by Benedict Nicholson | Nov 17, 2020 | Digital Journalism
October was the final month before the presidential election, but a surprising amount of the top content did not actually have to do with the election but the deaths of some beloved celebrities. As usual, we used our API to gather these rankings, which you can read...
by Katherine K. Ellis | Feb 12, 2020 | Digital Journalism, Communications & PR
Ahead of 2020’s Oscars, there was a resurgence of the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, but in the wake of the awards show, there were more stories about other social issues surrounding the nominations and final winners. When we break out engagements to content about the Oscars...
by Benedict Nicholson | Jan 15, 2019 | Digital Journalism
Who were the top web publishers of December 2018 on Facebook? We dived into the data to find out. It’s time to officially close out 2018 with our final monthly rankings for the year. If you’re interested in what did well more generally in terms of content in 2018, you...
by Benedict Nicholson | Nov 21, 2018 | Brands, Digital Journalism
Interior design content demonstrates how hugely powerful a visual element can be to drive engagement on social. We took a look at some of the data for 2018. From hygge to mid century revival, it seems as if our news feeds are filled with the latest must-have trends...
by NewsWhip | Jan 27, 2016 | Digital Journalism, Interviews
What’s it like to cover the world’s news through news feed, timeline and Snapchat? As one of the world’s best-known news brands, BBC News have long been figuring out the best way to reach their global audience on social media. We talked to Social...
by NewsWhip | Jan 13, 2016 | NewsWhip Announcements, Product Announcements, Digital Journalism
We’ve just launched new Alerts in Spike, surfacing the most relevant stories to your inbox, as they start to trend. Since we launched Spike back in 2012, one of our most-requested features has been the ability to better alert users to specific stories that are...
by NewsWhip | Dec 31, 2015 | Digital Journalism, Brands
We take a look at the most successful pieces of content on Facebook for 2015. 2015 has been a hectic year for publishers on Facebook. It’s seen the rollout of Instant Articles for iOS and Android, the launching of Signal and an explosion in Facebook video. More...
by NewsWhip | Dec 17, 2015 | Digital Journalism
After yesterday’s look at the best brands, sports teams and politicians on social media in 2015, we turn our attention to the best publishers on social media in 2015. With all the sharing and liking, tweeting and double-tapping almost done for 2015, we decided to take...
by NewsWhip | Dec 15, 2015 | Interviews, Digital Journalism
A range of social media editors, audience development directors, and experts give their predictions on what publishers should expect in 2016. It almost goes without saying that 2015 has been a year of rapid development in the relationship between online journalism...