Brett McGurk engagement report
@brett_mcgurk - 240K followers on X
Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 28, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 32 interactions against 240K followers, an engagement rate of 0.013%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 27% 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 8.1K times each, and 0.393% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.39% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 43% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 40% carry an image or video and 80% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.7K interactions, about 83x its own typical post.
Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 28, 2026. Recurring tag: #unga.
Compared with accounts its own size
Brett McGurk's engagement rate beats 27% 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 22% 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%, Brett McGurk sits above 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 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday 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 | 40% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 80% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | -3% | -3% to -2% | 54K |
- 40% 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.
- 80% 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 159 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
- Mar 25, 202683x their median
Iran today threatened the Bab al-Mandeb (10 percent of seaborne trade). Predictable and not new. Iran spent years building a missile and drone proxy force in Yemen able to threaten global commerce—and fired anti-ship missiles at US Navy vessels in ‘23 and ‘24. Hormuz & Mandeb ⬇️ https://t.co/Ll3BvIR15M
- Jul 21, 202620x their median
Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s A2/AD systems, Russia, China, and the Houthis—a deep dive with @wolfblitzer on @CNN earlier today. https://t.co/TrzosLzm4y
- Jul 30, 202612x their median
On Iran, three options remain: 1. Concede: Accept Iran’s effective sovereignty over the Strait. 2. Endure: Maintain blockade and manage tit-for-tat exchanges. 3. Escalate: Intensify operations inside Iran and risk expanding war. This morning with @KateBolduan on @CNN. https://t.co/LStNVtHv9Y
- Jul 16, 20269.8x their median
I’m excited to share BRINK: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages. October 7 changed the Middle East forever. This is what happened inside the room—from the Oval Office to capitals across the region. On sale October 6. Preorder now. https://t.co/leC7DIasVn
- Aug 4, 20269.3x their median
New reports tonight of Iran droning ships in the Strait of Hormuz. No signs the IRGC is deterred or seeks a deal on terms the U.S. might accept. Tonight on @CNN with @JohnBerman. https://t.co/nmcCe0CWza
- Jul 22, 20268.0x their median
Discussed the U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement and broader risks of nuclear proliferation as arms control treaties expire and rules erode—today on @CNN with @jimsciutto. https://t.co/iUlCQTSaBT
- Jul 21, 20267.8x their median
My thoughts are with Americans serving tonight in the Middle East and the families of our fallen. This is not the first time Iran has targeted our living quarters. Earlier tonight on @CNN. https://t.co/aLy5AEbyly
- Jul 24, 20265.8x their median
Discussing the latest on Iran as more U.S. forces move into the Middle East, and Trump’s new condition on a Saudi nuclear pact—tonight on @CNN with Beth Sanner and @jimsciutto. https://t.co/05RxaprzoH
- Jul 31, 20264.5x their median
In the Middle East, the United States is in a tough spot—but so is Iran. Tonight on @CNN with @kaitlancollins. https://t.co/t6YI3iGSDf
- Jul 24, 20264.3x their median
Iran weaponized the Strait of Hormuz. Now its neighbors are working to bypass it altogether. The Middle East energy map is being redrawn—new for @CNN today. https://t.co/oBnAO03uVX
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 32 interactions against 240K followers, an engagement rate of 0.013%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 27% 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 8.1K times each, and 0.393% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.39% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 43% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 40% carry an image or video and 80% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.7K interactions, about 83x its own typical post.
- What is Brett McGurk's engagement rate on X?
- Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) has an engagement rate of 0.013%, based on the median interactions across 10 original posts from the last 30 days against 240,119 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.013%, Brett McGurk sits above 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 @brett_mcgurk have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 27% 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 @brett_mcgurk post?
- Most posts go out around 12:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1 posts per day across the measured window.