Real-Time Online Performance (1st Showday to 5 days after last showday)123 postsi138.2k engagementsi4.6% Real-Time ERi1.8m video viewsi135.0k likesi1.3k commentsi764 sharesi1.1k savesiSentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥i
OwnershipCompany: C3 / Group: Live Nation
FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENT INDEX SCORE
65.8
2026
FEI
🌎 Ranked: #36 Worldwide
🇺🇸 Ranked: #15 in United States
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🌎 Ranked: #7 in the World for Indie•🇺🇸 Ranked: #2 in United States for Indie•🌎 Ranked: #4 in the World for Country•🇺🇸 Ranked: #3 in United States for Country•🌎 Ranked: #7 in the World for Indie•🇺🇸 Ranked: #2 in United States for Indie•🌎 Ranked: #4 in the World for Country•🇺🇸 Ranked: #3 in United States for Country•
For Real-Time Posting Volume (123)
🌎 Ranked: #76 in the World
🇺🇸 Ranked: #22 in United States
For Real-Time Posting Volume (123)
🌎 Ranked: #76 in the World
🇺🇸 Ranked: #22 in United States
For # Total Engagements (138.2k)
🌎 Ranked: #115 in the World
🇺🇸 Ranked: #27 in United States
For Real-Time Engagement Rate (4.6%)
🌎 Ranked: #48 in the World
🇺🇸 Ranked: #16 in United States
For Sentiment Rating (🔥🔥🔥🔥)
🌎 Ranked: #36 in the World
🇺🇸 Ranked: #5 in United States
What's shaping this score?
Reaction machine with warmth, both platforms firing
What's Working
People stop and react to High Water's posts at a rate that beats most festivals on the planet. The festival lands in the top 25% worldwide for how many of the people it reaches actually engage.
High Water works on both platforms at a level most festivals never achieve. Instagram engagement sits in the top half among Instagram accounts, while TikTok engagement ranks in the top 10% among TikTok accounts. Most festivals lean hard on one channel and let the other drift; this one does not.
Read the comments and the tone is unmistakably positive. The sentiment ranks in the top 25% worldwide, and among Country festivals High Water sits in the top three for warmth of response.
The feed never went quiet. During the PAW (peak attention window), High Water posted 39 times a day on Instagram and 22 times a day on TikTok, a steady rhythm that kept the audience in the moment all weekend.
Among Country festivals, High Water ranks third at converting reach into actual reactions.
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Most engaging posts, this edition
1Insta ReelView post ↗@winyahband x @therunaroundsband 🌊 live from High Water
2Insta ReelView post ↗🌙 @caamp @alicephoebelou
3TikTokView post ↗@The Runarounds x @WINYAH 🌊 live from High Water
4Insta ReelView post ↗@therunaroundsband have arrived 🚌 make sure to check out their set on the Edisto stage at 3pm
5Insta CarouselView post ↗forever chasing the good times with @therunaroundsband 📸 @charles.reagan
Relative position
31
🇦🇹 Electric Love Festival (Barracuda Music / CTS Eventim)
FEI67.3
32
🇮🇹 Kappa FuturFestival (Independent)
FEI66.9
33
🇨🇿 Rock for People (Independent)
FEI66.6
34
🇺🇸 Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (C3 / Live Nation)
FEI66.5
35
🇧🇷 Time Warp Brasil (Insomniac / Live Nation)
FEI66.3
36
🇺🇸 High Water Festival (C3 / Live Nation)
FEI65.8
37
🇨🇿 Beats for Love (Independent)
FEI65.5
38
🇳🇱 Pinkpop (Mojo Concerts / Live Nation)
FEI65.2
39
🇺🇸 Welcome to Rockville (Danny Wimmer Presents / Danny Wimmer Group)
FEI65.2
40
🇨🇦 Festival d'été de Québec (Independent)
FEI64.9
41
🇩🇪 Airbeat One (DEAG, Music Eggert / DEAG Entertainment)
FEI64.7
Score history
First scored edition. The score history graph appears from the second edition, with annual change flags.