Ernie Ball engagement report
@ernieball - 228K followers on X
Measured over 4 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 4 original posts for this account, below the 8 we require before treating a median as settled. The numbers above describe what we have seen so far, not a finished profile of the account.
A typical post picks up 129 interactions against 228K followers, an engagement rate of 0.057%. Posts are seen about 7.2K times each, and 1.80% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.14% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.17 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 4 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 25% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 277 interactions, about 2.1x its own typical post. Only 4 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
Measured over 4 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026. Recurring tag: #iplayslinky.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.057%, Ernie Ball sits above the 25th percentile of the 202,175 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.142%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.142% |
| 75th percentile | 0.672% |
| 90th percentile | 2.54% |
| 99th percentile | 82.5% |
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 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 | 100% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 25% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | -3% | -3% to -2% | 54K |
- 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.
- 25% 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 129 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
- Aug 3, 20262.1x their median
All James Hetfield wants for his birthday is…. HEAVY. Happy Birthday to the legend himself! 🎉 What’s your favorite Hetfield riff? https://t.co/DkITbbgR0s
- May 28, 20262.0x their median
This Quilt Maple Top on the Translucent Red 30th Anniversary Axis 😮💨 Available at https://t.co/slctUisMdH. https://t.co/6ryjsvatgq
- Jun 18, 20261.9x their median
Help us wish a very happy birthday to the legend, Paul McCartney 🎂 https://t.co/yGLg0HRDeK
- Aug 27, 20261.7x their median
Three new Slinkys just joined the family. 👀 Meet Silky Slinky 9.5-48, Nova Slinky 11-54, and Titan Slinky 11-56. Three new gauge combinations, each with its own feel, all built with the Slinky formula you already know. Peep the expansion: https://t.co/hs5I4g7bG7 https://t.co/mAcgBt5x65
- May 27, 20261.7x their median
Mahogany neck through ✅ Alder wings ✅ Maple top ✅ Check out the all-new John Petrucci Signature Majesty Premium Select. Featured here in the Strawberry Moon finish. https://t.co/R6w7Ch3p7k
- Jul 2, 20261.6x their median
Less noise. More precision. Introducing the John Petrucci Signature FretWrap by Gruv Gear—designed to tame unwanted overtones and keep your playing clean from the studio to the stage. Available now: https://t.co/yg36fbasfg https://t.co/6gVL5BLVKJ
- Sep 15, 2026
Somewhere on tour with Kasabian, tuning up with a fresh set of Super Slinkys. 🤩 #iplayslinky https://t.co/RScTO7DmJG
- Jul 30, 2026
Happy big 9-0 to the one and only Buddy Guy! Here's hoping you're celebrating with a well-earned glass of cognac. Cheers to a true blues legend. 🥃 (Video c/o from choosechicago YT) https://t.co/pIwlDQ1RTu
- Sep 22, 2026
Your guitar’s fall wardrobe just got an upgrade. 🍂 Four new Jacquard Strap designs have arrived: Quilted Flora, Zen Garden, Scales and Feathers, and Zipper Ripper. https://t.co/rGMvnTqRkG https://t.co/4rbl8sA4MH
- Aug 31, 2026
Celebrating Ernie Ball’s 96th birthday and the legacy he left behind. Every day, we work hard to honor and build on what Ernie created. We’re incredibly grateful for the foundation he built and the generations of musicians he continues to inspire. In honor of Ernie, show us your setup: post your favorite Ernie Ball pack and tell us your go-to gauges in the comments. 👇
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 129 interactions against 228K followers, an engagement rate of 0.057%. Posts are seen about 7.2K times each, and 1.80% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.14% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.17 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 4 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 25% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 277 interactions, about 2.1x its own typical post. Only 4 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.
- What is Ernie Ball's engagement rate on X?
- Ernie Ball (@ernieball) has an engagement rate of 0.057%, based on the median interactions across 4 original posts from the last 30 days against 227,806 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.057%, Ernie Ball sits above the 25th percentile of the 202,175 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 @ernieball have real engagement?
- There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
- When does @ernieball post?
- Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.17 posts per day across the measured window.