Matt Swider (The Shortcut) engagement report
@mattswider - 838K followers on X
Measured over 15 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 30, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 65 interactions against 838K followers, an engagement rate of 0.008%. Measured over 15 original posts, its engagement rate beats 31% of 3,758 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 75K times each, and 0.087% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 8.91% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.8 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 15 posts sampled, 53% carry an image or video, 7% are part of a thread and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 260 interactions, about 4.0x its own typical post.
Measured over 15 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 30, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Matt Swider (The Shortcut)'s engagement rate beats 31% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 6% 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 0.008%, Matt Swider (The Shortcut) sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,378 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 | 0.08% |
| 75th percentile | 0.432% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 161.0% |
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 Wednesday 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% | 50K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 51K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 50K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 53K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 43K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 42K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 48K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 52K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 60K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 69K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 72K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 78K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 86K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 94K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 97K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 100K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 97K |
| 17:00 UTC | -2% | 90K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 84K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 79K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 74K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 66K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 57K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 51K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +4% | 230K |
| Monday | 0% | 286K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 276K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 251K |
| Thursday | -1% | 244K |
| Friday | -3% | 252K |
| Saturday | +3% | 227K |
Best tweets
- Aug 19, 20264.0x their median
🚨 In 12 hours: Wolverine PS5 controllers & console covers will go on sale (limited inventory) My link will go to the exact right place in the morning https://t.co/SR73XLrBXs https://t.co/3sb36BgXnU
- Jul 26, 20263.8x their median
Z Fold 8 is selling 2:1 vs the Ultra, per my affiliate links. A good sign for Samsung’s new foldable phone size. https://t.co/Mhu3sy00pz https://t.co/oa9sIhkSwb
- Jun 14, 20263.5x their median
Knicks Win! NYC is about to go crazy! My photo of @EmpireStateBldg: https://t.co/TPn5IyDJ1i
- Aug 19, 20263.2x their median
🚨Link: PlayStation Direct still has some Wolverine PS5 items. Here's what's in stock vs what sold out Affiliate Link: https://t.co/Hz9DB0udpI https://t.co/2x15KMH4rj
- Aug 18, 20262.8x their median
🚨 I'm back! Wolverine PS5 controller pre-orders start tomorrow https://t.co/1SA3WPf4uN
- Aug 19, 20262.0x their median
🚨 I have the links ready: one hour until Wolverine PS5 controller & plates go on sale. The PS5 Pro plates sold out in other earlier regions The link will change over for 10am ET https://t.co/SR73XLrBXs https://t.co/u4HOeHmlE8
- Aug 19, 20261.8x their median
🚨 Sad Wolverine: the only worthy meme now that 3 PS5 items are sold out at PlayStation Direct What's in stock (Adamantium controller, PS5 Slim covers) https://t.co/Hz9DB0udpI Amazon has the "sold out" yellow controller (affiliate link) https://t.co/LmtY3y2KWt https://t.co/OAuyv82nc3
- Jul 22, 20261.6x their median
Samsung fans, get the Galaxy Z Fold 8 unless you really need the Ultra's telephoto camera. It's brilliant to hold. Save $200: https://t.co/Mhu3sy00pz https://t.co/5Z0UAyAct9
- Jul 23, 2026
I tested Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 cameras tonight – they're fantastic, even in low light Pre-order affiliate links Fold 8 https://t.co/Mhu3sy00pz Fold 8 Ultra https://t.co/nF8VNO9b2q Flip 8 https://t.co/jfIzEv8t6r Ultra 2 https://t.co/ZVNwJ8Lt3l Watch 9 https://t.co/jK1Oi81qem https://t.co/bOjyGFlzbt
- Aug 27, 2026
🚨 Anyone pre-order Xbox 25th Anniversary console from Amazon yet? https://t.co/8P2GmP2aOQ (Contains affiliate link)
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 65 interactions against 838K followers, an engagement rate of 0.008%. Measured over 15 original posts, its engagement rate beats 31% of 3,758 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 75K times each, and 0.087% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 8.91% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.8 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 23% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 15 posts sampled, 53% carry an image or video, 7% are part of a thread and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 260 interactions, about 4.0x its own typical post.
- What is Matt Swider (The Shortcut)'s engagement rate on X?
- Matt Swider (The Shortcut) (@mattswider) has an engagement rate of 0.008%, based on the median interactions across 15 original posts from the last 30 days against 838,496 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.008%, Matt Swider (The Shortcut) sits above the 10th percentile of the 36,378 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 @mattswider have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 31% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,758 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 @mattswider post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.8 posts per day across the measured window.