Willie Geist engagement report
@WillieGeist - 779K followers on X
Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 28, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 70 interactions against 779K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 32% of 21,185 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 15K times each, and 0.455% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.98% 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 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 31% carry an image or video, 15% are part of a thread and 69% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 997 interactions, about 14x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sundaytoday, #sundayfocus.
Measured over 13 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 28, 2026. Recurring tags: #sundaytoday, #sundayfocus.
Compared with accounts its own size
Willie Geist's engagement rate beats 32% 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 29% 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 0.009%, Willie Geist 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%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.004% |
| 25th percentile | 0.025% |
| 50th percentile | 0.146% |
| 75th percentile | 0.697% |
| 90th percentile | 2.61% |
| 99th percentile | 82.8% |
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 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 | 31% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 69% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | no effect | -2% to -1% | 42K |
- 31% 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.
- 69% 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 211 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
- Aug 30, 202614x their median
Good morning! ☀️ #SundayTODAY is next on @NBC with the latest on rescue efforts in Nepal and Tibet after the catastrophic mudslide there. Plus, our extended tribute to @DollyParton with the best of our conversations and a look at her legacy of extraordinary generosity. 🦋 https://t.co/y4Pbutt5Q5
- Aug 30, 20268.4x their median
On #SundayTODAY, a look back at my conversations over the years with the one-and-only @DollyParton. Every moment of her company was a gift. 🦋 @Dollywood https://t.co/FdILrUDPZH
- Sep 13, 20262.3x their median
Our #SundayTODAY Life Well Lived tribute to the late Dr. William Anderson, the esteemed physician who helped to launch The Albany Movement, leading the fight for desegregation in his South Georgia city. RIP. 🙏 https://t.co/tSI0tXN6Dp
- Sep 13, 20262.2x their median
This week's #SundayTODAY Mug Shots, featuring former @VandyFootball head coach Bobby Johnson. ☀️ ⚓️ https://t.co/Cq9aUbUStw
- Sep 6, 20261.8x their median
Good morning on this Labor Day weekend! ☀️ #SundayTODAY is next on @NBC with @RichardEngel on the U.S. envoy shuttling between Moscow and Kiev this weekend. Plus, what’s next in the Lindsay Clancy trial… another Life Well Lived… and my conversation with @_MegMoroney! 🎶 @MTA https://t.co/Cj0g05ljkV
- Sep 28, 2026
Harry Smith Returning to NBC News as Contributor 2 Years After His Exit (Exclusive) https://t.co/AtPMmFUpvQ
- Sep 27, 2026
Good morning! ☀️ #SundayTODAY is next on @NBC with the latest path of the relentless Nor’easter hammering the East Coast. Plus, a look at @POTUS vs. The Press… another Life Well Lived… and my new conversation with Oscar winner KE HUY QUAN. https://t.co/OJRFvNoASq
- Aug 23, 2026
Good morning! ☀️ #SundayTODAY is next on @NBC with the latest on the Trump Administration plan for economic pressure on Iran and new sanctions on Canada. Plus, another Life Well Lived and our special “Sunday Sitdown LIVE” event in Nashville with country superstar @LukeCombs. 🎶 https://t.co/vvNrxXuqdC
- Sep 13, 2026
Good morning! ☀️ #SundayTODAY is next on @NBC with the latest warning about the potential power and threat of A.I., from the very people building it. Plus, another Life Well Lived and my new conversation with music maestro @ItsBennyBlanco. 🎶 https://t.co/r4RLUBOvjR
- Sep 13, 2026
My #SundayTODAY conversation with music maestro @ItsBennyBlanco, on the process of making hits with the biggest names in music... his new book on success and failure... and the first date with his now-wife @SelenaGomez that he didn't know was a date. ☀️ 🎶 https://t.co/1uhce96TPS
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 70 interactions against 779K followers, an engagement rate of 0.009%. Measured over 13 original posts, its engagement rate beats 32% of 21,185 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 15K times each, and 0.455% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.98% 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 27% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Sunday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 13 posts sampled, 31% carry an image or video, 15% are part of a thread and 69% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 997 interactions, about 14x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #sundaytoday, #sundayfocus.
- What is Willie Geist's engagement rate on X?
- Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) has an engagement rate of 0.009%, based on the median interactions across 13 original posts from the last 30 days against 778,942 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.009%, Willie Geist 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 @WillieGeist have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 32% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (21,185 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 @WillieGeist post?
- Most posts go out around 15:00 UTC, and Sunday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.93 posts per day across the measured window.