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Stephen A Smith engagement report

@stephenasmith - 6.1M followers on X

Measured over 138 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026.

Engagement

Middle of its size range
Per follower
0.005%
of 6.1M followers
Per impression
0.229%
146K views on a typical post
Reach
2.37%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
334
interactions (median)
Saved
0.017%
24 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
5.1/day
active 100% of days
Peak time
20:00 UTC
Thursday

A typical post picks up 334 interactions against 6.1M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 138 original posts, its engagement rate beats 26% of 20,182 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 146K times each, and 0.229% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.37% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 5.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 138 posts sampled, 88% carry an image or video and 37% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 155K interactions, about 463x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #dkpartner, #buckleup, #collegesports.

Measured over 138 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026. Recurring tags: #dkpartner, #buckleup, #collegesports.

Compared with accounts its own size

Stephen A Smith's engagement rate beats 26% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,182 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 10 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 17% 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 0.005%, Stephen A Smith sits above the 10th percentile of the 203,212 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.024%.

p100.004%
p250.024%
p50 (median)0.142%
p750.674%
p902.54%
p9982.4%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 203,212 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,901 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 percentile0.142%
75th percentile0.674%
90th percentile2.54%
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 20:00 UTC, and Thursday 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: 20:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 20:00 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: Thursday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Thursday
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 video88% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link37% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length--3%-3% to -2%54K
  • 88% 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.
  • 37% 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 156 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

  • Aug 4, 2026463x their median

    I'm not backing down from this one. You can support people's rights AND believe biological men shouldn't compete in women's sports. Those two things are not mutually exclusive. My issue isn't hate. It's protecting women, protecting girls, and asking why a WNBA coach chose to inject herself into a controversy that could hurt the very league she's supposed to represent. Common sense still matters. That's where I stand. My full remarks are on YouTube.

    138K11K5.0K1.2K6.5M viewsView on X
  • Sep 27, 2026162x their median

    I Couldn’t. I Just Couldn’t. Even Though I’m in BRAZIL! https://t.co/zRJdwIK1wV

    50K3.1K6443362.2M viewsView on X
  • Sep 14, 2026134x their median

    1-down……16 to go!!!!! https://t.co/o2QMVbA4jM

    40K3.0K1.0K4401.8M viewsView on X
  • Oct 9, 2026104x their median

    How ‘Bout Dem Cowboys!!!!!!! https://t.co/KyvAx8Jun9

    30K3.1K1.1K3011.1M viewsView on X
  • Aug 13, 202668x their median

    Stephen A. Smith showers Marco Rubio with praise: says he’s “the real deal,” and his credentials are “PRETTY FREAKING IMPECCABLE.” High marks for JD Vance and Gov. DeSantis, too. SMITH: “JD Vance knows how to handle himself in front of a camera. He's younger, he's sharp, he's articulate. Marco Rubio has been a longtime senator, is the Secretary of State, Director of National Security, whose credentials are pretty freaking impeccable." “Both of them articulate themselves very well. In Rubio's case, he's bilingual, of Cuban descent, and that ain't gonna hurt him.” “There's hope on the horizon once Trump leaves office... On the REPUBLICAN side. Say what you want about DeSantis, he's an executive. I got some issues with him... But I got news for you... I don't hear too many people complaining about the state of Florida. And I ain't gonna be no hypocrite. I MOVED THERE.” “Rubio, his nationals, his foreign policy experience, being the Secretary of State for this country, very articulate, knows how to deal with combativeness, bilingual, got an Hispanic populace out there that respects the hell out of him.” “I think Rubio is the real deal. I think Rubio is the real deal. I think Governor DeSantis is the real deal. These are formidable candidates that will stand in front of any Democrat believing they can eat them alive!” “Do you think Kamala Harris or AOC can deal with them?” “Gavin Newsom can argue against anybody. Sounds smooth as hell right up until a minute you look at California... and all of a sudden you change your mind.” These are not the words of a Republican. This is coming from a Kamala Harris voter who later admitted he “regrets” his decision. And if Democrats keep going the route of the communist DSA, they’re going to lose people like Stephen A. Smith for good before 2028.

    19K3.2K26870887K viewsView on X
  • Oct 16, 202663x their median

    🚨 NOW: Kid Rock reveals President Trump overnight hosted a dinner with BILL MAHER, STEPHEN A. SMITH and himself — and they ALL AGREED ON ONE THING... "Socialism and communism has no place to have a foothold in our government." "It was EPIC." That must've been INTERESTING 😅 The socialists have lost Maher and Stephen A. Smith! This is again how you know they have fallen off the deep end. There is no future in the Democrat Party for people who are not socialist. @KidRock

    17K3.4K4981981.5M viewsView on X
  • Aug 8, 202656x their median

    See why I spoke out on the Minnesota Lynx coach? Look no further! https://t.co/OOptb8RvlH

    17K1.1K7911691.1M viewsView on X
  • Sep 28, 202652x their median

    Got to meet one of the best in the game @neymarjr! https://t.co/0CNa6ZhjOh

    17K4568933322K viewsView on X
  • Oct 7, 202648x their median

    Sorry for the misunderstanding regarding my comments on First Take this morning. https://t.co/UpqSx8CkuL

    7.8K5386.2K1.6K3.8M viewsView on X
  • Sep 6, 202639x their median

    A simple thank you would have sufficed. https://t.co/nnt7kP6Yey

    11K8886653233.2M 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

#dkpartner#buckleup#collegesports#cowboys#datingconversations

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 334 interactions against 6.1M followers, an engagement rate of 0.005%. Measured over 138 original posts, its engagement rate beats 26% of 20,182 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 146K times each, and 0.229% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 2.37% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 5.1 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 138 posts sampled, 88% carry an image or video and 37% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 155K interactions, about 463x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #dkpartner, #buckleup, #collegesports.

What is Stephen A Smith's engagement rate on X?
Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) has an engagement rate of 0.005%, based on the median interactions across 138 original posts from the last 30 days against 6,144,644 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.005%, Stephen A Smith sits above the 10th percentile of the 203,212 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 @stephenasmith have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 26% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,182 accounts), which puts it in the middle of its size range 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 @stephenasmith post?
Most posts go out around 20:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 5.1 posts per day across the measured window.

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