Category «Analytics»

Half of News Agencies’ Stories Get Picked Up Within the First 5 Hours of Publication

How quickly do publishers pick up your stories and exactly how long is the tail of content published by news agencies? At EzyInsights we track a great number of stories published by news agencies across the globe. We track even more stories by news media and other publishers that quote and replicate news agencies’ stories.  …

The most retweeted tweet ever

  The most retweeted tweet ever Yusaku Maezawa, founder of Japanese online retailer Zozotown, got +5 Million retweets with a budget of 9200 USD Top three most retweeted tweets #3. Ellen De Generes’s Oscar selfie with 3.3 Million retweets If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) March 3, …

After the storm: The recovery for broadcasters is real

Finally some good news regarding Facebook’s ever changing algorithm for news publishers – specifically broadcasters. At EzyInsights, we analysed several sets of engagement data from the last 18 months, looking at both Post Engagement and Web Share engagement. During our last look across European publishers, we saw that some public broadcasters benefited the most. We …

How to Drive Facebook Referral Traffic: Focus on Engagement

There is a simple equation between social engagement and organic website traffic. The more people you can engage around your content on any social platform, the more people you can bring to your website. Both ad-based and subscription-based business models can benefit from this logic. The formula is simple, but how can you apply it …

Is Facebook killing the Far Right? A Report.

The Far Right is feeling targeted on social platforms. Britain’s Nigel Farage directly questioned Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on the very subject, claiming that: “right-of-center political opinions” had been affected by a change in Facebook algorithms in January of this year, and that “on average, we’re down about 25 percent over a course of this …

Engineering filter bubbles with AI

A lot has been written about regarding Filter Bubbles in the past 18 months, yet the real effects upon individual users are not widely understood. Filter bubbles are understood to be a result of algorithms on social platforms. On Facebook, they decide in large part what content an individual is exposed to in their newsfeed. …

Finnish Presidential Election on Facebook

While President Sauli Niinistö’s own Facebook presence is very modest, he was by far the most popular and widely covered candidate on Facebook during the 2018 Finnish Presidential Election. EzyInsights’ data shows how people engaged with media coverage of candidates and their Facebook pages’ content.  President Niinistö was clearly the most visible candidate on social media President …

Analysing Diario Público’s winning strategies

A recent post by the International Journalists’ Network highlighted Spanish publisher Diario Público and the success that their strategic changes have brought. “How Spain’s Público redefined its strategy and grew its audience by 40 percent” We are always excited to read about the success of our customers, and this article is littered with fantastic insights …

Slides: How Magazines and Broadcasters Succeed on Digital

Thanks to all the participants who joined us for an evening discussion about media and digital success. Below you can find the slides from all the presentations. Visualizing Data in the Newsroom – by Joakim Holfve, Head of Product @ Aller Media Social media management in the leading Spanish TV group – Sonia Got Leibar, Social Media …