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
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%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.142% |
| 75th percentile | 0.674% |
| 90th percentile | 2.54% |
| 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 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.
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 | 88% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 37% 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.
- Sep 27, 2026162x their median
I Couldn’t. I Just Couldn’t. Even Though I’m in BRAZIL! https://t.co/zRJdwIK1wV
- Sep 14, 2026134x their median
1-down……16 to go!!!!! https://t.co/o2QMVbA4jM
- Oct 9, 2026104x their median
How ‘Bout Dem Cowboys!!!!!!! https://t.co/KyvAx8Jun9
- 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.
- 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
- Aug 8, 202656x their median
See why I spoke out on the Minnesota Lynx coach? Look no further! https://t.co/OOptb8RvlH
- Sep 28, 202652x their median
Got to meet one of the best in the game @neymarjr! https://t.co/0CNa6ZhjOh
- Oct 7, 202648x their median
Sorry for the misunderstanding regarding my comments on First Take this morning. https://t.co/UpqSx8CkuL
- Sep 6, 202639x their median
A simple thank you would have sufficed. https://t.co/nnt7kP6Yey
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 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.