by Benedict Nicholson | Feb 10, 2021 | Digital Journalism
The first month of the new year saw a rebound in engagement with web publishers on Facebook, after consecutive months of declining numbers. As usual, we used our API to gather these rankings, which you can read about on our developer hub. This analysis includes...
by Benedict Nicholson | Dec 9, 2020 | Digital Journalism
With the election dragging on through the first week of November, the month was a political one in terms of the top content that went viral on Facebook. We looked back at the month to see who the top publishers were, and what content was most successful. As usual, we...
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 Benedict Nicholson | Sep 17, 2020 | Digital Journalism
As we head into election season, the top publishers are seeing increasing amounts of political content garner significant engagement. We looked back at the top publishers on Facebook in August 2020. Once again, we used our API to gather these rankings, which you can...
by Benedict Nicholson | Aug 20, 2020 | Digital Journalism
Engagements dropped slightly among the top publishers on Facebook in July compared to the previous month, with a new number one emerging. Once again, we used our API to gather these rankings, which you can read about on our developer hub. This analysis includes...
by Benedict Nicholson | Jul 23, 2020 | Digital Journalism
We looked back at the top publishers of June 2020, ranking them by their total engagement on Facebook. June saw a slight rise in engagement overall when compared to May, but some of the top publishers reached highs never seen before in our analyses. Once again, we...
by Benedict Nicholson | Jun 10, 2020 | Digital Journalism
Recently, we wrote about the top German publishers of the last year, to see which were the most engaged, and what articles had driven engagement. That series continues here, with our look at Italian content. Engagement to Italian content over time Engagement to...
by Benedict Nicholson | May 22, 2020 | Digital Journalism
In a bid to increase the diversity of publishers we are looking at, we are expanding the top publishers lists that we publish beyond just the English-speaking world. This particular article spotlights the top German publishers, but we will also be looking at Spain,...
by Benedict Nicholson | Apr 24, 2020 | Digital Journalism
March 2020 has seen huge engagement across the board for publishers on Facebook. We broke down the numbers in our latest ranking. The month of March has been unprecedented in terms of engagement to web content, mainly due to the COVID-19 outbreak and coverage around...