Hilary Benn engagement report
@hilarybennmp - 160K followers on X
Measured over 6 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 22, 2026.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 6 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 112 interactions against 160K followers, an engagement rate of 0.07%. Posts are seen about 6.6K times each, and 1.70% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.15% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.23 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 6 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 7.3K interactions, about 65x its own typical post. Only 6 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 6 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 22, 2026. Recurring tag: #votelabour.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.07%, Hilary Benn sits above the 25th percentile of the 158,375 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.022% to 0.128%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.003% |
| 25th percentile | 0.022% |
| 50th percentile | 0.128% |
| 75th percentile | 0.605% |
| 90th percentile | 2.32% |
| 99th percentile | 82.9% |
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 16:00 UTC, and Thursday 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 | 0% 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.
- 0% 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 158 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
- Jun 22, 202665x their median
We saw today the dignity and decency that Keir has brought to being our Prime Minister. He has achieved so much, not least bringing Labour back into government and restoring the UK’s reputation on the world stage. We owe him our profound thanks for his service to our country.
- Jun 9, 202627x their median
People have been rightly shocked by the brutal attack in north Belfast, but the police must be allowed to do their job so the law can take its course. /1
- Jul 9, 202620x their median
The placement of a replica mosque on the Moygashel bonfire is a sickening and cowardly act of intimidation. This is not about tradition, and in no way does it represent the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland. We must stand united and completely reject such hatred.
- Jun 9, 20269.5x their median
The attack last night in Belfast was deeply shocking and all our thoughts are with the victim, who is seriously injured in hospital, and with his loved ones. I would like to thank the individuals who showed extraordinary bravery in coming to his aid. /1
- Sep 11, 20267.5x their median
My speech in today’s debate about assisted dying. I am very sorry that the Bill - which I supported because it would help relieve human suffering - did not pass. https://t.co/XoGjUl94c6
- Sep 17, 20261.6x their median
Out campaigning in the sunshine with a great team this morning for @Sagal_AW in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election. #VoteLabour https://t.co/4Y1gGLki1A
- Jun 14, 20261.5x their median
Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy, dies aged 93 https://t.co/fVZrq6fXcM
- Sep 2, 2026
🇬🇧🇪🇺 After six years in Brussels, it is time for me to say goodbye. It has been an immense privilege to serve as the UK's Ambassador to the EU and to help strengthen the UK-EU relationship during a period of renewed cooperation. https://t.co/0NRVvnTC4a
- Sep 10, 2026
My question to the Foreign Secretary about settler violence in the West Bank. https://t.co/6WS8pQG73G
- Jun 21, 2026
A wonderful event at the Middleton Railway this afternoon to mark the naming of a locomotive ‘Salamanca’ after the pioneering steam engine designed by John Blenkinsop and built by Matthew Murray in 1812. If you’ve never been to the Middleton Railway, I thoroughly recommend it. https://t.co/JOJz1WetT6
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 112 interactions against 160K followers, an engagement rate of 0.07%. Posts are seen about 6.6K times each, and 1.70% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 4.15% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.23 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 6 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 7.3K interactions, about 65x its own typical post. Only 6 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 Hilary Benn's engagement rate on X?
- Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) has an engagement rate of 0.07%, based on the median interactions across 6 original posts from the last 30 days against 159,778 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.07%, Hilary Benn sits above the 25th percentile of the 158,375 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 @hilarybennmp have real engagement?
- There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
- When does @hilarybennmp post?
- Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.23 posts per day across the measured window.