ZimLive engagement report
@zimlive - 541K followers on X
Measured over 46 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 178 interactions against 541K followers, an engagement rate of 0.033%. Measured over 46 original posts, its engagement rate beats 52% of 20,444 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 31K times each, and 0.58% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 5.69% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 04:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 46 posts sampled, 41% carry an image or video and 59% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.3K interactions, about 7.2x its own typical post.
Measured over 46 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 16, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
ZimLive's engagement rate beats 52% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 34% 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 0.033%, ZimLive sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,880 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the below the median band, which runs 0.024% to 0.143%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.024% |
| 50th percentile | 0.143% |
| 75th percentile | 0.678% |
| 90th percentile | 2.55% |
| 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 04:00 UTC, and Wednesday 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 | 41% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 59% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 41% 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.
- 59% 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 235 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
- Oct 7, 20267.2x their median
A convoy of top-of-the-range vehicles carrying Wicknell and Lucy Chivayo’s families has arrived at Doves Funeral Services in Harare to collect their bodies which will lie in state at their Gletwin home overnight before burial on Thursday 📹 @ZBCNewsonline https://t.co/SwxlRE7Fem
- Sep 16, 20265.8x their median
The Netherlands is closing its embassy in Harare. A statement by the embassy, just released, says “the decision is part of a broader restructuring of the Netherlands’ diplomatic network.” Sweden has also announced the closure of its embassy in Harare https://t.co/OuPizvLXSI
- Oct 12, 20264.3x their median
REVEALED: Furious Mudenda forced Mnangagwa to call off Zanu PF politburo meeting ♦️ Zanu PF leader left shocked by scale and ferocity of fight over amendments to party constitution https://t.co/0MyuzPtniz
- Sep 17, 20263.9x their median
Students graduating at the National University of Science and Technology and parents were told to be seated by 8AM ahead of the arrival of the Chancellor President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Then they waited. Those who wished to leave were not allowed. The president just landed in Bulawayo at 12.40PM
- Oct 13, 20263.8x their median
📹 President Mnangagwa, speaking at the start of a Zanu PF politburo meeting, takes direct aim at his deputy Constantino Chiwenga for not attending a “Presidential Fundraising Ball” last Saturday. “Some of you came, some of you did not come, but you’re members of the politburo.” https://t.co/VTvFIbCOQT
- Oct 8, 20263.6x their median
Old Mutual manager jailed for rape is released after High Court quashes conviction ♦️ Discrepancies in trial court record secure him freedom from 15-year jail stretch https://t.co/UeWztPOVal
- Aug 24, 20263.4x their median
#BREAKING Collins Mnangagwa’s mother in law Amina Jassinta Jessub Arab, 47, sister in law Dyonne Tanaka Tafirenyika, 28, (📸) and their relative Noreen Jessub, 52, all denied bail by a Bulawayo magistrate following their arrest on drugs charges. Remanded in custody to September 3 https://t.co/7M8TSH6UiE
- Sep 14, 20263.2x their median
Bulawayo council stalls on Geo Pomona MOU despite Garwe’s ultimatum ♦️ Residents, rights groups reject Geo Pomona directive, demand open tender https://t.co/wMTtog6Amu
- Aug 24, 20263.2x their median
Kelsea Tafirenyika tells court $10 million properties are gifts from Collins Mnangagwa ♦️ Bail hearing to continue on Wednesday as she remains in custody https://t.co/oZbHA1sqmE
- Aug 26, 20262.9x their median
#BREAKING Lawyers for Kelsea Tafirenyika have written to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa apologising for the “regrettable escalation” around their client’s case, denying any intent to “scandalise” the First Family and blaming “opportunists and detractors” for the controversy https://t.co/e45gstYeBN
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.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 178 interactions against 541K followers, an engagement rate of 0.033%. Measured over 46 original posts, its engagement rate beats 52% of 20,444 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 31K times each, and 0.58% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 5.69% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.6 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 04:00 UTC, and Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 46 posts sampled, 41% carry an image or video and 59% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.3K interactions, about 7.2x its own typical post.
- What is ZimLive's engagement rate on X?
- ZimLive (@zimlive) has an engagement rate of 0.033%, based on the median interactions across 46 original posts from the last 30 days against 540,827 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.033%, ZimLive sits above the 25th percentile of the 204,880 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 @zimlive have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 52% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (20,444 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 @zimlive post?
- Most posts go out around 04:00 UTC, and Wednesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.57 posts per day across the measured window.