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Metro Trains engagement report

@metrotrains - 228K followers on X

Measured over 85 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom 10% for its size
Per follower
0.001%
of 228K followers
Per impression
0.062%
3.2K views on a typical post
Reach
1.40%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
2
interactions (median)
Saved
0%
0 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
4.5/day
active 57% of days
Peak time
08:00 UTC
Wednesday

A typical post picks up 2 interactions against 228K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 85 original posts, its engagement rate beats 6% of 15,823 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 3.2K times each, and 0.062% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.40% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 85 posts sampled, 99% carry an image or video, 34% are part of a thread and 46% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11 interactions, about 5.5x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #victoria, #vic.

Measured over 85 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #victoria, #vic.

Compared with accounts its own size

Metro Trains's engagement rate beats 6% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,823 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 4% 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 0.001%, Metro Trains sits below the 10th percentile of the 160,367 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.022%.

p100.003%
p250.022%
p50 (median)0.128%
p750.606%
p902.33%
p9982.5%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 160,367 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 25,797 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.003%
25th percentile0.022%
50th percentile0.128%
75th percentile0.606%
90th percentile2.33%
99th percentile82.5%

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 08:00 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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 08:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 08:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
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 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Wednesday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Wednesday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

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.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video99% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link46% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-no effect-2% to -1%42K
  • 99% 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.
  • 46% 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 260 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, 20265.5x their median

    ⛔️Hurstbridge Line: Buses replace trains between Eltham and Hurstbridge due to an equipment fault. -Replacement buses are in operation. -Allow an extra 30 min for your journey. -A train service will operate Flinders Street - Eltham, with delays to the service Check information displays and listen for announcements.

    10914.8K viewsView on X
  • Sep 6, 20264.0x their median

    ⚠️Werribee / Williamstown lines: Major delays due to a train fault in the South Kensington area. Trains continue to run Newport - Werribee / Williamstown with delays. Buses may supplement services between Newport - North Melbourne. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice.

    50306.7K viewsView on X
  • Sep 28, 20263.5x their median

    ⚠️Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Major delays due to an ill passenger requiring medical assistance at Oakleigh. Trains may remain stationary at or in-between stations for extended period of time. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice.

    51106.2K viewsView on X
  • Sep 24, 20263.5x their median

    ⚠️Craigieburn line: Major delays due to a vehicle hitting the Racecourse Road bridge near Newmarket. Trains may remain stationary at or in-between stations for extended period of time. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice.

    41204.3K viewsView on X
  • Sep 8, 20263.5x their median

    ⛔Frankston line: Buses replace trains between Caulfield and South Yarra due to an equipment fault. >Passengers travelling between the City and Caulfield are advised to take a Cranbourne/Pakenham line train. >Passengers travelling to/from Malvern, Toorak, Armadale, Hawksburn and South Yarra are advised to take a replacement bus between Caulfield and South Yarra. >Buses have been ordered, will take up to 60 minutes to arrive. Check information displays and listen for announcements.

    51105.2K viewsView on X
  • Sep 8, 20263.0x their median

    ↪️ Craigieburn/Upfield and Werribee lines: All trains will start and end at Southern Cross from 9pm to last service each night, Monday 7 September to Wednesday 9 September, while maintenance and renewal works take place. Info: https://t.co/sOmOE8M06f https://t.co/18tDvYg3nl

    51003.5K viewsView on X
  • Sep 26, 20262.5x their median

    ⚠️ Craigieburn line: Major delays due to an equipment fault in the Pascoe Vale area. Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice. https://t.co/2fIod4oc7F

    50004.4K viewsView on X
  • Sep 25, 20262.5x their median

    Frankston line: Major delays due to a passenger requiring urgent medical assistance at Toorak. Trains may hold at available platforms. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice. https://t.co/j2PpiKw2Jp

    40104.3K viewsView on X
  • Sep 9, 20262.5x their median

    ⚠️Craigieburn line: Major delays due to an operational incident in the Essendon area. Trains may remain stationary at or in-between stations for extended period of time. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice. https://t.co/fEdHfoDape

    21113.3K viewsView on X
  • Sep 6, 20262.5x their median

    ✅ Hurstbridge line: Major delays now clearing after an earlier vandalised train at Wattle Glen. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice. https://t.co/D1EmOWnzZm

    41005.3K viewsView on X

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

#victoria#vic

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 2 interactions against 228K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 85 original posts, its engagement rate beats 6% of 15,823 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 3.2K times each, and 0.062% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.40% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 57% of days. Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 85 posts sampled, 99% carry an image or video, 34% are part of a thread and 46% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11 interactions, about 5.5x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #victoria, #vic.

What is Metro Trains's engagement rate on X?
Metro Trains (@metrotrains) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 85 original posts from the last 30 days against 228,414 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.001%, Metro Trains sits below the 10th percentile of the 160,367 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 @metrotrains have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 6% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (15,823 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 @metrotrains post?
Most posts go out around 08:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 4.5 posts per day across the measured window.

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