Chris Martenson engagement report
@chrismartenson - 266K followers on X
Measured over 70 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 24, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 268 interactions against 266K followers, an engagement rate of 0.101%. Measured over 70 original posts, its engagement rate beats 59% 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 13K times each, and 2.03% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.96% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 77% of days. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 70 posts sampled, 53% carry an image or video and 76% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 5.0K interactions, about 19x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #gold, #oil, #btc.
Measured over 70 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 24, 2026. Recurring tags: #gold, #oil, #btc.
Compared with accounts its own size
Chris Martenson's engagement rate beats 59% 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 63% 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 0.101%, Chris Martenson sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,956 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 13:00 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 | 53% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 76% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 53% 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.
- 76% 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 465 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 17, 202619x their median
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗫 𝗦𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 "𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀". 𝗜 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀. First, let me say plainly that I love the desert and the Arab cultures. But it does shape a timeline the media does not understand because they are talking about something they have never experienced. Lots of people on @X are saying the Saudi East-West pipeline and its pumping stations will be back online in days!?! I have worked these deserts, in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East, and that is not how it goes. Even if it is "Expedited", you are still looking at a month at the very least, and realistically one to three. You have to first understand what the work actually is. This is not a "gas station attendant" tightening a few bolts or replacing a motor. A pumping station hit by a ballistic missile has to be completely demolished, cleared, re-engineered and rebuilt, from the ground and concrete upwards, often with newer technology because the stations are decades old anyways and the original parts no longer exist. That means engineering, contractors, subcontractors and sub-subcontractors, each waiting on the one below them, each relying on a supply chain that is nothing like the robust, on-time machine people imagine in Germany or Norway or the West. Now layer the desert summer heat on top of that (we are still in September where the desert heat burns your feet even with shoes), and this is where the delays compound. If you are not short on supplies, your truck is stuck in the sand. If the truck moves, you are waiting on water, or waiting for the temperature to drop, because September in the Saudi desert is so brutal that crews can only work at night or in short bursts before exhaustion and medical emergencies set in. The skilled labor is largely foreign, Pakistani, Afghan, Indian and others, working under experienced engineers who must be flown in and coordinated and some of those highly skilled workers likely left when the missiles started months ago. So how do you convince them to come back? Sure you have some of your own engineers but the highly skilled ones are always brought in from overseas. And the rhythm of the day is cultural. There are the Prayer times that take thirty to forty five minutes each, several times a day, if they end up working during the day. There is a midday rest or naps. These are not flaws, they are how the society works, but they are real hours that Western timelines never account for. Then the piece almost no one has factored in. The ports are blocked via Strait of Hormuz and Bab Al Mandeeb. The heavy equipment a rebuild like this needs, the kind that normally arrives by sea ordered from overseas, cannot come by sea now. It has to be airlifted, which is far more expensive, far slower, and limited by what fits on an aircraft. Some of this machinery is too large to fly intact, so it must be disassembled, flown in pieces, and reassembled on site. Every one of those steps is a new bottleneck stacked on the last. I like to look at things from an order of effects point of view so; 1. FIRST, the immediate one, the repair itself drags out to weeks or months, not days, so Saudi export capacity stays crippled far longer than the market expects. 2. Second, the market one, that prolonged outage keeps upward pressure on oil and shipping costs, because the bypass everyone assumed would reopen quickly does not. 3. Third, the strategic one, and this is the part the optimists miss, even a fully repaired pipeline sits under the same threat that broke it. Why would the Houthis not simply hit it again, you bet they will. They have shown they are less about careful calculation than the IRGC and more about action. A rebuilt station is just a fresh target, which means the real constraint is NOT the repair time at all, perhaps it never was. It is that you cannot durably fix a node your enemy can strike at will at any time of day regardless of the weather conditions.... So ignore the days talk. Between the engineering, the desert, the blocked ports and the standing threat of another strike, this is a one-to-three month problem at best, and possibly one that cannot be permanently solved while the war continues at all. You know what to do, amplify this Signal. 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗟, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗘!!
- Jul 24, 202614x their median
The United States is about to unleash the worst catastrophe ever on economies and financial markets. Click here to read the full report behind what Tucker and I discussed: https://t.co/vCfPAZAmTB https://t.co/5njtgFPmCF
- Aug 18, 202611x their median
You do understand that there's no end to this until the economy is destroyed, right? If you do, you are in the minority and have taken steps to protect yourself, your family, and your community. If not, I wish you the very best of luck. https://t.co/m94gGwS8BR
- Sep 17, 202611x their median
Joe Kent says it best: "The problem is, regardless of who you vote for, you get more wars in the Middle East, more deficit spending, more inflation, and you get your civil liberties eroded further." We have a one-party system, and it's become obvious that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are the answer. Full interview: https://t.co/no3xgmwTjr
- Aug 31, 202611x their median
Sorry. @cynicalpublius, you are totally ruined for me. I am a man of integrity. There is nothing more important than your word, your handshake, your bond. You violated that. Blocked. History is replete with people who violated basic integrity and are, rightfully, not remembered. To paraphrase Franklin: Those who would trade temporary social gain for permanent integrity deserve neither.
- Sep 14, 20269.5x their median
A recent Princeton study analyzed over 20 years of voting and polling data and found that American voters have a "near-zero, statistically insignificant impact on public policy." So, if the US government doesn't represent the People, the obvious question becomes, "Does a political solution remain? Can we vote our way out of this, or is it too late already?" Join me as I seek to answer that question: https://t.co/TD6qwQP4Zq New episodes every Wednesday!
- Sep 20, 20268.7x their median
The Trucks Stop October 1st Diesel hit $6.28. Independent truckers are done. Trump has 11 days to prevent an economic collapse. Stock up on essentials while you can. I don’t expect this to be prolonged, but you never know. And they have had enough. And I don’t blame them. A nationwide strike starts October 1st. I would not treat this as a social media rumor. This is happening. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has been warning about this for months. Shelley Koch runs K&J Trucking and has fifty years in this business. She explained that the biggest hardship is cash flow. It takes cash out of your business immediately. At these prices, that cash flow just dried up. The math is brutal. A long-haul trucker burning 150 gallons per thousand miles paid $562 for fuel at last year’s prices. Today that same fill-up costs $942. That is $380 more per trip. Freight rates have not kept pace. Owner-operators are running loads at a loss or parking their rigs entirely. Now they are organizing. https://t.co/GVwDeva49i
- Aug 29, 20268.0x their median
OMG. This is called "stealing" in every imaginable context. Also, not something that is likely to withstand the test of time, given the poor history of people tolerating their wealth being stolen. Jungles, I should point out, are poor environments for securing explodey assets like oil upgraders and pumping stations.
- Aug 31, 20266.6x their median
TRUMP: I HAVE RULED OUT USING A NUCLEAR WEAPON ON IRAN
- Sep 6, 20265.4x their median
Everything you see online will be fake and gay within 18 months if not sooner. https://t.co/PAT04Dtgb2
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 268 interactions against 266K followers, an engagement rate of 0.101%. Measured over 70 original posts, its engagement rate beats 59% 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 13K times each, and 2.03% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.96% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 77% of days. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 70 posts sampled, 53% carry an image or video and 76% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 5.0K interactions, about 19x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #gold, #oil, #btc.
- What is Chris Martenson's engagement rate on X?
- Chris Martenson (@chrismartenson) has an engagement rate of 0.101%, based on the median interactions across 70 original posts from the last 30 days against 266,323 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.101%, Chris Martenson sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,956 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 @chrismartenson have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 59% 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 @chrismartenson post?
- Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.87 posts per day across the measured window.