Knowing which of your tweets actually performed best is one of the most valuable signals for content strategy on X. The problem is that native X buries the ranking. The fix is a sortable analytics surface that ranks every tweet you have ever posted in one view.
Quick Answer: To see your best tweets on Twitter, open Circleboom Twitter Post Analytics, open the Engagement Analytics sub-view, set the date range to the maximum available, and sort by total engagement. The top of the sort is your best content. Data runs on Circleboom’s X Enterprise API access.
Why Finding Your Best Tweets Matters
Strategy on X is driven by what worked. The accounts that grow consistently are the ones that learn from their own top tweets and replicate the pattern. The accounts that plateau are the ones that keep posting on instinct, never knowing which posts actually drove engagement.
The challenge is that X does not surface this ranking natively. Each tweet’s stats are visible per-post, but there is no aggregated ranking, no “top tweets of all time” view, no sortable archive. The data exists; the platform does not expose it usefully.
That gap is exactly what Circleboom Twitter Post Analytics fills. The Engagement Analytics view shows every tweet as a row in a sortable table, which is the precise shape needed to rank tweets by performance.
Finding your best tweets of all time is a 30-second task once the view is open.
What Counts as a “Best” Tweet
Worth defining clearly, because “best” can mean several different things depending on the goal.
- Highest engagement. Combined likes, replies, retweets, and bookmarks. The catch-all metric.
- Highest replies. Conversation-driving content. Strong signal for community-building accounts.
- Highest bookmarks. Saved-for-later content. Signals reference value.
- Highest retweets. Amplification-worthy content. Signals share-worthiness.
- Highest like-to-follower ratio. Tweets that punched above the account’s weight.
Each definition surfaces a different list, which is why being able to re-sort the table matters more than picking one metric.
Unlike opening each tweet individually and trying to remember the numbers, the Circleboom analytics view puts every tweet side by side in one sortable table.
How to See Your Best Tweets Step by Step
The flow runs in under five minutes once the account is connected.
Log in to Circleboom Twitter
Log in to Circleboom Twitter and complete the OAuth flow with the X account you want to analyze.
Open Engagement Analytics from the Post Analytics section
Navigate to Post Analytics in the dashboard and open the Engagement Analytics sub-view. This is the tweet-by-tweet performance table.
Set the maximum available date range
Extend the time window as far back as possible. The longer the range, the more comprehensive the “best of all time” view.
Sort by total engagement
Click the engagement column header. The table re-orders highest-first. The top 5 rows are your best tweets by combined engagement.
Re-sort by other metrics
Click likes, then bookmarks, then replies, then retweets. Each sort surfaces a different angle on “best.” Triangulate the lists to find tweets that rank high on multiple metrics; those are your strongest performers.
Export the top tweets as CSV
Use the export option to pull the top 20 or top 50 tweets into Excel or Google Sheets for deeper analysis.
How to Read the Top Tweet List
Looking at the top list is interesting. Looking at the pattern behind it is decision-driving. A few common reading patterns:
- Top tweets share a topic. Plan more content on that topic. The audience has voted with engagement.
- Top tweets share a format (thread, question, single-line). The format does the work. Apply it to other topics.
- Top tweets share a length range. Length is the variable. Match the range on future high-stakes tweets.
- Top tweets all include media. Media drives reach. Default to including it.
- Top tweets posted at specific times. Timing is the variable. Lock the publishing window.
Watch the most-liked-tweets demo from Circleboom. The video shows the engagement view sorted by likes.
What to Do With Your Best Tweets Once You Have Them
The list is only valuable if it changes what you do next. Three concrete uses:
Repost the top performers with Auto Retweet. Setting automated repost cycles on the top 5 tweets re-surfaces them to audiences that missed the original post.
Pin your single best tweet to your profile. The profile-pinned tweet is prime real estate. Most accounts use it for a placeholder. The data tells you which tweet should be there instead.
Build a content series from the top topic. If the top 5 tweets all hit the same topic, the audience is telling you to make more of it. The next 5 tweets in that topic almost always outperform random posting.
Replicate the format across new topics. If the top tweets share a structural format (question, listicle, short observation), apply the format to new topics. Format-driven performance generalizes better than topic-driven performance.
For broader context: the content repurposing strategy guide covers what to do with high-performing tweets across platforms. The organic reach drop analysis is useful context for accounts whose top tweets are not getting the impressions they used to. The text formatting guide covers formatting on the top-performing tweets. The tweet monetization measurement guide covers what happens when top tweets start generating revenue.
For broader Circleboom analytics tools, see Engagement Analytics and the Twitter Content Performance Analysis page.
The X help center tweet activity dashboard documentation is the native-platform reference.
Why Quarterly Reviews Beat Weekly Ones for “Best Tweets of All Time”
Weekly engagement reviews are great for tactical content decisions. Quarterly “best of all time” reviews are the right cadence for the strategic insight.
The reason: a single week of data is too small to surface the all-time top performers. Quarterly windows include enough volume to make the ranking meaningful, and the patterns at that scale are more reliable signals for long-term content direction.
Most accounts that run analytics regularly use both cadences. Weekly review for tactical adjustments. Quarterly review for strategic resets and content-series planning.
Setting up the quarterly “best tweets” review takes one Sunday morning. The output drives content decisions for the next quarter.
FAQ on Finding Top Tweets
How do I see all-time best tweets on X?
Open Circleboom Twitter Post Analytics, then Engagement Analytics. Set the date range to maximum and sort by engagement. The top of the sort is your best content.
Does this require X Premium?
No. The analytics view is accessible without an X Premium subscription. Circleboom runs the data through its official Enterprise API access.
Can I see best tweets by bookmarks specifically?
Yes. The Engagement Analytics view supports sorting by bookmarks as a dedicated column. This is the underrated signal for reference-value content.
How far back does the data go?
The historical window depends on what X exposes through API queries. Coverage is comprehensive for recent history; older history depends on platform-side availability.
Can I export the top tweet list?
Yes. CSV export is supported across all analytics views.
What if my tweets do not show up?
Confirm the X account is connected to Circleboom and the data has had a moment to populate. New connections take a few minutes to fully sync.
Your Best Tweets Action List
The fastest path to the answer:
- Log in to Circleboom Twitter
- Open Engagement Analytics
- Set maximum date range
- Sort by engagement
- Read the top 10
- Identify the shared pattern
If you want to see your best tweets on Twitter and learn what drove them, the workflow runs in under five minutes.
