Jamaica Observer engagement report
@JamaicaObserver - 637K followers on X
Measured over 113 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 6, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 637K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 113 original posts, its engagement rate beats 10% 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 3.7K times each, and 0.137% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.574% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 113 posts sampled, 39% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.4K interactions, about 289x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #alwaysahead, #jamaicaobserver, #oteam.
Measured over 113 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 6, 2026. Recurring tags: #alwaysahead, #jamaicaobserver, #oteam.
Compared with accounts its own size
Jamaica Observer's engagement rate beats 10% 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 9% 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 0.001%, Jamaica Observer sits below the 10th percentile of the 212,567 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 | 0.696% |
| 90th percentile | 2.61% |
| 99th percentile | 82.7% |
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 17:00 UTC, and Sunday 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 | 39% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 98% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 39% 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.
- 98% 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 260 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
- Sep 1, 2026289x their median
Jamaican content creator and podcaster RushCam is making waves on the global stage after becoming the first Caribbean content creator and podcaster to collaborate with Fenty Beauty. Founded by Barbadian global superstar Rihanna, Fenty Beauty has once again created a platform for Caribbean talent to connect with audiences around the world. RushCam’s feature across the brand’s global platform, reaching more than 13 million followers, marks a significant moment not only for his career but for the growing influence of Caribbean creators, culture and creativity.
- Sep 1, 202645x their median
More than half of Jamaicans are facing food insecurity, with 28 per cent experiencing severe conditions in which they go hungry or spend entire days without eating, according to new United Nations data. https://t.co/O1sk4qSx1N
- Aug 25, 202635x their median
Observer Online understands that popular TikTok personality Nordia Bryan, affectionately known online as “Happy Wife”, died on Monday, August 24, following a prolonged battle with cancer. https://t.co/XQOQwTx4v6 https://t.co/5lCakOHzfA
- Aug 25, 202630x their median
An Opposition political party serves little purpose if all it can do is “oppose, oppose, oppose”. There are moments in the life of a nation when the spirit of patriotism must rise above petty partisanship, because all Jamaicans have an equally vested interest. https://t.co/j7LDBWIro2
- Sep 11, 202622x their median
A St James man has been arrested and charged in connection with major narcotics seizures at the Kingston Freeport Terminal last month. The accused is 56-year-old Roderick Spence of Westgate Hill, Montego Bay, St James. https://t.co/NW0u6iK39Y https://t.co/7tQ6rjmOfV
- Oct 4, 202618x their median
They say third time’s the charm, but for internationally renowned dancehall icon Spragga Benz, two shots were all it took to perfect the musical vision he had been carrying with him. And on Wednesday night, at Jammin’ On The Oasis, that vision came alive in more ways than one. https://t.co/hfUFH9Trm2
- Oct 4, 202617x their median
The United States (US) Coast Guard says it has concluded the successful interdiction of a Motor Vessel (M/V) Grace following a coordinated international enforcement effort confirming the vessel’s “illicit trafficking” of fuel to Cuba. https://t.co/IygLN9jVz0 https://t.co/XitxTbG8Mw
- Sep 12, 202617x their median
Celine Dion was on Saturday set to make her long-awaited return to the stage in Paris after years battling a rare neurological disorder, with anticipation among fans reaching fever pitch. Just hours before she was scheduled to perform her first full concert in six years, the 58-year-old French Canadian singer greeted admirers outside her luxury hotel a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe. https://t.co/QffPXot8gg
- Oct 5, 202616x their median
Diaspora leaders here have rubbished a claim by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Sheila Sealy Monteith that there are no complaints among Jamaicans abroad about unspent Hurricane Melissa donations. https://t.co/b83NHYig9R https://t.co/zyE9Hcz2QL
- Sep 11, 202616x their median
Food prices continue to rise at the Coronation Market in downtown Kingston as farmers struggle with the effects of a worsening drought, pushing up the cost of several essential produce items. https://t.co/mg44LgQjbc https://t.co/yezymQBGu2
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 5 interactions against 637K followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 113 original posts, its engagement rate beats 10% 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 3.7K times each, and 0.137% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.574% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 113 posts sampled, 39% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.4K interactions, about 289x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #alwaysahead, #jamaicaobserver, #oteam.
- What is Jamaica Observer's engagement rate on X?
- Jamaica Observer (@JamaicaObserver) has an engagement rate of 0.001%, based on the median interactions across 113 original posts from the last 30 days against 636,611 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.001%, Jamaica Observer sits below the 10th percentile of the 212,567 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 @JamaicaObserver have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 10% 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 @JamaicaObserver post?
- Most posts go out around 17:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 3.77 posts per day across the measured window.