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22.3%
22.3% -- engagement lift for tweets with gifs vs images for X (Twitter) tweets (2026)
Tweets containing GIFs receive 22.3% more engagement compared to tweets with static images.
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22.3%
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60
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45
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95
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Convince & Convert
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X (Twitter) tweets: 22.3% engagement lift for tweets with gifs vs images. Source: Convince & Convert (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/tweets-gifs-higher-engagement
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