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The Baltimore Sun engagement report

@baltimoresun - 309K followers on X

Measured over 92 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom 10% for its size
Per follower
0%
of 309K followers
Per impression
0%
873 views on a typical post
Reach
0.28%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
0
interactions (median)
Saved
0%
0 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
3.33/day
active 13% of days
Peak time
20:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 0 interactions against 309K followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 92 original posts, its engagement rate beats 0% of 20,183 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 873 times each, and 0% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.282% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.3 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 92 posts sampled, 48% carry an image or video, 7% are part of a thread and 70% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 87 interactions.

Measured over 92 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

The Baltimore Sun's engagement rate beats 0% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,183 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 0% 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%, The Baltimore Sun sits below the 10th percentile of the 203,096 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.142%
p750.674%
p902.54%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 203,096 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,901 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.142%
75th percentile0.674%
90th percentile2.54%
99th percentile82.4%

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 20:00 UTC, and Thursday 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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 20:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 20:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
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 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Thursday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Thursday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

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.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video48% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link70% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 48% 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.
  • 70% 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 261 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

  • Oct 15, 2026

    Opinion: Andy Harris' debate performance shows Maryland's 1st District needs a fresh face, writes Andrew L. Yarrow. https://t.co/N9nUIMuVqG

    61111412.1K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 202684x their median

    The Orioles celebrated the 60th anniversary of the 1966 World Series on Friday. Jim Palmer, Boog Powell and Eddie Watt all threw out the first pitch before the game. Of course, Palmer delivered a strike. https://t.co/QGVPT8B3Fg

    68140221K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 202662x their median

    GUNNAR HENDERSON NEW WALKUP SONG Gunnar Henderson has changed his walkup song (at least for today). He's going with "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd instead of "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani. https://t.co/WYcD3BEC9q

    485547.7K viewsView on X
  • Oct 15, 2026

    In a guest commentary, Andrew L. Yarrow argues that Maryland's 1st Congressional District should elect Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz over Republican Rep. Andy Harris, saying Harris has broken his term-limit pledge and failed to serve the largely rural district effectively. Yarrow, a former New York Times reporter and history professor, writes that Schwartz made a stronger case during their debate this week on issues from the Chesapeake Bay to rural healthcare and tariffs affecting farmers, while Harris "dodged" questions and called constituents "rude" for disagreeing with him.

    3912701.8K viewsView on X
  • Sep 4, 202650x their median

    The smartest man in the building. @Jeopardy host Ken Jennings visits Camden Yards. https://t.co/0HADXboc66

    407213.9K viewsView on X
  • Sep 17, 2026

    Visitors to downtown Baltimore on Sunday will navigate heavy traffic and road closures, with the Ravens playing their home opener at M&T Bank Stadium at 1 p.m. and an Orioles game scheduled at Camden Yards for 7:20 p.m. The Baltimore City Department of Transportation began promoting the road closures Wednesday and advised residents to prepare for limited parking and increased pedestrian activity. Residents not attending either game are encouraged to avoid the immediate stadium area and use alternate routes. Read more: https://t.co/rfYgaPXSR3 📸: File photo

    369315.0K viewsView on X
  • Sep 5, 202638x their median

    Benchs clear here at Camden Yards. Looks like Blaze Alexander was in the middle of it. Not sure what caused it. No one was ejected

    321418.6K viewsView on X
  • Sep 17, 2026

    “You know, as a governor what I do every year? I balance my budget,” he said. Maryland Republicans pushed back on that statement. https://t.co/lK16eyvyvT

    1411332.1K viewsView on X
  • Sep 17, 2026

    In preparation for the tens of thousands of fans expected to attend the Ravens’ and Orioles’ home games on Sunday, the teams altered their normal parking and traffic flow plans to ease congestion in downtown Baltimore. Read more: https://t.co/hHUofdI5bC 📸: Julio Cortez, AP Photo

    166427.1K viewsView on X
  • Sep 17, 2026

    President Donald Trump revoked a 2009 order guiding Chesapeake Bay restoration, prompting warnings that the move could threaten decades of environmental progress. https://t.co/NkjNqim17H

    72511.6K viewsView on X

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.

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Reading these numbers

A typical post picks up 0 interactions against 309K followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 92 original posts, its engagement rate beats 0% of 20,183 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 873 times each, and 0% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.282% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.3 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 92 posts sampled, 48% carry an image or video, 7% are part of a thread and 70% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 87 interactions.

What is The Baltimore Sun's engagement rate on X?
The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) has an engagement rate of 0%, based on the median interactions across 92 original posts from the last 30 days against 309,301 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0%, The Baltimore Sun sits below the 10th percentile of the 203,096 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 @baltimoresun have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 0% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,183 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 10% 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 @baltimoresun post?
Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.33 posts per day across the measured window.

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