B
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6%
6% -- engagement rate increase for Facebook News Feed (2016)
Early testing showed that Facebook's trending topics News Feed update led to a more than 6% increase in people engaging with timely stories.
- Based on early testing of a small percentage of posts
- Actual figure is 'more than 6%'
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6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2016
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Facebook Newsroom
Primary
Tier A
http://onlinephilippines.com.ph/facebook-finally-tweaking-news-feed-show-news-want-read/ ↗
Source Article
Facebook is finally tweaking News Feed to show you news you want to read. - Digital Marketing Philippines
24 Jun Facebook is finally tweaking News Feed to show you news you want to read.
Facebook is changing your News Feed to show you more timely posts from your Friends and Pages.
Facebook recently has surveyed its users on what they want to see on their News Feed. With billions of information and posts…
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Facebook Newsroom
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Methodology
Early testing of a small percentage of posts; engagement measured as shares, comments, likes, or clicks. Reported by Facebook Newsroom.
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Facebook News Feed: 6% engagement rate increase. Source: Facebook Newsroom (2016). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/facebook-trending-posts-engagement-increase
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