X divides a post's engagements by its impressions. Engagements are every interaction and click: likes, replies, reposts, bookmarks, and clicks on the link, media, profile or "show more". 282 engagements on 9,400 impressions is 3.00%.
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X's engagement rate is a post's engagements (likes, replies, reposts, bookmarks and clicks) divided by its impressions, times 100.
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Copy the counts from under the post, or from the post's activity in X Analytics.
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How X engagement rate works
Every click counts on X
X Analytics counts any click on a post as an engagement: likes, replies, reposts and bookmarks, but also clicks on the link, the media, the profile or "show more". Add those clicks to match X's rate.
Views are public
X shows the view count of every post to everyone. With the likes, replies and reposts under it, you can work out any public account's rate, a competitor's included (without bookmarks and clicks, which the owner sees in analytics).
Repeat views count
A view on X counts each time the post is seen, repeats included. Divide by views (impressions), as X does, and keep the same base every month.
Example: “A post with 9,400 views, 120 likes, 14 replies, 22 reposts, 31 bookmarks and 95 other clicks” = 3.00% engagement rate by impressions
Formula from X's help on post activity. Page checked on October 11, 2026.
Reference
Every X number, and where to find it
What each number means, who can see it, and whether X's engagement rate counts it.
| Number | Where X shows it | In X's rate |
|---|---|---|
| Views (impressions) | Under every post, public | Divide by it |
| Likes | Under the post, public | Counted |
| Replies | Under the post, public | Counted |
| Reposts and quotes | Under the post, public | Counted |
| Bookmarks | The post's activity in X Analytics | Counted |
| Link, media, profile and "show more" clicks | The post's activity in X Analytics, owner only | Counted |
| Followers | The profile, public | Divide by it only for a quick comparison |
Detailed post analytics on X may need an X Premium subscription. The view count stays free and public on every post, which is why X is the easiest network to benchmark competitors on.
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Questions
X engagement rate, answered
Yes, close to it. Views, likes, replies and reposts show on every public post. Bookmarks and clicks are for the owner's analytics, so a competitor's rate comes out a little lower than X's own figure.
Mydrop does not publish an X benchmark yet. Compare a post with the account's own last 20 posts: views are public, so that baseline takes two minutes.
Because X counts clicks too: on the link, the photo, the profile or "show more". Add them in the Other clicks box and the numbers match.
Yes. X shows impressions publicly as views, and counts repeat views of the same post by the same person.
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