an engagement rate of 0.032%. Measured over 27 original posts, its engagement rate beats 52% 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 25K times each, and 0.518% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 6.19% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 5.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 47% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 27 posts sampled, 56% carry an image or video and 56% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 64K interactions, about 502x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #breaking, #yemen, #armenia.
- What is Amberin Zaman's engagement rate on X?
- Amberin Zaman (@amberinzaman) has an engagement rate of 0.032%, based on the median interactions across 27 original posts from the last 30 days against 396,066 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.032%, Amberin Zaman sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,798 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 @amberinzaman have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 52% 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 @amberinzaman post?
- Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 5.57 posts per day across the measured window.