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88%

88% -- engagement rate difference for Facebook Pages (2011)

2011  · n=50,000  · Applum (EdgeRank Checker)

Utilizing any of the top ten third-party feed aggregators resulted in 88% fewer comments and likes on Facebook compared to manual posting.

  • Applies to utilizing any of the top ten feed aggregators versus manual posting
  • Based on a study of 1,000,000+ Facebook updates across 50,000+ Facebook Pages
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Value
88%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2011
Entity
Facebook Pages
Sample Size
50,000
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Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Applum (EdgeRank Checker) Primary Tier B
http://thecatalystpartnership.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/one-click-to-increase-you-facebook-page-engag… ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2011 Channel: Common Crawl
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One Click to Increase your Facebook Page Engagement Ratio by 400%+
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Applum (EdgeRank Checker) · Original study ↗

Applum (EdgeRank Checker) study of 1,000,000+ Facebook updates on over 50,000 Facebook Pages comparing third-party aggregator posts vs manual posts

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Facebook Pages: 88% engagement rate difference. Source: Applum (EdgeRank Checker) (2011). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/facebook-third-party-posts-88-percent-fewer-engagement
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