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Media Council of Kenya engagement report

@MediaCouncilK - 125K followers on X

Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 3, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom quarter for its size
Per follower
0.014%
of 125K followers
Per impression
1.75%
1.0K views on a typical post
Reach
0.8%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
18
interactions (median)
Saved
0%
0 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
1.9/day
active 20% of days
Peak time
09:00 UTC
Monday

A typical post picks up 18 interactions against 125K followers, an engagement rate of 0.014%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 23% 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 1.0K times each, and 1.75% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.799% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 90% carry an image or video, 10% are part of a thread and 30% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 41 interactions, about 2.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #iduai2026, #keelection2027, #idua2026.

Measured over 10 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 3, 2026. Recurring tags: #iduai2026, #keelection2027, #idua2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

Media Council of Kenya's engagement rate beats 23% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 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 57% 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 0.014%, Media Council of Kenya sits above the 10th percentile of the 213,282 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.

p100.004%
p250.025%
p50 (median)0.147%
p750.698%
p902.61%
p9982.9%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 213,282 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,403 times apart and a linear axis would flatten everything below the median into a single point.
Show the percentile table
Engagement rate percentiles
PercentileEngagement rate
10th percentile0.004%
25th percentile0.025%
50th percentile0.147%
75th percentile0.698%
90th percentile2.61%
99th percentile82.9%

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 09:00 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.

Engagement by hour posted, UTCTwenty-four bars, one per UTC hour. Each bar shows how posts published in that hour compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest hour: 09:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 09:00 UTC
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
Engagement by hour posted, UTC
Hour (UTC)Vs author medianPosts
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 UTC0%116K
22:00 UTC-2%100K
23:00 UTC-1%90K
Engagement by day of weekSeven bars, one per weekday, Sunday first. Each bar shows how posts published on that day compare with their own authors' median engagement. Bars above the centre line ran higher than the median, bars below ran lower. A marker flags Busiest day: Monday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Monday
Show engagement by day of week as a table
Engagement by day of week
DayVs author medianPosts
Sunday+5%393K
Monday+1%483K
Tuesday-2%520K
Wednesday-3%472K
Thursday-2%430K
Friday-3%447K
Saturday+2%393K
See what moves engagement across the whole catalogWhat counts as a good engagement rate at this size

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.

This account's posting mix compared with catalog-wide effects
FormatThis accountCatalog effect95% intervalAccounts behind it
Image or video90% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link30% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-+15%+14% to +16%32K
  • 90% 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.
  • 30% 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 291 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 28, 20262.3x their median

    Currently underway! The @MediaCouncilK, in partnership with the @KenyasOmbudsman, has commenced the commemoration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information. This year’s discussions focus on safeguarding information integrity in the digital age and expanding access to credible information to counter misinformation and other forms of information disorder. Follow the conversation for insights on how credible, accurate and reliable information can strengthen public trust and support a more informed society. #IDUAI2026 #KEElection2027

    2217111.2K viewsView on X
  • Sep 27, 20261.8x their median

    We present to you the Powerhouse Lineup.... #IDUAI2026 #KEElection2027 https://t.co/Fr7tFZfyka

    2110021.4K viewsView on X
  • Oct 2, 2026

    Faith, Youth & Media unite: say NO to election incitement. Learn More: https://t.co/x59Ild8TNF #KeElection2027 https://t.co/C6mwBDFNxF

    13700844 viewsView on X
  • Sep 28, 2026

    Fare thee well, Mr Noel Wandera... https://t.co/F1lxHs5q8R

    142221.7K viewsView on X
  • Sep 29, 2026

    IDUAI in the Regions: Council Regional Offices across the Country joined stakeholders in commemorating #IDUA2026. The engagements brought together media practitioners, governments and civil society to highlight the importance of timely, credible and accessible information. Discussions focused on strengthening journalists’ use of access to information mechanisms, verification and responsible use of AI, particularly ahead of the 2027 General Election. Stakeholders also called for stronger collaboration between the media and public institutions to counter misinformation and disinformation, promote accountability and ensure inclusive access to information. #MCKInTheRegions

    11611720 viewsView on X
  • Sep 29, 2026

    ICYMI | Promoting the Right to Access Information We marked #IDUAI2026 with renewed calls for stronger access to public information, greater transparency and collaboration among media, government and other stakeholders to counter misinformation and strengthen information integrity. Via @NationAfrica and @BD_Africa Daily. #MCKInTheNews

    11500472 viewsView on X
  • Sep 28, 2026

    Protecting information integrity begins with protecting the public’s right to know, stakeholders urged during this year's #IDUAI2026 Learn More: https://t.co/hVmnoRChBw #IDUAI2026 #KEElection2027 https://t.co/XoI8axbfbj

    9500479 viewsView on X
  • Oct 1, 2026

    Pressing Issues: Press freedom must be safeguarded, and grievances against media houses must be handled according to the legal framework; criticising the media is also part of free expression."~CEO @DavidOmwoyo , via @ntvkenya More:https://t.co/W3mvjVFuaf #MCKInTheNews

    7401661 viewsView on X
  • Sep 28, 2026

    INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION "People are looking for information that has been verified, information that has gone through all the quality checks, so as to consume information that is factual, and not harmful" ~ Eric Oduor, Secretary General, Kenya Union of Journalists #KBCniYetu ^KG

    33021.3K viewsView on X
  • Sep 28, 2026

    INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION "Access to information is not a favour from the government; it is a constitutional right" ~ Zubeidah Kananu, President, Kenya Editors’ Guild #KBCNiYetu ^KG https://t.co/yxriZwY0AZ

    21021.4K viewsView on X

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

#iduai2026#keelection2027#idua2026#kbcniyetu#mckinthenews

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 18 interactions against 125K followers, an engagement rate of 0.014%. Measured over 10 original posts, its engagement rate beats 23% 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 1.0K times each, and 1.75% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.799% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 20% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 10 posts sampled, 90% carry an image or video, 10% are part of a thread and 30% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 41 interactions, about 2.3x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #iduai2026, #keelection2027, #idua2026.

What is Media Council of Kenya's engagement rate on X?
Media Council of Kenya (@MediaCouncilK) has an engagement rate of 0.014%, based on the median interactions across 10 original posts from the last 30 days against 125,406 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.014%, Media Council of Kenya sits above the 10th percentile of the 213,282 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 @MediaCouncilK have real engagement?
Its engagement rate beats 23% 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 @MediaCouncilK post?
Most posts go out around 09:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.9 posts per day across the measured window.

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