These were the top publishers on Facebook in June 2021
With Independence Day now behind us and summer well and truly underway, it’s time to look back at the top publishers on Facebook for June 2021. As usual, we used our API and NewsWhip Spike to gather these rankings, which you can read about on our developer hub. This...
Naomi Osaka’s struggles: Destigmatizing mental health in professional sports
Naomi Osaka, the 23-year-old phenom who has taken the tennis world by storm, recently made headlines due to her withdrawal from the 2021 French Open tournament. Osaka, who announced on May 26th that she would not be participating in press conferences during the...
These were the top publishers on Facebook in May 2021
Continuing our monthly tradition, we looked back at the top publishers on Facebook for May 2021. Progressing into summer this year, engagement to web content is broadly much lower than it was this time a year ago, which marked a high water point for engagement levels....
How the public reacted to mask mandates being lifted
On April 27th, President Joe Biden and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that masks are no longer required for fully vaccinated people in outdoor settings, one of the first steps on the way back to normalcy after COVID-19. Two weeks later, the...
These were the top publishers on Facebook in April 2021
We looked back at the top publishers on Facebook for the month of April 2021, ranked by their total engagement. The month saw a slight decline in engagement for most publishers and in the levels hit by the top articles, but the level of interactions did increase for...
How soccer’s European Super League crisis unfolded in the media
Fans of soccer across the world were left dumbfounded when on Sunday, April 18th, 12 of the biggest European soccer teams joined together to form the “European Super League.” The “Founding Clubs” that attempted to band together included AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico...
These were the top publishers on Facebook in March 2021
As we head out of the first quarter of 2021, we looked back at the top publishers of March on Facebook to see which of them received the most engagement. As usual, we used our API to gather these rankings, which you can read about on our developer hub. This analysis...
What’s Trending? (Part 2): For some, old scores need settling
At the University of Michigan Center for Social Media Responsibility (CSMR), we publish and monitor a metric we call the Iffy Quotient—the fraction of the most popular URLs on Facebook and Twitter that come from “Iffy” sites that often publish...
These were the top publishers on Facebook in August 2021
How Uber, Lyft, and Salesforce responded to the Texas abortion law
Maple and berry flavors are the rising stars of fall 2021
This year’s most engaged stories about Big Tech companies largely reflect public attitudes
How big tech CEOs were covered in the media in August 2021
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