KOMO News engagement report
@komonews - 500K followers on X
Measured over 32 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 20, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 10 interactions against 500K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 32 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% of 20,182 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 2.6K times each, and 0.363% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.523% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 7% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 32 posts sampled, 25% carry an image or video and 88% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 302 interactions, about 30x its own typical post.
Measured over 32 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 20, 2026. Recurring tag: #livedesk.
Compared with accounts its own size
KOMO News's engagement rate beats 16% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,182 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 24% 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 0.002%, KOMO News sits below the 10th percentile of the 203,761 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.142% |
| 75th percentile | 0.676% |
| 90th percentile | 2.54% |
| 99th percentile | 82.4% |
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 14:00 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 | 25% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 88% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 25% 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.
- 88% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts, so a large share of this account's output sits in the weakest bucket we measure.
- Its average post runs 199 characters, which falls in the 180 - 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 180 to 280 characters match the same accounts' other posts almost exactly.
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
- Sep 5, 202630x their median
The world's first light rail line over a floating bridge is inadvertently killing fish in Lake Washington, and now Sound Transit is scrambling to find a solution. It's unclear how many fish have died and how long the problem has existed since the Crosslake Connection first opened on March 28, linking Seattle to the Eastside along the I-90 floating bridge. "On August 3, we were alerted by our partners at the Washington State Department of Transportation to some number of deceased fish in the vicinity of the I-90 floating bridge," said Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine on Thursday. Full story here: https://t.co/ToWcRffxNe
- Aug 28, 202629x their median
Noncitizen released after 2025 DUI charge arrested again in Seattle for theft, rape: https://t.co/fmFMsmhu6Y
- Sep 18, 202622x their median
A second teenager accused of starting the deadly Chelan Hills wildfire is now in custody. U.S. Marshals located 19-year-old Mark Okhrimchik on Thursday. He faces nine charges, including first-degree manslaughter and arson. The first suspect arrested, 18-year-old Michael Yakimov, pleaded not guilty to the same charges Thursday. KOMO News reporter Claire Weber has the latest. Link: https://t.co/lefzpZgVRy #komo #komonews #komo4 #komo4news #seattle #seattlenews #washingtonnews
- Oct 20, 202619x their median
Seattle awards $4.6M in grants to cut climate pollution in affordable housing: https://t.co/6zu8pPRnap
- Sep 5, 202613x their median
Friday afternoon news dump from @MayorofSeattle office with Bite of Seattle records. Key takeaways: - Mayor wanted to come to Seattle Center earlier, but staff told her not to go - Major confusion over how @AlertSeattle worked - Confusion over who was releasing public info https://t.co/RSvNKLanrj
- Oct 20, 20269.5x their median
Washington's licensing rules had required foster parents to agree to use a child’s chosen name and pronouns and connect them with resources that affirm their identity. A Port Orchard couple who had fostered 4children said their religious beliefs prevented them from agreeing to those requirements. https://t.co/6NyC0C0wVe
- Oct 19, 20268.8x their median
Overall, how would you rate Sound Transit as an agency? ✅VOTE in the story. https://t.co/QIwmimI0FS
- Sep 18, 20268.5x their median
Three additional suspects accused in connection with the deadly Chelan Hills wildfire were arrested Thursday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said it worked with the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force to apprehend 18-year-old Valentin Tabunscic of Tacoma, 19-year-old Mark Okhrimchik of University Place, and 19-year-old Julian Mikityuk of Pacific. Authorities had previously announced the arrest of Michael Yakimov, 18, who has been charged with first-degree manslaughter, arson, malicious mischief, and six counts of third-degree assault, one for each firefighter injured while responding to the fire. Full story here: https://t.co/lefzpZhtH6 #komo #komo4 #komonews #seattle
- Sep 5, 20268.5x their median
The encampment at 42nd Avenue South near Beacon Avenue South has grown to several acres and spans across multiple private and public properties. https://t.co/0p4fZiNbrL
- Sep 5, 20268.3x their median
As of Friday, the average price for regular unleaded gas in Washington state was $5.48. https://t.co/1nrXUGRBcY
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 10 interactions against 500K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 32 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% of 20,182 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 2.6K times each, and 0.363% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.523% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 7% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 32 posts sampled, 25% carry an image or video and 88% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 302 interactions, about 30x its own typical post.
- What is KOMO News's engagement rate on X?
- KOMO News (@komonews) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 32 original posts from the last 30 days against 499,741 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, KOMO News sits below the 10th percentile of the 203,761 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 @komonews have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 16% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,182 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 @komonews post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.37 posts per day across the measured window.