Lasizwe engagement report
@lasizwe - 1.7M followers on X
Measured over 19 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 20, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 1.2K interactions against 1.7M followers, an engagement rate of 0.072%. Measured over 19 original posts, its engagement rate beats 72% of 1,003 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 51K times each, and 2.36% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.04% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.6 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 Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 19 posts sampled, 37% carry an image or video and 5% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 12K interactions, about 9.9x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sama32, #awkwarddatesza, #kwababa.
Measured over 19 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 20, 2026. Recurring tags: #sama32, #awkwarddatesza, #kwababa.
Compared with accounts its own size
Lasizwe's engagement rate beats 72% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (1,003 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 76% 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 0.072%, Lasizwe sits above the 50th percentile of the 9,789 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.046% to 0.319%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.001% |
| 25th percentile | 0.006% |
| 50th percentile | 0.046% |
| 75th percentile | 0.319% |
| 90th percentile | 2.64% |
| 99th percentile | 357.2% |
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 Saturday 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 | 0% | 15K |
| 01:00 UTC | +4% | 15K |
| 02:00 UTC | -1% | 14K |
| 03:00 UTC | -2% | 15K |
| 04:00 UTC | -5% | 12K |
| 05:00 UTC | -5% | 12K |
| 06:00 UTC | -7% | 13K |
| 07:00 UTC | -6% | 14K |
| 08:00 UTC | -7% | 17K |
| 09:00 UTC | -2% | 19K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 20K |
| 11:00 UTC | -2% | 22K |
| 12:00 UTC | -1% | 24K |
| 13:00 UTC | +1% | 27K |
| 14:00 UTC | -2% | 29K |
| 15:00 UTC | -1% | 30K |
| 16:00 UTC | -1% | 30K |
| 17:00 UTC | -1% | 28K |
| 18:00 UTC | +1% | 25K |
| 19:00 UTC | 0% | 24K |
| 20:00 UTC | 0% | 22K |
| 21:00 UTC | +1% | 19K |
| 22:00 UTC | +1% | 17K |
| 23:00 UTC | +1% | 15K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +8% | 59K |
| Monday | +8% | 72K |
| Tuesday | +1% | 94K |
| Wednesday | -4% | 78K |
| Thursday | -3% | 71K |
| Friday | -5% | 73K |
| Saturday | +2% | 64K |
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 | 37% of posts | +79% | +73% to +85% | 5.8K |
| Outbound link | 0% of posts | -49% | -50% to -47% | 6.1K |
| Typical length | - | +13% | +10% to +15% | 6.4K |
- 37% of this account's sampled posts carry an image or video. Across the catalog, posts with an image or video run 79% above the same accounts' other posts.
- 0% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 49% below the same accounts' other posts.
- Its average post runs 287 characters, which falls in the over 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts over 280 characters run 13% 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
- Aug 9, 20269.9x their median
Shoutout to heterosexual men who are genuinely comfortable in their sexuality. Men who can exist around gay men without treating homosexuality like it’s contagious, or thinking that being seen with us somehow puts their own sexuality up for debate. And I think that’s part of what I want Awkward Dates to normalize: heterosexual men and homosexual men existing in the same space without either person having to perform a role. The gay guy doesn’t have to become the “gay bestie,” the handbag or the entertainment. And the straight guy doesn’t have to become defensive, hypermasculine or immediately assume, “he wants me.” Sometimes two men with different sexualities can literally just… vibe. Laugh. Talk shit. Respect each other. Exist. Because being comfortable around a gay man doesn’t make a straight man less straight. And being gay doesn’t mean we want every straight man we meet. Please. We have types too. 😭😂❤️
- Aug 13, 20266.1x their median
This is nothing to be ashamed of. Life is about peaks & troughs. If anything, you’re smart for knowing when to adjust before life forces you to. All the best!
- Aug 11, 20266.6x their median
I cannot put into words how I feel right now. 🥹❤️ Firstly, THANK YOU Vuyo Biyela for being sooooo COOL! You don’t understand what you’ve done, not just for me, but for a conversation I believe this country needed to see. THIS is why I created #AwkwardDatesZA . To entertain, yes. To make you laugh, absolutely. But also to create moments that challenge how we see each other and show that sometimes… we really can just coexist. And the response? INSANE. 130k views in the FIRST 24 Hours. YouTube records broken. 100k views per day (4 days later) But beyond the numbers, it’s the conversations that have moved me the most. (Swipe through this post and see for yourself.) This is bigger than a viral episode for me. This is impact. NOW THIS IS AWKWARD DATES! ❤️🔥
- Aug 15, 20265.8x their median
Going forward, I think award ceremonies should seriously consider one simple rule: no show, no award. If the recognition matters, showing up to receive it should matter too. #SAMA32
- Aug 15, 20265.1x their median
Like TYLA ke STAR bafethu! Like a GLOBAL SUPERSTAR from SOUTH AFRICA! 🇿🇦 #SAMA32
- Jul 24, 20264.5x their median
To have him on Awkward Dates🕯️…
- Aug 15, 20263.8x their median
Minister @GaytonMcK, we need to have a serious conversation about the state of South Africa’s arts and entertainment industry. What is happening? Our award shows are declining. The entertainment value is declining. Corporate investment seems to be disappearing. And yet South Africa has EVERYTHING it needs to produce world-class entertainment! Haibo we have the talent, creatives, performers, producers, technical skills and technology. We were supposed to be building an industry capable of becoming Africa’s Hollywood and competing on the global stage. As someone in the entertainment industry who grew up watching the SAMAs, it’s genuinely disappointing to see where we are today. With the amount of talent in this country, there is simply no reason our biggest productions shouldn’t look and feel world-class. So where is the investment? Have corporates stopped believing in the industry? Is funding not reaching the people actually creating the work? Where is the money going? I don’t think we’ve hit rock bottom, but this should be our turning point. Minister, we need you to step up. Bring government, broadcasters, corporates, artists, producers and creatives to the same table and figure out how we rebuild this industry. Because the talent is here. The skills are here. The ideas are here. We need the industry to match them. And at this point, please establish a Malanga Commission of Inquiry into the entertainment industry because haibo 😭😭😭 something is not connecting. #SAMA32
- Aug 13, 20262.9x their median
Lasizwe quietly puts Bryanston home on the market for R3.8 million The South African Star has quietly listed his Bryanston home for sale, with the property appearing on Property24 for R3.8 million. The sale comes after changes behind the scenes. A source who asked not to be named claims the star significantly scaled down his YouTube production team this year, with team members being retrenched during the restructuring. When approached for comment, Lasizwe simply said: “Life always has a plan.”
- Aug 16, 20261.6x their median
The gay community has a body-image problem nobody wants to admit.
- Aug 15, 20261.6x their median
Now that’s CASSPER NYOVEST!!! What a performance! 🏆🔥 #Sama32
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 1.2K interactions against 1.7M followers, an engagement rate of 0.072%. Measured over 19 original posts, its engagement rate beats 72% of 1,003 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 51K times each, and 2.36% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.04% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.6 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 Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 19 posts sampled, 37% carry an image or video and 5% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 12K interactions, about 9.9x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sama32, #awkwarddatesza, #kwababa.
- What is Lasizwe's engagement rate on X?
- Lasizwe (@lasizwe) has an engagement rate of 0.072%, based on the median interactions across 19 original posts from the last 30 days against 1,667,757 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.072%, Lasizwe sits above the 50th percentile of the 9,789 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 @lasizwe have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 72% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (1,003 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 @lasizwe post?
- Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Saturday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.6 posts per day across the measured window.