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SAM SMITH engagement report

@samsmith - 7.0M followers on X

Measured over 5 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026.

Engagement

Per follower
0.021%
of 7.0M followers
Per impression
1.47%
98K views on a typical post
Reach
1.41%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
1.4K
interactions (median)
Saved
0.018%
18 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.33/day
active 20% of days
Peak time
16:00 UTC
Friday

Early reading. We have captured 5 original posts for this account, below the 8 we require before treating a median as settled. The numbers above describe what we have seen so far, not a finished profile of the account.

A typical post picks up 1.4K interactions against 7.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.021%. Posts are seen about 98K times each, and 1.47% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.41% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.33 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 5 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 60% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11K interactions, about 16x its own typical post. Only 5 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.

Measured over 5 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026. Recurring tag: #fallontonight.

Where this sits in the catalog

At 0.021%, SAM SMITH sits above the 10th percentile of the 204,491 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.143%
p750.677%
p902.55%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 204,491 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,891 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 percentile0.677%
90th percentile2.55%
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 16:00 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.

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: 16:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 16:00 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: Friday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Friday
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 video100% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link0% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length--3%-3% to -2%54K
  • 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.
  • 0% 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 123 characters, which falls in the 80 - 180 characters band. Across the catalog, posts of 80 to 180 characters run 3% below 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 16, 202616x their median

    東京ありがとう、心から愛しています。 My Guy live at @MAJ_CEIPA awards xxxx https://t.co/4TzHqVDMuU

    10K6557034200K viewsView on X
  • May 4, 202610x their median

    "ART IS NOT A THING; IT IS A WAY." - Erté Hat designer: Christian Cowan x Stephen Jones Look: Christian Cowan Earrings: @Cartier Necklace: Christian Cowan Photographer: @gregbaileyphoto https://t.co/vgGz87XcUn

    9.0K1.3K118223267K viewsView on X
  • Aug 18, 20266.9x their median

    Must be my fourth time now visiting this sanctuary. I make a personal artistic pilgrimage here every time I come to Mexico and it fills up my soul every time 💙 https://t.co/jvqO8ycG3S

    9.4K3937254283K viewsView on X
  • Jun 24, 202611x their median

    Hazel Eyes. My new album, August 21st. https://t.co/q8NGodCiKp I am so excited to bring this piece of work and music to you. An honest account of my life the last few years, and a sweet escape for anyone who needs it. I believe, after this record more than ever, that love is a cure and music is a sanctuary and honesty is my north star. I can’t wait to share it with you all. Thanks for sticking round all these years to listen. Sam xx

    6.7K987118168229K viewsView on X
  • Aug 30, 20265.5x their median

    ♥️ https://t.co/GeOZbsfiYq

    7.5K2298536184K viewsView on X
  • Jun 15, 20269.3x their median

    My Guy. June 24th. A song that I feel I have been waiting a lifetime to write and sing. Written with beautiful friends on a summer’s day in New York, this one fell out of the sky. In this sometimes cold and distant world, I hope you can feel the love and the closeness of this recording. I tried to capture the glow and the warmth of love in this one, it makes me cry, maybe it will make you feel a little love too. Pre-save now https://t.co/Ehxh4cHOXV

    5.9K41982962.8M viewsView on X
  • Sep 25, 20263.7x their median

    💙 https://t.co/q0E3IPLdgj

    5.1K1196737230K viewsView on X
  • May 8, 20264.8x their median

    Midnight Snack 💋 https://t.co/YT1czcnZPL

    4.7K240612465K viewsView on X
  • Aug 13, 20263.3x their median

    Fergie's album ‘The Dutchess’ brought me so much joy as a kid. Not only was it insanely fun and full of pure bops, but it also had the killer and timeless ballad ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ I never thought it would feel this good singing this song. I loved every second. I love you Fergie. @Fergie @Spotify @SpotifyUK https://t.co/qQ8S76zo7j

    4.2K4485162204K viewsView on X
  • May 3, 20264.5x their median

    FASHION IS ART - TOMORROW #metgala @gregbaileyphoto https://t.co/up3pwYTASJ

    4.2K17610875137K 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

#fallontonight

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 1.4K interactions against 7.0M followers, an engagement rate of 0.021%. Posts are seen about 98K times each, and 1.47% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.41% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.33 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 5 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 60% are part of a thread. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 11K interactions, about 16x its own typical post. Only 5 original posts have been captured so far, fewer than the 8 posts we want behind a median before treating it as settled. Read the figures above as an early measurement of this account, not as a finished profile of it.

What is SAM SMITH's engagement rate on X?
SAM SMITH (@samsmith) has an engagement rate of 0.021%, based on the median interactions across 5 original posts from the last 30 days against 6,961,855 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.021%, SAM SMITH sits above the 10th percentile of the 204,491 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 @samsmith have real engagement?
There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
When does @samsmith post?
Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.33 posts per day across the measured window.

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