Hopewell Chin’ono engagement report
@daddyhope - 898K followers on X
Measured over 91 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 22, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 291 interactions against 898K followers, an engagement rate of 0.033%. Measured over 91 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 43K times each, and 0.677% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.78% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 8.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 91 posts sampled, 79% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 16% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 14K interactions, about 47x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #brentford, #bwpresidency, #chelsea.
Measured over 91 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 22, 2026. Recurring tags: #brentford, #bwpresidency, #chelsea.
Compared with accounts its own size
Hopewell Chin’ono'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 38% 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 0.033%, Hopewell Chin’ono 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 16:00 UTC, and Monday 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 | 79% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 16% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 79% 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.
- 16% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts.
- Its average post runs 1786 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 21, 202647x their median
BREAKING: US broadcasters NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and Fox have said they will not provide pool coverage of Donald Trump's events today. It comes after the president banned three major news outlets from the White House for "reporting fake news". Read more: https://t.co/0tDjVM8zEd https://t.co/SO4fyd5UIO
- Sep 20, 202635x their median
CHARGED | Lawrence Chamurwa Mudzinganyama has been charged and will make his first appearance in Randburg Magistrates’ Court on the 01 October 2026.
- Sep 16, 202612x their median
#CountryDuty Breaking News: The Electoral Court has dismissed the ANC’s application challenging the IEC’s decision not to accommodate its late submissions of candidates. https://t.co/cpo6gQRf5i https://t.co/FOXzmkizvv
- Sep 17, 20269.4x their median
I have now listened to the whole @winkydonline album. Next week I will review one track per day. In my humble opinion, Tete-A-Tete is the most consequential album ever recorded in Zimbabwe in the new millennium. I cannot think of any other album from this era with such deep social commentary, the kind that makes you laugh, reflect and, at times, cry. I did cry as I listened to some of the tracks. He touched the raw nerve of our struggles, and he did it with remarkable depth. This is music for thinkers, music for those who seek substance. I want to tell him that he has earned his colours. What this record needs now is international promotion. To his fans, spread the message far and wide. He did the work, now spread the word. I want to end by saying this is not Zim dancehall. This is authentic reggae. I hope and pray that Reggae Land gives him a slot. He deserves it. Well done, Winky, you have made every ghetto yute proud, you have made every patriot proud. You are indeed one of the best of your generation in Africa. Please @DavidRodigan , listen to this album from Zimbabwe, you will thank me. Last night I said that I usually read on long haul flights. Listening to this album was more than reading, it nourished the mind. https://t.co/K8xX3duWNd
- Sep 3, 20268.8x their median
Tonight 7pm. https://t.co/fg2pm2YMY8
- Sep 20, 20268.3x their median
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Arrogance has a price! No matter how much money you have, learn to respect women when they say NO. His arrogance will cost him millions, and probably go to jail. It is so embarrassing that, despite having all those millions, the man has no game whatsoever. He does not even know how to chat up a woman. Money can buy many things, but it clearly cannot buy charm, confidence or social skills.
- Aug 20, 20268.1x their median
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT… Dear @daddyhope I am making this response out of turn with my usual approach not to engage individuals personally. I last spoke to you in 2022, soon after the death of Dr. Alex Magaisa. We stopped talking after there had been a leaked audio in which you and the unidentified intelligence operative, were gratuitously attacking me without basis or reason and through lies, when you had direct and full access to me. I therefore saw no reason in continuing to trust you. Since then you have been on a hateful smear campaign, devoting your time to paint me a monster and less than wise. Your post earlier follows a series of other like-sounding character assignations and malicious attacks. A line has been consistently crossed, whereby all manner of false narratives have been manufactured to damage and harm my standing , even where the verifiable truth suggests and informs otherwise. I make the following submissions, on the various wild assertions, with the sole intent of putting to bed these sideshows, distractions, and allow us to focus our attention on citizens’ struggles where it is needed most. My focus is on fighting for freedom, transformation, a Citizens Republic and a Citizens government in our life. The following are falsehoods that have been peddled and the lies conceived or concocted by haters. 1. I am a champion of structured and organized grassroots movement outfits having successfully founded and formed MDC, MDC ALLIANCE and CCC. It is simply not true that I am averse to structured politics. My record within the democratic movement says it all. I am part of a proud history of forming strong movements which have defeated dictatorship to the point of them now attempting to ban elections. Which other movements on the continent have been as strong electorally, as MDC, MDC-A and CCC? Check my involvement in all three? I am fully aware of how you achieve results. A movement is not just a name. A movement is an idea, a strategy, a structure, it’s about collective leadership, its team effort, its energizing the base, it’s an organized approach, but above all, an ability to evolve and survive, uncompromised. You do not organize effectively as we did, and win elections successively as we did, without a plan, method, a structure, and a strategy. If it were that easy and straightforward, everyone would be able to do it. 2. I’m a proud team player. It is NOT TRUE that the CCC was a “one man band.” CCC is in the local government, National Assembly and Senate. So how does CCC become a “one-man band” when it is represented across these arms of government and state, yet the ‘one man’, yours truly, is not not even part of the band? It’s just outright malice! You say I made myself President and deliberately built CCC around myself. That is false and malicious. CCC organically emerged from broad consultations we made across the length and breadth of Zimbabwe, prior to its formation. The citizens i consulted nationwide gave a mandate to spearhead the then new baby as a response to the hijacking of the MDC Alliance upon ED machinations. We went out into the countryside with three questions: i. What do we do with the fact that the court has taken away the party name, and the party from us? ii. Do we continue to participate in disputed elections without reforms ? iii. How do we select candidates, Presidential, MPs and Councillors? The responses from the citizens informed how we behaved thereafter, and up to this day. How does a “one man band” attract over 2 million votes and be able to organize and support candidates in different communities all over Zimbabwe? As a matter of verifiable fact, the CCC had organs such as the Citizens National Assembly, which met and made binding decisions which I was also bound to, even in instances where I was of a different political or strategic view. The CNA brought together cluster leaders represented different districts. We also had committees, as well as Bureau
- Aug 31, 20265.8x their median
The GOAT has retired from international football! https://t.co/k2m7DmMnrN
- Sep 3, 20265.7x their median
Kenyan President William Ruto has directed authorities to remove foreign nationals from small-scale businesses, including street hawking and operating neighbourhood shops. Enforcement is expected to begin next week as the government moves to reserve these sectors for Kenyan citizens. Meanwhile, Parliament is considering a Local Content Bill that would give the policy legal force by designating certain categories of business exclusively for Kenyans.
- Aug 23, 20265.6x their median
My concern is @kizzabesigye1’s health and life. I demand that his right to health be respected. Let me bring him home to Geneva for proper medical care. When he recovers, he will return and defend himself in court. Returning a very weak man to an airless, dark, bedbug-infested cell and denying him family care is cruel and a violation of his human rights. After @mkainerugaba’s public threat that @kizzabesigye1 would leave prison in a coffin, I cannot remain silent. Are they trying to make that threat a reality? #BailForBesigye #RightToHealth
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 291 interactions against 898K followers, an engagement rate of 0.033%. Measured over 91 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 43K times each, and 0.677% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.78% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 8.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 91 posts sampled, 79% carry an image or video, 11% are part of a thread and 16% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 14K interactions, about 47x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #brentford, #bwpresidency, #chelsea.
- What is Hopewell Chin’ono's engagement rate on X?
- Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) has an engagement rate of 0.033%, based on the median interactions across 91 original posts from the last 30 days against 897,949 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.033%, Hopewell Chin’ono 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 @daddyhope 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 @daddyhope post?
- Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 8.1 posts per day across the measured window.