Back to @flysaa's profile

SAA - South African Airways engagement report

@flysaa - 441K followers on X

Measured over 18 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom quarter for its size
Per follower
0.006%
of 441K followers
Per impression
0.827%
3.0K views on a typical post
Reach
0.67%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
24
interactions (median)
Saved
0.034%
1 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.67/day
active 60% of days
Peak time
13:00 UTC
Tuesday

A typical post picks up 24 interactions against 441K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 18 original posts, its engagement rate beats 23% of 3,862 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 3.0K times each, and 0.827% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.672% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.67 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 60% of days. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 18 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.3K interactions, about 386x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #flysaa, #saa, #saavoyager.

Measured over 18 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 29, 2026. Recurring tags: #flysaa, #saa, #saavoyager.

Compared with accounts its own size

SAA - South African Airways's engagement rate beats 23% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,862 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 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 45% 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 0.006%, SAA - South African Airways sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,350 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.

p100.002%
p250.012%
p50 (median)0.081%
p750.437%
p902.10%
p99159.9%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 37,350 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 106,576 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 percentile0.002%
25th percentile0.012%
50th percentile0.081%
75th percentile0.437%
90th percentile2.10%
99th percentile159.9%

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 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.

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: 13:00 UTC.
0003060912151821
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 6%Busiest hour: 13:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
00:00 UTC-1%52K
01:00 UTC-2%53K
02:00 UTC-3%51K
03:00 UTC-4%55K
04:00 UTC-6%44K
05:00 UTC-4%43K
06:00 UTC-4%49K
07:00 UTC-5%53K
08:00 UTC-4%62K
09:00 UTC-3%71K
10:00 UTC-2%74K
11:00 UTC-3%80K
12:00 UTC-2%88K
13:00 UTC-2%97K
14:00 UTC-4%100K
15:00 UTC-2%103K
16:00 UTC-3%100K
17:00 UTC-3%93K
18:00 UTC-2%87K
19:00 UTC-2%82K
20:00 UTC-1%76K
21:00 UTC-1%67K
22:00 UTC-1%58K
23:00 UTC-1%52K
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: Tuesday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 5%Busiest day: Tuesday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%235K
Monday0%296K
Tuesday-3%292K
Wednesday-1%254K
Thursday-2%248K
Friday-3%256K
Saturday+3%230K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

Best tweets

  • Jun 18, 2026386x their median

    🚨 It's MATCH DAY!!! 🚨 ⚽ Czechia vs Bafana Bafana πŸ“… Thursday, 18 June 2026 β€‹πŸŸοΈ Atlanta Stadium πŸ•• Kick-off: 18:00 πŸ–₯ SABC1 & SABC Sport Photo Credit: @MLS #Fifaworldcup #BafanaPride #BafanaBafana https://t.co/0B8PIGkaxj

    5.0K1.4K2.1K763518K viewsView on X
  • Jul 25, 202634x their median

    As you take on the field, know that a nation is behind you, cheering you on every kick! ⚽️ Best wishes from your SAA family πŸ«‘πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦βœˆοΈ #BanyanaBanyana #WAFCON2026 #SAA https://t.co/no8jjfJ1PW

    6511672113K viewsView on X
  • Aug 27, 202622x their median

    Capturing the perfect moment βœˆοΈπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ #SAA #FlySAA #SAAfleet https://t.co/vLz8H8un7Y

    4327314415K viewsView on X
  • Aug 15, 202617x their median

    πŸ«‘πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦βœˆοΈ #FlyingTheFlag #FlySAA #SAAfleet #SAA https://t.co/pnWTc29CJb

    3474115415K viewsView on X
  • Aug 5, 202611x their median

    South African Airways (SAA) and @emirates today announced an expansion of their codeshare partnership, enabling access to nine cities and establishing the start of a reciprocal codeshare agreement between both carriers. The expanded partnership opens more destinations across central and southern Africa, simplifying connectivity for customers. Read full press release | https://t.co/nQjSQkUmvf #SAA #FlySAA #Emirates #Codeshare

    194574315K viewsView on X
  • Jun 28, 202610x their median

    Ready for kick-off | Ready for victory βš½πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ The whole nation is behind you, @BafanaBafana! Proudly flying the flag with you πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Let's go, Bafana! πŸ’›πŸ’š #SouthAfrica #FlySAA #FifaWorldCup2026 @SAFA_net https://t.co/ieYfHv7M2f

    20140413.4K viewsView on X
  • Aug 9, 20267.6x their median

    WIN 1 Million SAA Voyager miles! πŸ₯³πŸ›« Every journey starts with someone who believed in you. Tell us about the woman who inspires you for your chance to win! To enter, comment below and tell us: Who inspires you Why does she deserve to be celebrated Where would you travel together if you won Tag the woman you’re celebrating in your comment. And if you’re not a Voyager member yet, be sure to sign up for SAA Voyager so you’re ready to receive your miles should you be our lucky winner. ✨ One entry per person. T&Cs apply: https://t.co/Pr32qbfqvE #SAA #FlySAA #SAAVoyager

    83376037.7K viewsView on X
  • Jun 29, 20264.9x their median

    Well played, @BafanaBafana πŸ«‘πŸ’™πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ The result may not have gone our way, but our pride forever remains. #BafanaBafana #SouthAfrica #FlySAA #FifaWorldCup2026 @SAFA_net https://t.co/HytHoGN9Yi

    9717302.1K viewsView on X
  • Jul 4, 20263.8x their median

    Where will the flag fly you to next? βœˆοΈπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ #FlyingTheFlag #FlySAA #SAAfleet https://t.co/j8Z6j64I1A

    779413.4K viewsView on X
  • Jun 20, 20263.7x their median

    Cruising πŸ›«πŸ€ #SAA #FlySAA #SAAfleet https://t.co/HMXVnfEls5

    7310513.4K 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.

Recurring topics

#flysaa#saa#saavoyager#flyingtheflag#saafleet

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.

Buy or sell X accounts - escrow-protected

PlayerSells is an escrow marketplace for X accounts. Every deal is protected, with no middleman risk.

Reading these numbers

A typical post picks up 24 interactions against 441K followers, an engagement rate of 0.006%. Measured over 18 original posts, its engagement rate beats 23% of 3,862 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 3.0K times each, and 0.827% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.672% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.67 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 60% of days. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 18 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 67% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 9.3K interactions, about 386x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #flysaa, #saa, #saavoyager.

What is SAA - South African Airways's engagement rate on X?
SAA - South African Airways (@flysaa) has an engagement rate of 0.006%, based on the median interactions across 18 original posts from the last 30 days against 440,813 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.006%, SAA - South African Airways sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,350 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 @flysaa have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 23% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,862 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 @flysaa post?
Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.67 posts per day across the measured window.

Keep going