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Engagement rate

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

nounCore term

In social media & content creation, engagement rate means: A percentage that shows how actively people interact with your content, usually total interactions divided by followers or by reach.

In Turkish: etkileşim oranı, ER

How it is used

Brands check it before hiring a creator, because it shows whether followers really care. There is no single formula, so a report should say how it was calculated. People talk about a high, low or average engagement rate.

Example sentences

  1. Her engagement rate is around 6%, which is excellent for an account of that size.

  2. We calculate engagement rate by reach, not by followers.

Common collocations

  • average engagement rate
  • high engagement rate
  • calculate engagement rate
  • engagement rate by reach
  • engagementAll the ways people interact with your content, such as liking, commenting, sharing, saving or clicking.
  • reachThe number of different people or accounts that saw your content at least once in a certain period.
  • followerA person or account that has chosen to follow you, so that your posts can appear in their feed.
  • analyticsThe data and tools that show how an account and its content perform, such as reach, views, engagement and audience details.
  • media kitA short document, often a PDF, that a creator sends to brands to show their audience, statistics, past collaborations and services.

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