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Best Friends engagement report

@bestfriends - 259K followers on X

Measured over 49 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.019%
of 259K followers
Per impression
2.34%
2.1K views on a typical post
Reach
0.8%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
48
interactions (median)
Saved
0%
0 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
2.2/day
active 93% of days
Peak time
15:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 48 interactions against 259K followers, an engagement rate of 0.019%. Measured over 49 original posts, its engagement rate beats 31% 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 2.1K times each, and 2.34% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.794% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 49 posts sampled, 76% carry an image or video, 14% are part of a thread and 47% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.7K interactions, about 57x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #petmemorialmonth, #petloss, #wherearetheynow.

Measured over 49 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 25, 2026. Recurring tags: #petmemorialmonth, #petloss, #wherearetheynow.

Compared with accounts its own size

Best Friends's engagement rate beats 31% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 67% 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 0.019%, Best Friends sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,582 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.679%
p902.56%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 205,582 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,893 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 percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.679%
90th percentile2.56%
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 15:00 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: 15:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 15:00 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 video76% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link47% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 76% 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.
  • 47% 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 243 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

  • Jan 14, 202657x their median

    Get ready for the sweetest video you have ever seen. 🥹 This is Eugene. And as you can see, he was VERY happy to see his previous foster mom when she came to pick him up at our Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Northwest Arkansas! We think Eugene's smile says it all. 🥰 https://t.co/kwI2gs9xj5

    2.4K245561048K viewsView on X
  • Aug 28, 20265.6x their median

    Today is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day. 🌈🐾 Though they may no longer be by our side, they will always have a place in our hearts. 🧡 Share the name of a beloved pet you’re remembering today in the comments. https://t.co/e5y1qbUJFf

    183245686.0K viewsView on X
  • Aug 11, 20264.0x their median

    Sylvia's next chapter was one we couldn't have written better. 📚✨ After surviving parvo, Sylvia found her family and began a new career as a bookstore mascot! She now greets visitors at the Central Book Exchange and helps share the story of adoption with everyone she meets. 🥰 https://t.co/skTH98fO2y

    15529614.6K viewsView on X
  • Sep 10, 20263.1x their median

    Love matters at every stage of life. ❤️ After Wanda was diagnosed with an untreatable form of cancer, Cynthia didn't see the time Wanda has left, she saw the love they could still share. Hospice adoption gave Wanda the chance to spend her days where every moment is treasured. 🥹 https://t.co/ubzb59i3SF

    12024212.5K viewsView on X
  • Sep 2, 20263.0x their median

    When you're cute AND you know it! 😁✨ https://t.co/qToOli4DuJ

    13212013.0K viewsView on X
  • Aug 17, 20262.9x their median

    With support from Best Friends, Lodi Animal Services is giving people who find kittens “kitten kits” with food, litter, blankets, warming discs, & the know-how to foster them safely. That means more kittens can stay with their moms & out of the shelter! https://t.co/VDGRhcYto9 https://t.co/N1spQiS6O5

    11417605.9K viewsView on X
  • Sep 11, 20262.5x their median

    (1/3) After disappearing during a move, 12-year-old Sassy somehow ended up nearly 200 miles away from home at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. But her family never stopped looking for her. Then while looking at adoptable pets a familiar face was looking back at her. https://t.co/4rcmApZY5Y

    10212413.1K viewsView on X
  • Aug 11, 20262.5x their median

    (1/3) Some shelter pets wait too long for a home, but dedicated people keep their hope alive. Watson spent most of his young life at Daingerfield Animal Shelter. With help from PAWS Community Center, he was transported to New Hampshire & adopted in less than two weeks! https://t.co/IX52NkDDRj

    92151102.7K viewsView on X
  • Sep 20, 20262.2x their median

    Know someone who recently lost a pet? Sometimes the simplest words mean the most: “I know how much they meant to you. I’m thinking of you and remembering them with you.” Pet loss is real loss. Your kindness can help someone feel support. ❤️ #PetMemorialMonth #PetLossSupport https://t.co/eeiwJcmRrh

    8224102.1K viewsView on X
  • Sep 7, 20262.1x their median

    When we lose a pet, love doesn’t disappear. Remembering their funny habits, favorite places, silly moments and the countless ways they made life better can be an important part of healing. This Pet Memorial Month, make space for the memories. 🐾❤️ #PetMemorialMonth #PetLoss https://t.co/CQ6MFmLviJ

    8316112.7K 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.

Recurring topics

#petmemorialmonth#petloss#wherearetheynow#adopt#angelsrest

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 48 interactions against 259K followers, an engagement rate of 0.019%. Measured over 49 original posts, its engagement rate beats 31% 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 2.1K times each, and 2.34% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.794% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 49 posts sampled, 76% carry an image or video, 14% are part of a thread and 47% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 2.7K interactions, about 57x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #petmemorialmonth, #petloss, #wherearetheynow.

What is Best Friends's engagement rate on X?
Best Friends (@bestfriends) has an engagement rate of 0.019%, based on the median interactions across 49 original posts from the last 30 days against 258,530 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.019%, Best Friends sits above the 10th percentile of the 205,582 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 @bestfriends have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 31% 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 @bestfriends post?
Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.2 posts per day across the measured window.

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