NewsWhip CEO Talks Social Distribution Steve Rubel

by | Jul 28, 2015 | Interviews

NewsWhip’s CEO talks to Chief Content Strategist at Edelman about how people are accessing content through social media, and how NewsWhip are helping publishers and brands to harness social signals.  Last week, NewsWhip CEO and co-founder Paul Quigley was a...

For Native Content, a Comment is as Good as A Share

by | Jul 22, 2015 | Other

We look at how Facebook and Instagram users are sharing posts directly with their friends by tagging their names as comments.  Notice any pattern in the comment sections of Facebook and Instagram posts lately? After our recent Facebook rankings for June, a reader got...

The Biggest Facebook Publishers of June 2015

by | Jul 16, 2015 | Other

We reveal the most engaged sites on Facebook in June 2015, with data for the top 25 publishers.  After a few months of absence, we’re back with the biggest Facebook publishers of the month. The picture is somewhat changed since we last looked at these rankings...
The Biggest Twitter Publishers of June 2015

The Biggest Twitter Publishers of June 2015

by | Jul 9, 2015 | Other

We unveil the definitive guide to the biggest English language publishers on Twitter in June 2015.  Who were the most tweeted sites last month? In May, we saw that there was still a strict hierarchy amongst the top few spots, with news publishers dominating. In June:...
Engagement With Content on Instagram in June 2015 Was Huge

Engagement With Content on Instagram in June 2015 Was Huge

by | Jul 8, 2015 | Other

For the first time, we look at engagement rates with images and videos on Instagram, and find out that it frequently is far higher than on Facebook.  The Instagram heart is one of the most used buttons on the social web. How do we know? After having recently added...

How an Action Sports Site Finds Social Media Readers

by | Jul 2, 2015 | Interviews

We talk to the editor of Mpora.com, an action sports site that sees 75% of referrals from social media. We frequently talk to media professionals about how they’re using social media to reach readers, and what they’re learning in the process. This week, we...
The Biggest Facebook Video Publishers in June

The Biggest Facebook Video Publishers in June

by | Jun 30, 2015 | Other

For the first time, we rank the top 20 Facebook video producers by page, based on total shares of their clips in June.  We already know that video is a big deal on Facebook. When we recently looked at the performance of Facebook native video, we found that for some...