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60%

60% -- story completion rate for Instagram Stories (20-story series) (2018)

2018  · n=200  · Buffer and Delmondo

Instagram Stories completion rate drops to 60 percent for a series of 20 stories.

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60%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2018
Entity
Instagram Stories (20-story series)
Sample Size
200
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20
Independence
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45
Freshness
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Buffer and Delmondo Primary Tier A
https://ryanerskine.com/blog/new-research-from-200-top-brands-shows-how-effective-instagram-stories-… ↗
Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2018 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
New Research From 200 Top Brands Shows How Effective Instagram Stories Really Are — Ryan Erskine
There’s only so much space in the Instagram feed. That harsh reality has inspired brands to try a variety of creative growth hacks and trends to reach larger audiences on the social media platform. Commenting on celebrity photos and joining Instagram “pods” are two common ways accounts have jockeyed…
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Instagram Stories (20-story series): 60% story completion rate. Source: Buffer and Delmondo (2018). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/stories-completion-60-at-20-stories
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