Off The Ball engagement report
@offtheball - 176K followers on X
Measured over 78 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 18, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 3 interactions against 176K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 78 original posts, its engagement rate beats 8% of 21,624 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 3.6K times each, and 0.084% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.04% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 78 posts sampled, 97% carry an image or video and 45% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 137 interactions, about 46x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #loi, #investecchampionscup, #neverstopcompeting.
Measured over 78 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 18, 2026. Recurring tags: #loi, #investecchampionscup, #neverstopcompeting.
Compared with accounts its own size
Off The Ball's engagement rate beats 8% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,624 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%, Off The Ball sits below the 10th percentile of the 218,727 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.149% |
| 75th percentile | 0.706% |
| 90th percentile | 2.63% |
| 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 14:00 UTC, and Friday 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 | 97% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 45% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 97% 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.
- 45% 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 356 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 17, 202646x their median
🗣️"I'm fully done now." 🗣️"My head was two or three steps ahead of my body. I remember thinking, that's the sign there." Waterford legend Austin Gleeson announces his inter-county retirement. https://t.co/0aqWxQvpgp
- Oct 16, 202639x their median
“The Irish boys run around like Messi and Ronaldo because they just don't have a clue what they're at!” Two-time AFL Grand Final winner Conor McKenna breaks down his 2026 AFL Goal of the Year award for his soccer-style finish against Collingwood, explaining why Australian players are left in awe of Gaelic and soccer footwork. How good was this strike from the Tyrone man? 🏆 ☘️ Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am⏰ #AFL #GAA #BrisbaneLions #ConorMcKenna #GoalOfTheYear Off The Ball Breakfast with https://t.co/iFmF1JB9iP, Irish brands at local prices. Start your search at our dedicated and curated ‘Brands of Ireland’ section
- Oct 16, 202631x their median
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐌 🗣️"Jackson seems like an upgrade on Watkins!" 🗣️"No matter what you're doing, there's just not enough talent there!" Despite some positive signs at Villa Park, Mick McCarthy reckons Aston Villa aren't finished rebuilding just yet. Inside the Odds on Off the Ball with @novibet_ie 18+| https://t.co/ki7xrVVnrn | Please Gamble responsibly
- Oct 16, 202622x their median
“I just didn’t enjoy playing Gaelic football” 2 time AFL Grand Final winner and winner of the All Ireland Conor McKenna reflects on the tougher times of losing the love for GAA and AFL. How impressive is this mans CV?🏆 🏐 🏉 Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am⏰ #AFL #GAA #Brisbane #TyroneGAA Off The Ball Breakfast with https://t.co/iFmF1JB9iP, Irish brands at local prices. Start your search at our dedicated and curated ‘Brands of Ireland’ section
- Oct 17, 202621x their median
🗣️ 'It's a special bond between Racing and Munster... It's simple as that, human. Just human!' 🗣️ 'I met Brendan Foley in Killaloe...' Pascal Abel is a @racing92 supporter that shares a special bond with @MunsterRugby and the Foley family. He joined us in Cork last night to show his respect and honour Axel Foley, 10 years after his passing. | #Axel8 The Off The Ball Rugby Roadshow series with @BankOfIreland | #NeverStopCompeting
- Oct 16, 202620x their median
“It’d be harder to be a GAA player than an AFL player... We won the All-Ireland and three days later, boys were back training with their club” Two-time AFL Grand Final winner and All-Ireland champion Conor McKenna explains why the relentless, non-stop workload and total lack of off-season in Gaelic football makes it harder than being a professional athlete in Australia. Is the GAA schedule demanding too much from inter-county players? 🏆 ☘️ Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am⏰ #AFL #GAA #TyroneGAA #BrisbaneLions #ConorMcKenna Off The Ball Breakfast with https://t.co/iFmF1JB9iP, Irish brands at local prices. Start your search at our dedicated and curated ‘Brands of Ireland’ section
- Oct 16, 202618x their median
“They have dug in for us this year!” @shelsfc's match winner Daniel Kelly reacts after his sides 2-1 victory over St. Pats at Richmond Park | #LOI The @LeagueOfIreland on Off The Ball. https://t.co/P7STJQCvQR
- Oct 17, 202616x their median
🗣️ ‘’On Thursday he got a sniff; we were managing ourselves through the training and gave us a good old bollocking’’ Cian Prendergast speaks on Lancaster and his team’s performance following Connacht’s victory at the Dexcom Stadium🏉 Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting
- Sep 18, 202614x their median
“The way I’ve been spoken to for three months is not ideal!” @WaterfordFCie FC boss Graham Coughlan reacts to his side's 3-2 loss to Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght. #LOI | The League of Ireland on Off The Ball. https://t.co/mGbL4t5KCy
- Oct 17, 202612x their median
🗣️’A very special night’ 🗣️’The worst possible start’ Connacht manager Stuart Lancaster speaks on his team’s victory over Saracens this evening. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting https://t.co/8fabJUkJUd
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 3 interactions against 176K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 78 original posts, its engagement rate beats 8% of 21,624 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 3.6K times each, and 0.084% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.04% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2.7 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 78 posts sampled, 97% carry an image or video and 45% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 137 interactions, about 46x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #loi, #investecchampionscup, #neverstopcompeting.
- What is Off The Ball's engagement rate on X?
- Off The Ball (@offtheball) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 78 original posts from the last 30 days against 175,882 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, Off The Ball sits below the 10th percentile of the 218,727 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 @offtheball have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 8% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,624 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 @offtheball post?
- Most posts go out around 14:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 2.67 posts per day across the measured window.