PBS Teachers engagement report
@pbsteachers - 228K followers on X
Measured over 42 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 16 interactions against 228K followers, an engagement rate of 0.007%. Measured over 42 original posts, its engagement rate beats 20% 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 1.2K times each, and 1.28% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.532% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 42 posts sampled, 29% carry an image or video and 83% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 62 interactions, about 3.9x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #hispanicheritagemonth, #nationalwildlifeday, #constitutionday.
Measured over 42 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 1, 2026. Recurring tags: #hispanicheritagemonth, #nationalwildlifeday, #constitutionday.
Compared with accounts its own size
PBS Teachers's engagement rate beats 20% 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 50% 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 0.007%, PBS Teachers sits above the 10th percentile of the 201,862 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 | 0.142% |
| 75th percentile | 0.672% |
| 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 Tuesday 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 | 29% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 83% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 29% 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.
- 83% 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 253 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 11, 20263.9x their median
25 years later, we continue to honor the courage, compassion, and resilience shown on and in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. https://t.co/ToQBLozMaL
- Sep 17, 20262.9x their median
Happy #ConstitutionDay! How well do your students know the U.S. Constitution? πΊπΈπ Explore the Constitution through an interactive lesson designed to help students examine its structure, principles, and role in American government. https://t.co/MKn4dIEhu6
- Sep 7, 20262.9x their median
Every tool tells a story. Every hand represents dedication, creativity, and hard work. π οΈποΈπ» This Labor Day, we celebrate the people who build, teach, create, care, and contribute to our communities every day. https://t.co/bUDKBN7Y0B
- Aug 31, 20262.7x their median
Bring the stories of Native nations and how they experienced the American Revolution to life for students with this interactive lesson. https://t.co/NSO2CeEFEv
- Aug 4, 20262.4x their median
Today we celebrate the 125th birthday of Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential figures in jazz history. https://t.co/23u1ciHTie
- Aug 20, 20262.3x their median
Help your students identify the who, what, when, where, and why-it-matters of news stories with PBS News Hour Classroom. These Daily News Lessons are paired with discussion questions, lesson plans, and stories developed specifically for students. https://t.co/7ZGTdHADNX
- Aug 15, 20262.3x their median
Print and post this set of language and literacy-themed posters to support your early learners! Use these PBS KIDS posters to help build a strong foundation this school year. https://t.co/uujGhK9ssr
- Sep 3, 20262.2x their median
How does weather impact the way we live, play, and connect with the world? Bring weather science into the classroom with PBS KIDS Weather Hunters as students explore everything from everyday weather to extreme storms. (Grades: PreK-2) https://t.co/VnHtY3x6is
- Aug 30, 20262.1x their median
Today is Frankenstein Day π§ We're celebrating Mary Shelley's birthday and a novel that's been challenging readers to question humanity, responsibility, and monstrosity for over 200 years. https://t.co/3yCGkA2RyM https://t.co/IAuivv5Sxm
- Aug 24, 20261.9x their median
As your students head back to school, remind them that small habits can make a big impact π§ https://t.co/9j2nisHkiI https://t.co/sFGkuMqBpB
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 16 interactions against 228K followers, an engagement rate of 0.007%. Measured over 42 original posts, its engagement rate beats 20% 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 1.2K times each, and 1.28% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.532% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 42 posts sampled, 29% carry an image or video and 83% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 62 interactions, about 3.9x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #hispanicheritagemonth, #nationalwildlifeday, #constitutionday.
- What is PBS Teachers's engagement rate on X?
- PBS Teachers (@pbsteachers) has an engagement rate of 0.007%, based on the median interactions across 42 original posts from the last 30 days against 227,838 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.007%, PBS Teachers sits above the 10th percentile of the 201,862 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 @pbsteachers have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 20% 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 @pbsteachers post?
- Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.43 posts per day across the measured window.