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Scott Kelby engagement report

@ScottKelby - 270K followers on X

Measured over 15 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 28, 2026.

Engagement

Bottom quarter for its size
Per follower
0.004%
of 270K followers
Per impression
0.631%
1.7K views on a typical post
Reach
0.65%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
11
interactions (median)
Saved
0.057%
1 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
0.5/day
active 43% of days
Peak time
15:00 UTC
Friday

A typical post picks up 11 interactions against 270K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 15 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 1.7K times each, and 0.631% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.646% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.5 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 43% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 15 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 51 interactions, about 4.6x its own typical post.

Measured over 15 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 28, 2026.

Compared with accounts its own size

Scott Kelby's engagement rate beats 15% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 9 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 31% 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 0.004%, Scott Kelby sits above the 10th percentile of the 212,741 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.025%.

p100.004%
p250.025%
p50 (median)0.146%
p750.697%
p902.61%
p9982.8%
Engagement rate as a share of followers, across the 212,741 accounts we have scanned enough to measure. The axis is logarithmic, because the top and bottom of this population are about 22,375 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 percentile0.146%
75th percentile0.697%
90th percentile2.61%
99th percentile82.8%

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 15:00 UTC, and Friday 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: 15:00 UTC.
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Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest hour: 15:00 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: Friday.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Above the authors' own mediansBelowScale: plus or minus 111%Busiest day: Friday
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 video100% of posts+111%+108% to +115%34K
Outbound link100% of posts-41%-42% to -40%32K
Typical length-+15%+14% to +16%32K
  • 100% 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.
  • 100% 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 382 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

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    I sat down with my friend Richard Bernabe (@bernabephoto) for a new class where we went through some of his incredible wildlife images and talked about what makes them work. We looked at everything from light, gesture, and camera angle to composition, cropping, and why sometimes the best wildlife shot isn't the tightest one. Richard is an amazing wildlife photographer, and I really enjoyed this conversation. I think you will, too. You can check it out here: https://t.co/Hs2gSSy8kG

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  • Aug 10, 20263.5x their median

    I’m doing a free live webinar this Wednesday, and I hope you’ll join me. It’s called Photographer’s Fast Track, and I’ll be sharing some of my favorite tips, techniques, and shortcuts to help you get better results without having to figure everything out the hard way. I’ve got a lot planned (and I’ll make it worth your while for joining me live, too). We go live Wednesday, August 12 at 2:00 PM EDT. Check out this short promo to hear more, then register here: https://t.co/PkKNo6nANX

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  • Aug 4, 20262.9x their median

    August 2026 Lightroom Update: Better Masking, Generative Expand & More! https://t.co/nVRNtnP0Gg

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  • Feb 24, 20262.4x their median

    I've got a Sneak Peek of an unreleased Lightroom feature that is going to be a real game-changer for anyone who (like me) hates keywording but wants to get to the images you want fast. This is next-level stuff, and it's coming to a Lightroom near you. #lightroom #photography https://t.co/SF7G0L14wz

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  • Sep 24, 20262.4x their median

    Tonight, we’re honoring our dear friend Jay Maisel. Erik Kuna and I will be joined by Joe McNally and Jack Reznicki to share some stories, photos, and memories of Jay and celebrate the incredible life and legacy he left behind. I hope you’ll join us tonight at 7:00 PM EDT over on my Facebook page (https://t.co/bsFgc6Wy0a) or on YouTube (https://t.co/Pduf3Sp7oO).

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  • Feb 24, 20262.1x their median

    In 30-min we're doing a live demo of what KelbyOne is all about – taking you behind the scenes (including a studio tour). If you've wondered if it's for you, this is your chance. Learn why photographers all over the world are learning with us. Join in at https://t.co/iRNTfvmOIf https://t.co/oTWUXCP0ZZ

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  • Sep 15, 20262.2x their median

    In less than an hour, we go live with this year’s Photoshop World Keynote, and I’m really excited for this one. Terry White from Adobe is joining me to show us some of the cool new things they’ve been working on for Photoshop and Lightroom. And, of course, it wouldn’t be a PSW Keynote without a few surprises. :) Hope you’ll join us. It all starts at 9:30 AM EDT, and there’s still time to be part of it: https://t.co/qBZIx5mr1T

    174212.1K viewsView on X
  • Sep 30, 20262.1x their median

    Adobe dropped a new Lightroom update, with some pretty cool new features across Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Lightroom mobile. @terryleewhite has a great video showing what’s new and how it all works, so I’ve got that plus a quick rundown on Lightroom Killer Tips today. You can check it out here: https://t.co/3yX72ituQ9

    202012.9K viewsView on X
  • Aug 28, 20261.8x their median

    Getting Lightroom Classic set up correctly from the start can save you a lot of headaches later. Rob Sylvan's new class covers catalogs, backups, importing, organization, missing photos, and the other fundamentals you really need to understand. Check it out here (you can preview 2 free lessons): https://t.co/YFvTetkt4U

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  • Oct 16, 20261.7x their median

    When I’m walking around helping people at my workshops, I get to see how they’re actually using Lightroom. And I keep seeing some of the same things getting missed. So I put 10 of them into my new class. We cover everything from straightening buildings to organizing your trip photos so you can find them years later. See how many you’re already doing. Learn more about it here: https://t.co/oonVOCQYYE

    162101.8K 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.

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Reading these numbers

A typical post picks up 11 interactions against 270K followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 15 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 1.7K times each, and 0.631% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.646% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.5 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 43% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 15 posts sampled, 100% carry an image or video and 100% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 51 interactions, about 4.6x its own typical post.

What is Scott Kelby's engagement rate on X?
Scott Kelby (@ScottKelby) has an engagement rate of 0.004%, based on the median interactions across 15 original posts from the last 30 days against 270,110 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
Is that a good engagement rate?
At 0.004%, Scott Kelby sits above the 10th percentile of the 212,741 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 @ScottKelby 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 @ScottKelby post?
Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 0.5 posts per day across the measured window.

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