by NewsWhip | Apr 19, 2017 | Digital Journalism
A ranking of the most engaged websites on Facebook, with the top 25 sites and analysis. January 2017 saw record levels of engagement with content for many sites on Facebook. Interest in political content and coverage shot upwards, as top sites like NBC, CNN and Fox...
by NewsWhip | Apr 13, 2017 | Digital Journalism
What makes readers click a share over a like? With organic distribution so important on social, we look to understanding the content that makes a difference. In the battle for social media engagement, a share goes a great deal further than a like. But is there a...
by NewsWhip | Apr 6, 2017 | Digital Journalism
Video, photo, links… What are the most engaging content formats for Facebook Pages? Here’s what the most successful post types are across verticals. Last week, we took a look at some of the Facebook Pages with the highest engagements averages per post....
by NewsWhip | Mar 29, 2017 | Digital Journalism
How do you create content that wins on social every time? We explore the Facebook Pages seeing the biggest average engagements per post across news, interests, politics, and more. When we looked at publishers in our report on three years of social data, we noticed...
by NewsWhip | Mar 22, 2017 | Interviews, Digital Journalism
CNN’s Facebook engagement has grown as a result of engagement with their political news coverage in the last year. We take a closer look at the data, and talk to their Director of Social Publishing to learn more. On election night last November,...
by NewsWhip | Mar 16, 2017 | Digital Journalism
We look at how leading US radio station NPR is engaging its Facebook audience with audio. Scrolling through any social platform, you’re unlikely to find much in the way of audio clips going viral. Stories, videos and images, yes, but audio clips of...
by NewsWhip | Mar 14, 2017 | Digital Journalism
How can you make yourself stand out as a publisher on Facebook? We explore seven ways to encourage comments and build an engaged community around your content. Pew Research ran a study on whether readers could remember where their news was coming from. Pew found that...
by NewsWhip | Mar 14, 2017 | Digital Journalism
We looked at the German sites attracting the most engagement on their articles on Facebook in February 2017. Our recent rankings of the most engaged English language sites on Facebook showed growth in engagement with news content for publishers. The aftermath of the...
by NewsWhip | Mar 7, 2017 | Brands, Digital Journalism
How do you weigh your social media metrics? We dive into the values of different metrics, including likes, shares, comments, and more. On “The Office”, manager Michael Scott asks his receptionist to record employee performance during the day. He later asks her who’s...