Fitsum Arega engagement report
@fitsumaregaa - 559K followers on X
Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 13, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 139 interactions against 559K followers, an engagement rate of 0.025%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 47% of 21,185 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 8.3K times each, and 1.66% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.49% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.2 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 22% are part of a thread and 22% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 285 interactions, about 3.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ethiopia, #addisababa, #ethiopians.
Measured over 9 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 13, 2026. Recurring tags: #ethiopia, #addisababa, #ethiopians.
Compared with accounts its own size
Fitsum Arega's engagement rate beats 47% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 61% 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 0.025%, Fitsum Arega sits above the 10th percentile of the 212,741 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.146% |
| 75th percentile | 0.697% |
| 90th percentile | 2.61% |
| 99th percentile | 82.8% |
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 11:00 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.
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 | 22% 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.
- 22% 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 548 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
- Jul 6, 20263.3x their median
Congratulations #Ethiopia! Record 10.7 billion export earnings, achieving 114% of the plan! Macro & financial reforms are delivering excellent results. Gold & Cofee breaking records, with oilseeds, flowers, hydroelectricity & emerging manufacturing fueling the boom under the “Made in Ethiopia” initiative. Sustaining the reforms, the Green Legacy (coffee & fruit trees), investing in value addition & diversification will drive even greater success. The future is bright, keep rising!
- Aug 14, 20262.0x their median
So many #Ethiopians are visiting home during this season. It was a great pleasure to meet William Alatalo and his mom, Mimi Alatalo, here in #addisababa and have wonderful conversation. William is a talented GT and Formula 3 racer and a second generation Ethiopian from the diaspora. His future is bright, and I wish him every success as he continues to proudly represent both #Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and #Finland 🇫🇮! @AlataloWilliam
- Sep 11, 20261.9x their median
It is time to tell about #Ethiopia’s, #Africa’s time! @Time’s powerful cover story captures it perfectly, #GERD is not just a dam. It is a demonstration of African self reliance, financed by #Ethiopians at home and in the diaspora, now generating over 5,000 MW and offering a model for regional power trade and shared prosperity. From the Blue Nile to an interconnected Africa, the renaissance is bigger than one nation. Let’s unite, let’s continue the great work. Always! It will fully show up and power Africa!
- Aug 22, 20261.9x their median
A new chapter has been written in Ethiopia’s peace and nation building journey. After 40 days of deliberations at the Addis International Convention Center, nearly 4,000 delegates to the Historic National Dialogue Conference, by acclamation, officially submitted almost 400 recommendations to the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission, making the peaceful conclusion of both the conference and a five year national dialogue process. Congratulations! This is not the end, it is a beginning of a new chapter toward national consensus, lasting peace, and a stronger #Ethiopia. 🇪🇹 Grateful for the Almighty for guiding this historic achievement!
- Sep 21, 20261.7x their median
The Nile is a shared natural resource. #Ethiopia’s rights are as legitimate as Egypt’s. A fair 21st century deal already exists & entered in to force in 2024: #CFA (the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement). Egypt should drop old colonial era claims (1929 & 1959) & join the rest of the riparian states for equitable, sustainable use of the #Nile. For all.
- Aug 3, 20261.6x their median
This morning, I joined our Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli’s #GreenLegacy campaign to plant fruit and other indigenous tree seedlings in #addisababa as part of the ambitious goal of planting 800 million trees in a single day across #Ethiopia. Despite the rain, the momentum is unstoppable. The campaign runs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm today, a truly extraordinary national effort for a greener future. Let today’s action become tomorrow’s legacy! @Mustafe_M_Omer
- Sep 27, 20261.5x their median
🇪🇹 Congratulations! #Ethiopian double at the Berlin Marathon! Tigist Assefa wins the women’s race in 2:11:04, the 3rd fastest time in history, despite an injury in the closing stages. Women’s 1-5, 7 & 10, from 🇪🇹 Guya Adola takes the men’s title with a personal best of 2:02:50. Men’s 1,2,4-8 & 10, from 🇪🇹 This is marathon running at its finest! Amazing winning team! #Ethiopia @WorldAthletics አትሌት ትዕግስት አሰፋ እና አትሌት ጉያ አዶላ የበርሊን ማራቶንን በምርጥ ሰዓት በማሸነፍ አስደንቀውናል። በሴቶች ከ1ኛ-5ኛ፣ 7ኛ፣ እና 10ኛ ደረጃን እንዲሁም በወንዶች 1ኛ፣ 2ኛ፣ ከ4ኛ-8ኛ እና 10ኛን ኢትዮዽያውያን ተቆጣጥረውታል። እንዲህ ነው ማራቶን!
- Aug 9, 2026
Today, the Ethiopian Diaspora Service, in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, organized a special visit to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for diaspora members who have participated in the National Dialogue Conference for the past 3 weeks, and supported the #GERD through fundraising, advocacy, and international awareness. For many, it was an exciting first visit to the GERD. During their visit, the diaspora members commended the leadership, commitment, and determination in overcoming the challenges, mobilizing resources, and completing and connecting the GERD to the national grid. The GERD was completed, inaugurated, and became operational last September. Today, approximately 50% of Ethiopia’s power generation comes from the GERD, and within just one year, thousands of villages have been connected to electricity, transforming lives and creating new opportunities for communities across the country.
- Oct 5, 2026
Heartfelt congratulations to H.E. Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli (PhD) on his well deserved reappointment today for a second term as Prime Minister of #Ethiopia. May you be blessed with wisdom, strength, and continued success as you lead our nation toward lasting peace, prosperity, and progress! #Medemer
- Aug 23, 2026
#Ethiopia proudly welcomed 120 second-generation #Ethiopian diaspora youth and their families from Canada, led by former Ethiopian national soccer star and Coach Ashenafi Girma. Beyond a football tournament, they explored the Adwa Museum, Entoto Park, and landmarks across Addis Ababa, reconnecting with Ethiopia’s history, culture, and heritage. For many, it was more than a visit, it was a journey of identity and belonging.
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 139 interactions against 559K followers, an engagement rate of 0.025%. Measured over 9 original posts, its engagement rate beats 47% of 21,185 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 8.3K times each, and 1.66% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.49% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.2 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 63% of days. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 9 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 22% are part of a thread and 22% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 285 interactions, about 3.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #ethiopia, #addisababa, #ethiopians.
- What is Fitsum Arega's engagement rate on X?
- Fitsum Arega (@fitsumaregaa) has an engagement rate of 0.025%, based on the median interactions across 9 original posts from the last 30 days against 558,548 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.025%, Fitsum Arega sits above the 10th percentile of the 212,741 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 @fitsumaregaa have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 47% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 @fitsumaregaa post?
- Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.17 posts per day across the measured window.