by Katherine K. Ellis | Apr 18, 2019 | Communications & PR, Brands, Digital Journalism
In the past three years, Game of Thrones has been in the top five most viewed shows on television every year except 2018, when there was no season. Despite this, GoT has still seen the most consistent engagements of any TV show outside of viral moments. In the world...
by NewsWhip | Aug 9, 2018 | Digital Journalism
We look at the most engaged sites on Facebook in July 2018, and analyse the top 25 publishers that are getting the most out of their content on Facebook. With the midpoint of 2018 now gone, publishers and social media watchers generally will be eager to get an...
by NewsWhip | Jun 26, 2018 | Digital Journalism
How can your web content spark shares and comments on Facebook, over a simple like? We look at the data. Recently, we’ve taken a deeper dive into stories, and the specific audience behaviors that they drive. We’ve looked at dark social on the web vs. Facebook, and...
by NewsWhip | Aug 28, 2017 | Digital Journalism, Must reads
Before the mobile and social era, media brands largely relied on force of habit to build and sustain their reader and viewerships. Newspapers and TV stations served similar content to the same readers through the same (owned) channels every day. Content was even...
by NewsWhip | Aug 24, 2017 | Brands
Brands are staking out their own space, creating content alongside publishers. But why should brands bother investing in content themselves? Shouldn’t they leave that up to the publishers? The answer is in the results. Just take a look at how GE’s brand...
by Benedict Nicholson | Aug 15, 2017 | Must reads, Interviews, Digital Journalism
The Associated Press delivers breaking news directly to thousands of customers around the globe. But how does the AP measure the impact of that content across social media, after it’s been distributed? AP Global News Manager Mark Davies tell us how NewsWhip...
by NewsWhip | Aug 1, 2017 | Digital Journalism
Our rankings of the biggest sites on Facebook in July 2017 show the publishers getting the most shares, likes, comments and reactions on their content. We haven’t looked at the engaged sites on Facebook in a few months, and there’s been plenty of action in the...
by NewsWhip | Jul 27, 2017 | Interviews, Digital Journalism
We talk to Naran Xadul’s founder, Sara Rosenthal, to find out how a passionate and Millennial-savvy blog created the top Spanish-language parenting community on Facebook. For a new publisher, standing out on Facebook can prove difficult. Especially if you...
by NewsWhip | Jul 5, 2017 | Digital Journalism
We look at three factors that contribute to engaging headlines on social media, including making the titles timely, educational and inspirational. Last summer, we looked at the characteristics of successful headlines on Facebook, parsing the numbers in the NewsWhip...