mikel ayestaran engagement report
@mikelayestaran - 181K followers on X
Measured over 18 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 129 interactions against 181K followers, an engagement rate of 0.071%. Measured over 18 original posts, its engagement rate beats 53% of 19,932 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 16K times each, and 0.787% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 9.06% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 18 posts sampled, 50% carry an image or video, 6% are part of a thread and 50% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 4.6K interactions, about 36x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #israel, #gaza, #iran.
Measured over 18 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026. Recurring tags: #israel, #gaza, #iran.
Compared with accounts its own size
mikel ayestaran's engagement rate beats 53% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (19,932 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 37% 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 0.071%, mikel ayestaran sits above the 25th percentile of the 201,130 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.141%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.141% |
| 75th percentile | 0.671% |
| 90th percentile | 2.53% |
| 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 13:00 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 | 50% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 50% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 50% 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.
- 50% 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 357 characters, which falls in the over 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts over 280 characters run 15% 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
- Sep 15, 202636x their median
The “film” NAZA is pure propaganda, created by radicals who serve the narrative of murderous terrorists. It is yet another element of the anti-Israel campaign that began after October 7, driven by the Red-Green coalition of the radical left and Islamist movements. The "film" is fake, built on falsehoods and distortions of the truth, with the clear purpose of fueling anti-Israel sentiment and contributing to the demonization and dehumanization of Israel. Throughout the film, serious allegations are based on anonymous sources, without credible evidence or supporting documentation. For example, the "film" claims that the IDF approved a planned strike despite anticipating 500 civilian deaths. This is false. It never happened. Never. The IDF would never approve such an operational plan. But there is a reason - and a method - behind the dissemination of such an outrageous allegation. The method employed throughout this campaign, including in this "film," is familiar: introduce a shocking falsehood, amplify it around the world, and allow it to shape headlines and public opinion. By the time the facts emerge and corrections follow, the damage to Israel’s image has already been done. Again and again, false accusations against Israel receive immediate global attention, while their subsequent collapse receives only a fraction of the exposure and impact. This film follows precisely the same pattern. The same applies to another false accusation - that the IDF allows AI systems to make operational decisions independently of human judgment. This is simply false and fundamentally misrepresents how the IDF operates. Operational decisions are made within a defined human chain of command and are subject to human judgment and oversight. The IDF has developed extensive procedures intended to prevent and mitigate harm to non-combatants. The truth is the opposite of what the "film" seeks to portray. And yes, in Israel’s democracy, where freedom of expression is cherished, there are also radical Israelis who lie, distort facts seeking political goals and personal gains. The "film"’s co-director, Yuval Abraham, is no neutral investigative journalist - he is a longtime radical anti-Israeli activist committed to demonizing and delegitimizing Israel. As part of this method, the film creators deliberately omit Hamas from their narrative, erasing the terrorist organization whose actions are at the heart of this war. Hamas deliberately targets Israeli civilians, as it did on October 7, while embedding itself within Gaza’s civilian population and using civilians as human shields. Israel is fighting this bloodthirsty jihadist terrorist organization while the IDF operates in accordance with international law and takes extensive measures to minimize civilian harm.
- Sep 17, 202622x their median
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Footage circulating of settlers ASSAULTING Palestinians outside their home in the West Bank,. Then, an Israeli soldier appears to protect the settlers from any kind of retaliation. How can this be??? Netanyahu insists Israel is "an island of tolerance and progress"... Writer: Samuel https://t.co/EURqgZIVIS
- Sep 15, 202616x their median
❗ Allianz se retira del Festival de las Ideas después de que más de 30 participantes amenazaran con cancelar su presencia por su vinculación con Israel https://t.co/pPBnsjOcLz Por @LGHigueras
- Oct 15, 202615x their median
U.S. President Donald Trump: "The Iran war will end very soon. It’s going to end very soon. As soon as I want it to end, it’ll end." https://t.co/gvh0uhkwyo
- Sep 15, 20267.1x their median
Sorogoyen, Inés Hernand y otra veintena de figuras culturales cancelan su participación en el Festival de las Ideas por los vínculos con Israel del patrocinador Allianz https://t.co/FPttHhxxgP
- Oct 13, 20265.3x their median
Soldier testimony from Gaza:“[...] I was involved in approving a target with 300 collateral damage. [It was when] IDF forces entered for maneuvering inside the [Gaza] Strip and encountered a very very prepared [Hamas] battalion, good soldiers, strong soldiers. There were many clashes. And then there was a total amok, like to take down the commander of this battalion [but] we couldn’t precisely say where this person was. The strikes on Gaza — they’re in a very very very dense [area.] [...] So even if you get to a relatively precise polygon (a defined area in which the designated subject of a strike is expected to be), you can get very very high collateral damage. So we got to a relatively narrow polygon, and there we kind of stopped. We didn’t manage to get more intelligence that would narrow us down more than this polygon. They said: He is killing soldiers now, he needs to be hit [...] They really wanted to kill this person. And it was the kind of target where it was like exception, exception, exception and in the end it was approved. I know that it went up, I think at least to the chief of staff. The very least a brigadier general, but I believe that further [up,]” ********** This soldier describes the strike on Ibrahim Biari, commander of the Central Jabalia Battalion, in which 126 people, including 68 children, were killed. Such an enormous death toll was not a violation of IDF procedures. In fact, even twice as many civilian deaths would not have exceeded the collateral damage the IDF had permitted. This was not the only instance in which the IDF authorised hundreds of civilian deaths as collateral damage, but the threshold approved for Biari was not the standard one. The standard, and for that reason, much deadlier collateral-damage threshold was much lower. For the period between October 2023 and at least until December 2024, the IDF allowed up to 20 civilians to be killed as collateral damage for every person deemed a Hamas operative, whether a low-ranking militant or a truck driver. Find more testimonies from soldiers who have served in the occupied Palestinian territories on our website. Since 2004, we have collected, verified, and published thousands of testimonies. If you have served in the occupied Palestinian territories, break your silence. Help end the occupation. Full testimony: https://t.co/UwbnfzYY92
- Oct 13, 20264.7x their median
נתניהו שוחח עם טראמפ בשבוע שעבר על האפשרות לחדש את המלחמה נגד איראן. בכירים אמריקניים אמרו כי התרשמו שנתניהו מעוניין היה לחדש את התקיפות באיראן לפני הבחירות. כמה ימים אח״כ הודיע טראמפ שלא יתקוף באיראן לפני בחירות אמצע הקדנציה. הפרטים בכתבה ב-@N12News https://t.co/HT5PK9cMYv
- Oct 15, 20262.5x their median
סקר ישראל היום, מכון קאנטר: גוש השינוי עם 56 מנדטים, גוש נתניהו עם 50, המפלגות הערביות 14 מנדטים https://t.co/eBorlCu3RM
- Oct 15, 20262.4x their median
IRAN'S ARMY NAVY SAYS A 'VIOLATING' OIL TANKER IS ON FIRE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ - STATE MEDIA
- Sep 16, 20262.2x their median
1- Los hutíes consolidan cada día su poder en la costa del mar Rojo y mantienen la doble ofensiva para tomar Taiz y Marib. Tienen un ojo en el estrecho de Bab el Mandeb, puerta al Canal de Suez, y el otro en las instalaciones petroleras saudíes #Yemen Foto AP https://t.co/5Lq969xWbG
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 129 interactions against 181K followers, an engagement rate of 0.071%. Measured over 18 original posts, its engagement rate beats 53% of 19,932 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 16K times each, and 0.787% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 9.06% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 18 posts sampled, 50% carry an image or video, 6% are part of a thread and 50% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 4.6K interactions, about 36x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #israel, #gaza, #iran.
- What is mikel ayestaran's engagement rate on X?
- mikel ayestaran (@mikelayestaran) has an engagement rate of 0.071%, based on the median interactions across 18 original posts from the last 30 days against 180,968 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.071%, mikel ayestaran sits above the 25th percentile of the 201,130 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 @mikelayestaran have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 53% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (19,932 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 @mikelayestaran post?
- Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.07 posts per day across the measured window.