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Dr. Sanjay Gupta engagement report

@drsanjaygupta - 2.2M followers on X

Measured over 11 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom quarter for its size
Per follower
0.002%
of 2.2M followers
Per impression
0.308%
14K views on a typical post
Reach
0.62%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
42
interactions (median)
Saved
0.059%
8 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.37/day
active 37% of days
Peak time
21:00 UTC
Friday

A typical post picks up 42 interactions against 2.2M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 11 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% of 20,182 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 14K times each, and 0.308% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.615% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.37 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 11 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.9K interactions, about 92x its own typical post.

Measured over 11 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

Dr. Sanjay Gupta's engagement rate beats 16% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,182 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 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 0.002%, Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,424 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%
p750.677%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 204,424 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,888 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 percentile0.677%
90th percentile2.55%
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 21:00 UTC, and Friday 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: 21:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 21:00 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: Friday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Friday
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 video100% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link100% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-+15%+14% to +16%32K
  • 100% 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.
  • 100% 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 347 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

  • May 6, 202692x their median

    Ted Turner was my boss and became a close friend. A few years ago, I spent time with him in Montana learning about his mission to “save everything.” Thank you, Captain Planet. Watch his story here: https://t.co/n7dwrW5YL7 https://t.co/KfR7c492Nx

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  • Jun 18, 202482x their median

    I’ve interviewed Dr. Fauci countless times over the last two decades covering topics like Anthrax, Ebola, Zika, H1N1, HIV/AIDS, Covid… but I’ve never quite heard him like this – he’s entered a new part of his life after leaving NIAID and has now had time to reflect on his 50+ years of service.

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  • Feb 7, 202635x their median

    There are 30 NFL stadiums: Half use turf, half grass. This weekend, the decision was made to play the Super Bowl on grass. From a medical standpoint, this has become one of the more provocative issues in sports. I sat down with the chief medical officer of the NFL to understand why it matters.

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  • Nov 27, 202421x their median

    A man in Kentucky was wheeled into the operating room to have his organs harvested and yet ended up being discharged from the hospital alive. When I heard this story, I didn’t believe it, so I traveled there to meet him myself and learn what exactly happened. It’s a remarkable story.

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  • May 21, 202412x their median

    As part of our documentary film, "The Last Alzheimers Patient," we investigated a strange Alzheimer’s-like disease on the island of Guam. People there were 50 to 100 times more likely to develop the disease than anywhere else on the planet. Nearly 25% of the residents there develop the disease, and for decades ethnobotanists like those at @brain_chem_labs have been trying to understand why. When people moved to Guam, their risk increased sharply. And, importantly: if they left, their risk decreased. For the first time, we present what they uncovered and the very real implications for all of us, wherever we live in the world. It has to do with Guam, flying fox bats and a simple amino acid known as L-Serine. 📺 This might be the most interesting seven minutes of your day: https://t.co/VJYoAsuQyI

    4321011912141K viewsView on X
  • Apr 19, 202613x their median

    I have worked for more than a decade on my Weed docuseries. And focusing on women felt overdue. Women are now outpacing men when it comes to the use of cannabis, particularly women between the ages of 45-60. It has been a fascinating evolution. I never would have been able to predict where this journey would take me or how many facets of medical marijuana are still left to explore. Go to the link in bio to read about the inspiration for our latest installment, and make sure you watch “Weed 8: Women and Weed” tonight at 8pET on CNN.

    39798361422K viewsView on X
  • May 19, 202410x their median

    Working on “The Last Alzheimer’s Patient” has been personal for me. I have a family history of the disease, so the idea that I could be at risk has always haunted me. It’s why I went through a battery of tests that can best be likened to my brain being cross-examined by a very skilled prosecutor. https://t.co/gmHxh8u4TE

    373454812103K viewsView on X
  • Apr 19, 202611x their median

    Why are women now outpacing men when it comes to the use of cannabis? I answered your top questions about women and cannabis. And you can learn even more by watching my new special, “Weed 8: Women and Weed,” this Sunday, April 19, at 8pET. https://t.co/pUAlYYJn5t

    32784451342K viewsView on X
  • Apr 16, 20269.0x their median

    “Weed 8: Women & Weed” airs THIS Sunday. In the eighth installment of our "Weed" documentary series, we're diving into how women are now one of the fastest-growing segments of cannabis users in the US. https://t.co/6h2NCUZ9eR

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  • Sep 24, 20255.0x their median

    Suffering isn’t just something to endure. It’s a teacher that shapes us…as I discovered through endless miles on the bike and my fight for survival. I’m loving this new book by @drsanjaygupta. It Doesn’t Have to Hurt is as much about resilience as it is about pain. This book isn’t about giving in—it’s about rising above. It’s already a bestseller, and for good reason. It’s a must-read for warriors in any arena. (📸: IG/lizkreutz)

    2792548257K 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 42 interactions against 2.2M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 11 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% of 20,182 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 14K times each, and 0.308% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.615% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.37 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 11 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.9K interactions, about 92x its own typical post.

What is Dr. Sanjay Gupta's engagement rate on X?
Dr. Sanjay Gupta (@drsanjaygupta) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 11 original posts from the last 30 days against 2,213,928 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.002%, Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits below the 10th percentile of the 204,424 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 @drsanjaygupta have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 16% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,182 accounts), which puts it in the bottom quarter 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 @drsanjaygupta post?
Most posts go out around 21:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.37 posts per day across the measured window.

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