Freelancers Union engagement report
@freelancersu - 86K followers on X
Measured over 11 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 8 interactions against 86K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 11 original posts, its engagement rate beats 7% of 3,882 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 823 times each, and 0.972% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.961% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.47 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 11 posts sampled, 91% carry an image or video and 82% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 169 interactions, about 21x its own typical post.
Measured over 11 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 1, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Freelancers Union's engagement rate beats 7% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,882 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 3 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 31% 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 0.009%, Freelancers Union sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,701 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.081% |
| 75th percentile | 0.439% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 156.3% |
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 17:00 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% | 53K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 52K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 55K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 44K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 43K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 50K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 54K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 63K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 72K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 75K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 81K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 90K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 98K |
| 14:00 UTC | -3% | 101K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 105K |
| 16:00 UTC | -4% | 102K |
| 17:00 UTC | -3% | 95K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 88K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 83K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 77K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 69K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 60K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 238K |
| Monday | 0% | 302K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 302K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 257K |
| Thursday | -2% | 250K |
| Friday | -3% | 259K |
| Saturday | +3% | 233K |
Best tweets
- Apr 20, 202321x their median
PSA: With the loss of our blue check mark, we just wanted to remind you that @freelancersu and @nyc_hub are the ONLY official twitter accounts for the Freelancers Union!
- Jun 16, 20268.4x their median
When our former Executive Director @rlespinal was appointed by Mayor Mamdani to become the new @madeinny Commissioner, we knew that we would have big shoes to fill. We're thrilled to announce that Chief of Staff @AndreaGordillo will be our new Executive Director https://t.co/SEFal3bvY5
- Jul 8, 20265.3x their median
Freelance photographers are organizing against a new contract at the Wall Street Journal that they say opens their work up to AI training. @dzalcman, a leading photojournalist, assesses the stakes. https://t.co/wE23w67D9O
- Jun 26, 20262.3x their median
Happy Pride from the Freelancers Union ๐ https://t.co/DzRtNEd6d3
- Jul 9, 20262.1x their median
Freelance photographers deserve more than assurances. They deserve enforceable rights that protect their livelihoods from corporate decisions that prioritize profits and AI partnerships over the people whose work creates value. https://t.co/k79mTYMLpB
- Jul 4, 20261.9x their median
Happy 4th to all of the freelancers out there, who know a thing or two about declaring independence ๐ https://t.co/uD1SIHSSTj
- Aug 19, 20261.6x their median
This is a win for freelancers and creators everywhere. We commend the judge for making this decision as it builds the necessary precedent for artists to protect their original works from being used to train AI without disclosure or payment. https://t.co/xxunHXh7dw
- Jul 15, 20261.6x their median
Meet our new Executive Director, @andreagordillo. In her welcome note, she shares her journey, why she chose to lead Freelancers Union at this pivotal moment for independent workers, and her vision for whatโs ahead https://t.co/IyWWdeUIjO. https://t.co/d0KUwuQDBe
- Jun 4, 20261.6x their median
There are many unknowns right now, but one thing is for certain โ freelancers are excited to share resources, learn from each other, & hold bad actors accountable. We couldn't have better proof of that than our Freelance Isn't Free Day. Read the recap: https://t.co/vs83qJ2wLu. https://t.co/xetgS63IdU
- Aug 25, 20261.5x their median
It may be August, but taxes are a year-round headache for freelancers. This is the advice you need most, even if it's what you want to hear the least. https://t.co/3b4rmCDo9S
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 8 interactions against 86K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 11 original posts, its engagement rate beats 7% of 3,882 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 823 times each, and 0.972% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.961% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.47 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 11 posts sampled, 91% carry an image or video and 82% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 169 interactions, about 21x its own typical post.
- What is Freelancers Union's engagement rate on X?
- Freelancers Union (@freelancersu) has an engagement rate of 0.009%, based on the median interactions across 11 original posts from the last 30 days against 85,663 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.009%, Freelancers Union sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,701 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 @freelancersu have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 7% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,882 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 10% 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 @freelancersu post?
- Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.47 posts per day across the measured window.