Traffic Scotland engagement report
@trafficscotland - 388K followers on X
Measured over 73 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 11, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 2 interactions against 388K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Posts are seen about 6.5K times each, and 0.031% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.68% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 05:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 73 posts sampled, 88% carry an image or video, 16% are part of a thread and 77% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 17 interactions, about 8.5x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #m8, #m73, #planahead.
Measured over 73 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 11, 2026. Recurring tags: #m8, #m73, #planahead.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.001%, Traffic Scotland sits below the 10th percentile of the 68,716 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.016%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.016% |
| 50th percentile | 0.1% |
| 75th percentile | 0.5% |
| 90th percentile | 2.09% |
| 99th percentile | 116.3% |
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 05:00 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 | 77% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 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.
- 77% 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 245 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
- Aug 30, 20268.5x their median
⚠️YELLOW WEATHER WARNING⚠️ The @metoffice has issued a YELLOW warning for thunderstorms ⛈️ Today (30/08) 11:00 until 21:00 tonight. More information can be found here: https://t.co/7z3VzfY1Gm https://t.co/9IYmKaXfcK
- Aug 30, 20264.5x their median
CLOSED ⛔️ ⌚16:25 🛣️#M8 Westbound at Junction 10 ⛔ ROAD CLOSED ⛔ Westbound at Junction 10 due to an ongoing police incident. 📢Updates to follow @SWTrunkRoads https://t.co/45yLD59oTA
- Aug 28, 20264.0x their median
📣For the attention of Bon Jovi fans📣 ❌If you're headed to Bon Jovi @MurrayfieldStad , please be aware that Ingliston Park & Ride is currently FULL. Remember, you can 🎶Always🎵 check your route in advance at https://t.co/guU3RElWie
- Sep 10, 20263.5x their median
🚧Today's major roadworks (10th September): ⚠️#A90 Brechin - Contraflow ⚠️#A90 Finavon Bridge - Contraflow ⚠️ #A985 Kincardine Bridge both directions - Temporary traffic lights Further roadworks details can be found here : https://t.co/guU3RElWie https://t.co/zEgPIfdRdX
- Sep 9, 20263.5x their median
UPDATE❗️⌚️17:00 🗺️#M90 Queensferry Crossing ⚠️The Queensferry Crossing is currently restricted N/B due to a road traffic collision ⚠️Lane 2 is currently blocked ⏱️Approx. 17 minute delay on the approach Check your journey at https://t.co/guU3RElWie🗺️ @SETrunkRoads https://t.co/2eCQCTCT2Y
- Sep 8, 20263.5x their median
❗️NEW ⏱️20:12 🗺️#A8 Woodhall Rbt - Langbank Rbt The #A8 is currently ⛔️CLOSED⛔️ W/B between Woodhall Rbt - Langbank Rbt due to a road traffic collision 🚨Emergency services on scene 🛣️Alternative routes should be used currently #PlanAhead 📣Updates to follow @SWTrunkRoads https://t.co/hOcQkl4pLU
- Sep 8, 20263.5x their median
NEW❗️⌚️12:12 🛣️#A92 Preston-Tullis Russell Roundabout CLOSED in both directions due to debris on the carriageway⛔️ TRISS are at scene Traffic in the area is slowing on approach🚗 Check your journey at https://t.co/guU3RElWie @NETrunkRoads https://t.co/7TRbYcTehE
- Aug 30, 20263.5x their median
❗️NEW - 03:02 #M8 (E) Jct 11 ROAD CLOSED DUE TO A POLICE INCIDENT @SWTrunkRoads #UseAlternativeRoute
- Aug 29, 20263.5x their median
❗️NEW ⌚️12:51 🛣️M74 between junctions 6 Hamilton and 5 for Raith Interchange ⚠️there are lane closures both directions for emergency repairs⚠️ ⏱️Delays of approx. NB - 21 minutes SB - 6 minutes 🚗Extra travel time is advised 📣Updates to follow @SWTrunkRoads https://t.co/0jHa8vRZeO
- Sep 9, 20263.0x their median
NEW ❗⌚ 21:20 #A9000 - Forth Road Bridge The Forth Road bridge is currently ⛔CLOSED⛔ in both directions due to a police incident ⚠️This impacts buses, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians that would usually use the bridge Updates to follow📣 @SETrunkRoads https://t.co/oksaNeilWU
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 2 interactions against 388K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Posts are seen about 6.5K times each, and 0.031% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.68% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.5 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 05:00 UTC, and Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 73 posts sampled, 88% carry an image or video, 16% are part of a thread and 77% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 17 interactions, about 8.5x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #m8, #m73, #planahead.
- What is Traffic Scotland's engagement rate on X?
- Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 73 original posts from the last 30 days against 387,876 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.001%, Traffic Scotland sits below the 10th percentile of the 68,716 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 @trafficscotland have real engagement?
- There is not yet enough sample to rank this account against others of its size.
- When does @trafficscotland post?
- Most posts go out around 05:00 UTC, and Thursday is its busiest day, at roughly 4.5 posts per day across the measured window.