NCSA College Recruiting engagement report
@ncsa - 245K followers on X
Measured over 12 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 27, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 6 interactions against 245K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 12 original posts, its engagement rate beats 11% of 19,932 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 6.7K times each, and 0.09% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.71% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.47 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 40% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 12 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 8% are part of a thread and 17% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 39 interactions, about 6.5x its own typical post.
Measured over 12 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 27, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
NCSA College Recruiting's engagement rate beats 11% 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 5% 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%, NCSA College Recruiting sits below the 10th percentile of the 201,449 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 | 0.141% |
| 75th percentile | 0.671% |
| 90th percentile | 2.53% |
| 99th percentile | 82.5% |
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 17:00 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% | 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 | 100% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 17% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 100% 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.
- 17% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts.
- Its average post runs 448 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
- Jun 25, 20266.5x their median
🚨 Breaking news from the NCAA 🚨 Yesterday, the NCAA approved a new age-based eligibility model, giving Division 1 student-athletes up to five years of competition and replacing the previous “four seasons within five years” structure. Scroll through to learn more about the change, including what is changing, when it goes into effect, what it means for you and how this impacts your recruiting process. IMG Academy is uniquely positioned to help student-athletes best navigate the continuing changes to the college landscape. Whether it’s unmatched college preparation through our boarding school, developmental coaching available anytime and anywhere through IMG Academy+, or personalized college recruiting support through NCSA, we can help simplify the confusion and maximize opportunities.
- Aug 10, 20266.0x their median
August means the turn of the NCAA calendar, and with that is new recruiting rules and dates. Throughout the month, we'll be sharing the new NCAA recruiting calendars for the 2026-27 calendar. Here is FCS football! As a reminder, the recruiting calendars dictate when and how a college coach can interact with recruits, so it's important to understand what type of communication is allowed. Check out the calendars! Note: The NCAA only released the football calendar through the end of 2026. The 2027 portion of the calendar will be released at a future date.
- Aug 12, 20263.3x their median
August means the turn of the NCAA calendar, and with that is new recruiting rules and dates. Throughout the month, we'll be sharing the new NCAA recruiting calendars for the 2026-27 calendar. Here is Division 1 Baseball! As a reminder, the recruiting calendars dictate when and how a college coach can interact with recruits, so it's important to understand what type of communication is allowed. Check out the calendars!
- Aug 6, 20263.3x their median
🚨 MORE breaking news from the NCAA 🚨 Yesterday, the NCAA approved a new age-based eligibility model for Division 2 student-athletes, mirroring the Division 1 rule change and giving student-athletes up to five years of competition and replacing the previous “four seasons within five years” structure. Scroll through to learn more about the change, including what is changing and when it goes into effect. IMG Academy is uniquely positioned to help student-athletes best navigate the continuing changes to the college landscape. Whether it’s unmatched college preparation through our boarding school, developmental coaching available anytime and anywhere through IMG Academy+, or personalized college recruiting support through NCSA, we can help simplify the confusion and maximize opportunities. #recruiting #ncaa #eligibility
- Jul 8, 20262.7x their median
As summer goes on, this is a great time to start collecting clips and putting together a recruiting video, but what should be in that video? Scroll through to learn more about the different types of video, what they mean and what sport uses each type. Don't just take a wild guess at putting a video together. Understanding what college coaches are looking for can help make sure that a coach presses play on your video. Need help putting it together? That's where NCSA comes in! Our team of video editors are experts at building recruiting videos that college coaches actually want to watch. Get started with an NCSA profile today to learn more.
- Jun 25, 20262.7x their median
So what's it like being a college athlete? The NCAA went straight to the source, and surveyed NCAA student-athletes on that topic. Topics like hours spend on your sport, what it's like in season vs out of season and what activities take up their time were all included. Scroll through and learn more about how student-athletes answered, broken down by division level.
- Aug 11, 20262.5x their median
Can I get recruited to play in college if I have a lower GPA? We get questions about grades all the time, and yes there are NCAA minimum requirements. But what we always tell student-athletes is that the higher your grades, the more opportunities you will have. Putting in the work in the classroom is just as important as the work you put into your sport! Want to get your question answered? Tune in every other Thursday at 12:30pm Central to our live show, College Recruiting Explained, to get your questions answered and learn more about the recruiting process from our experts!
- Jul 22, 20262.5x their median
How can I get recruited if I live in a small town? On a recent episode of our live show, College Recruiting Explained, recruiting experts Pat O'Malley and John Ludlam broke down the extra steps that a student-athlete from a small town might need to take in order to get recruited. Want to learn more about the recruiting process or get your recruiting questions live on air? Tune in every other Thursday on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram at 12:30pm Central to get your fill of recruiting education. #recruiting
- Jul 14, 20262.3x their median
If a Division 3 college wants to recruit me, will they offer any athletic scholarships? On a recent episode of our live show, College Recruiting Explained, recruiting expert David Kmiecik broke down what available financial assistance there is at the Division 3 level when compared to other levels. Give it a listen to learn more! Want to learn more about the recruiting process or get your recruiting questions live on air? Tune in every other Thursday on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram at 12pm Central to get your fill of recruiting education.
- Jul 1, 20262.3x their median
What does your GPA need to be to play in college? Believe it or not, the NCAA does have minimum requirements for student-athletes in order to be eligible to play in college. While you must meet those, it's important to note that the higher your grades, the more opportunities you'll have to play at the next level. Don't let academics be the reason you can't play in college!
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 6 interactions against 245K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 12 original posts, its engagement rate beats 11% of 19,932 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 6.7K times each, and 0.09% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.71% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.47 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 40% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 12 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video, 8% are part of a thread and 17% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 39 interactions, about 6.5x its own typical post.
- What is NCSA College Recruiting's engagement rate on X?
- NCSA College Recruiting (@ncsa) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 12 original posts from the last 30 days against 245,223 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, NCSA College Recruiting sits below the 10th percentile of the 201,449 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 @ncsa have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 11% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (19,932 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 @ncsa post?
- Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.47 posts per day across the measured window.