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Sampson the Service Dog engagement report

@sampson_dog - 148K followers on X

Measured over 33 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 26, 2026.

Engagement

Top quarter for its size
Per follower
0.461%
of 148K followers
Per impression
13.2%
5.1K views on a typical post
Reach
3.48%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
675
interactions (median)
Saved
0.079%
4 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.27/day
active 93% of days
Peak time
13:00 UTC
Sunday

A typical post picks up 675 interactions against 148K followers, an engagement rate of 0.461%. Measured over 33 original posts, its engagement rate beats 80% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. Comparing inside a size band matters here: engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly just re-measure the follower count. Posts are seen about 5.1K times each, and 13.2% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.45% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 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 Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 33 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 39% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.2K interactions, about 4.7x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #nationaldogday, #throwbackthursday.

Measured over 33 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 26, 2026. Recurring tags: #nationaldogday, #throwbackthursday.

Compared with accounts its own size

Sampson the Service Dog's engagement rate beats 80% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 99% 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 0.461%, Sampson the Service Dog sits above the 50th percentile of the 205,582 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.143% to 0.679%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.679%
p902.56%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 205,582 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,893 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 percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.024%
50th percentile0.143%
75th percentile0.679%
90th percentile2.56%
99th percentile82.4%

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 Sunday 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: 13:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 13:00 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: Sunday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Sunday
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 video94% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link39% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-+15%+14% to +16%32K
  • 94% 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.
  • 39% 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 737 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, 20264.7x their median

    Mom had a procedure yesterday that was supposed to help reduce her pain. The Dr. wasn’t nice, it wasn’t the procedure she was scheduled for because the doctor wrote the wrong one in his notes, and there were many things that went wrong - she’s ok but she’s changing doctors! She has two service dogs very worried! Double the service dogs = double the love!

    2.9K100192659K viewsView on X
  • Sep 11, 20264.5x their median

    Today, we remember not only the lives lost and the heroes who ran toward danger, but also the working dogs of 9/11. They searched through devastation, helped locate survivors and the fallen, and brought comfort in the darkest of moments. They served beside us. They carried the weight with us. And they, too, are part of the legacy we must never forget. Never forget. September 11, 2001.

    2.6K347291218K viewsView on X
  • Sep 6, 20264.3x their median

    The world lost a legend @tuckerbudzyn. Our heart breaks for his family and all the people around the world who found joy in his presence. 💔 https://t.co/3MsrouwbNP

    2.7K13055816K viewsView on X
  • Aug 24, 20264.2x their median

    Woke up with my happy on! Best! Day! Ever! https://t.co/T2aFP8gGUX

    2.5K95179613K viewsView on X
  • Aug 25, 20263.1x their median

    The world is right again! Mom is back to work today after taking time off for me! I’m back to shenanigans! Best! Day! Ever! Video: Sam being called by Mom, and Sam running around a corner in the yard, jumping up on a porch and running straight into Mom. https://t.co/aftPV92ng4

    1.9K81129711K viewsView on X
  • Sep 12, 20262.7x their median

    SaturYAY! Our YAY’s are quite a bit slower nowadays since retirement but every moment is a blessing. Video: Sampson walking outside slowly, floofy tail and pantaloons swooshing. Then walking slowly back toward Mom with a big happy smile. https://t.co/DqWA8IACcG

    1.7K8168211K viewsView on X
  • Aug 26, 20262.2x their median

    Mom here: Twenty years after my brain injury, I’m learning that I haven’t been seeing the world the way I thought I was. When I saw a neuro-ophthalmologist, I discovered that my right eye was seeing the world about two inches higher than my left. For 20 years, my brain has been working overtime trying to take those two misaligned images and turn them into one. I have essentially been constantly guessing where the world was in front of me and trying to navigate to those locations. I had adapted so completely that I didn’t realize just how “off” my vision was—or how much that constant neurological work may have contributed to my environment feeling so visually overwhelming and overstimulating. Now I have prism glasses, and they are definitely not an instant fix. The best way I can describe them is immersive physical therapy for my eyes that doesn’t end when the appointment is over. I have to wear them all the time. My world becomes clear, then it isn’t. My eyes try to track together, fatigue sets in, and the headaches come as my visual system works to learn a new way of seeing. It’s hard. But after 20 years of my brain compensating, I’m essentially asking my eyes and brain to unlearn two decades of adaptation and learn to work together again. Brain injury recovery is strange that way. Sometimes you don’t realize how hard your brain has been working just to navigate the world—until someone finally shows you. Twenty years later, recovery is still work. 🧠❤️‍🩹 #PostConcussionSyndrome #PCS #TBI #BrainInjuryRecovery #NeuroOphthalmology #PrismGlasses #VisionRehabilitation #InvisibleDisability

    1.4K5857512K viewsView on X
  • Aug 28, 20262.0x their median

    Early morning FriYAY faces ❤️ https://t.co/nqjuj4yCVO

    1.3K474036.5K viewsView on X
  • Sep 23, 20261.8x their median

    Way Back Wednesday! Some dogs grow into their purpose.... Sampson seemed to arrive already knowing his. ❤️ Tiny puppy. Proudly wearing his service dog vest. Ready to learn. No idea yet just how many lives he would touch, how many doors he would open, or how far those little paws would take us. He wasn't just born for the job. He was born to leave a legacy.

    1.1K764445.4K viewsView on X
  • Sep 13, 20261.7x their median

    Healing takes time (and effort). Living takes time (and a lot of energy). A heart that's always listening and a mind that's always learning and a life that’s always helping gets tired. And when you're tired, you need to rest. Being kind enough to give yourself a break is the wise thing to do.

    1.1K742215.8K 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

#nationaldogday#throwbackthursday

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 675 interactions against 148K followers, an engagement rate of 0.461%. Measured over 33 original posts, its engagement rate beats 80% of 20,444 tracked accounts of a similar size. Comparing inside a size band matters here: engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly just re-measure the follower count. Posts are seen about 5.1K times each, and 13.2% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.45% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 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 Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 33 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 39% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 3.2K interactions, about 4.7x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #nationaldogday, #throwbackthursday.

What is Sampson the Service Dog's engagement rate on X?
Sampson the Service Dog (@sampson_dog) has an engagement rate of 0.461%, based on the median interactions across 33 original posts from the last 30 days against 147,887 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.461%, Sampson the Service Dog sits above the 50th percentile of the 205,582 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 @sampson_dog have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 80% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 accounts), which puts it in the top 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 @sampson_dog post?
Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.27 posts per day across the measured window.

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