barkha dutt engagement report
@BDUTT - 6.7M followers on X
Measured over 71 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 28, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 116 interactions against 6.7M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 71 original posts, its engagement rate beats 15% of 21,185 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 30K times each, and 0.389% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.447% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 71 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 59% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 45K interactions, about 345x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #breaking, #flydubai, #gyaneshkumar.
Measured over 71 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 28, 2026. Recurring tags: #breaking, #flydubai, #gyaneshkumar.
Compared with accounts its own size
barkha dutt's engagement rate beats 15% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 25% 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 0.002%, barkha dutt sits below the 10th percentile of the 212,078 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.146% |
| 75th percentile | 0.694% |
| 90th percentile | 2.61% |
| 99th percentile | 83.1% |
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 Monday 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 | 94% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 59% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 94% 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 441 characters, which falls in the over 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts over 280 characters run 15% above 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
- Sep 21, 2026345x their median
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News have joined CNN in suspending pool coverage of Trump after he banned CNN from the White House. “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government,” the networks said in a joint statement. “No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.” https://t.co/5iM7ID8902
- May 12, 2021190x their median
After 16 days of COVID i mixed my father’s ashes into a rose plant and two evergreen trees, sought his blessings, and return my broken heart to the reporting road for @themojostory starting travels through rural India. This will be a personal pilgrimage. Wish us luck and love https://t.co/B3VaWqow5D
- Oct 25, 2026143x their median
What a beautiful video. A mother and calf fell into a water tank. Both were rescued but during rescue the calf got separated from mother. Kurseong division staff brilliantly tracked the mother. It took 7 hours but they reunited them. Reaction of mother in last !! Gods work. https://t.co/CfsG1Ltb0q
- Sep 16, 2026127x their median
I got so emotional after watching this video 🥺 https://t.co/t6FzZt2iGD
- Sep 10, 202680x their median
Breaking News: Anthropic said it halted potential plots by scientists who used its A.I. models to do research that could have helped develop biological weapons. https://t.co/7Q01GZV0xA
- Aug 28, 202660x their median
An unbelievable video captures the last three minutes in the life of Trishuli town in Nepal before flood waters devoured it whole #nepal https://t.co/vGb45xZVD2
- Aug 13, 202641x their median
BREAKING: Bar Council of India directs State Bar Councils not to enrol any 2026 NALSAR graduate as an advocate until further orders. BCI seeks a report identifying those behind the campaign over CJI Surya Kant’s participation in the University’s convocation. A final decision will be taken on August 19.
- Oct 12, 202635x their median
Monday early morning Exclusive at Jantar Mantar - We Broke the news that the protest site was Sealed & Locked - at that time there was no announcement of 3 alternative protest sites. Here's a glimpse of the questions I asked the Cops & how they responded. In full https://t.co/s9Y6hA5ux6
- Oct 26, 202627x their median
#BREAKING on Bar & Bench Election Commission of India files counter affidavit in Supreme Court on plea against CEC's functioning; says petition built entirely on a single news report What ECI says: 🔹 Affidavit approved unanimously by all three members: the CEC and both Election Commissioners 🔹 All three SIR orders (June 2025, October 2025, May 2026) were unanimous decisions of the Commission 🔹 Notes, queries or suggestions by the CEC or ECs while a file moves are not decisions of the Commission 🔹 Files go to one EC, then the other EC, then the CEC. In urgent cases, approval is taken electronically and recorded on file later 🔹 Any officer issuing orders beyond delegated powers will face action 🔹 July 28 work allocation order was issued by an Additional Secretary on deputation. Both ECs wrote to the Cabinet Secretary the next day. The order was never implemented after the ECs' joint direction of July 30 🔹 Form 6 has not been amended. Only the Centre can amend it. The SIR declaration is a separate document 🔹 Admits the online display could be read as an amendment. From October 21, the online application will be split into Form 6 and the declaration, as in the physical form 🔹 Unmapped voters need not attend hearings. BLOs will collect documents from their homes. Hearings only in exceptional cases, preferably online 🔹 ECINet: no name is added or deleted except by order of the ERO. A committee with experts from IIT and IISc has been set up to check compliance 🔹 Goa: of 97 "left out" voters, 88 had already been enrolled, 6 were abroad and 3 held Portuguese passports 🔹 West Bengal appeals against inclusion of voters were filed by officers of the CEO, West Bengal, under Supreme Court orders. "These matters were not brought to the Commission" 🔹 Plea to restrain the CEC is not maintainable. CEC can be removed only like a Supreme Court judge 🔹 Commission never released or authorised the release of any internal note or file to the media 🔹 Repeated challenges to EVMs already rejected by the Supreme Court 🔹 Short reply filed due to Dussehra vacation. ECI seeks liberty to file a detailed para-wise response #ElectionCommission #SupremeCourt #SIR
- Aug 14, 202624x their median
BREAKING | Plea against BCI’s letters to NALSAR mentioned before Supreme Court Sr. Adv. K Parameshwar: BCI has no business of what’s going on in a university. CJI Kant: naturally this is absolutely uncalled for. It’s a dialogue between students and me. Who are they to raise an issue? This is totally uncalled for. In my student days I have been actively involved in student activities. Assuming even if they are wrong they have a right to protest. BCI doesn’t have any business. Order: issue notice. Meanwhile no action shall be taken punitive action to be taken against student or faculty of any national law university/law university.
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 116 interactions against 6.7M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 71 original posts, its engagement rate beats 15% of 21,185 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 30K times each, and 0.389% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.447% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 4.2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window. Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 71 posts sampled, 94% carry an image or video and 59% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 45K interactions, about 345x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #breaking, #flydubai, #gyaneshkumar.
- What is barkha dutt's engagement rate on X?
- barkha dutt (@BDUTT) has an engagement rate of 0.002%, based on the median interactions across 71 original posts from the last 30 days against 6,675,055 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.002%, barkha dutt sits below the 10th percentile of the 212,078 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 @BDUTT have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 15% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 accounts), which puts it in the bottom quarter for its size 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 @BDUTT post?
- Most posts go out around 16:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 4.23 posts per day across the measured window.