Feed ranking

How it is used

Used in social media strategy, analytics, and platform discussions. It often refers to how signals like watch time, saves, comments, and shares affect post visibility.

Example sentences

1. During the monthly review, the team said feed ranking improved after their how-to posts started earning more saves than short promo updates.

   Here, feed ranking refers to the platform placing those posts higher in users' feeds because stronger save activity signaled useful content.

2. The analyst warned that weak early retention on recent reels was likely hurting feed ranking across the brand's main audience segments.

   In this example, feed ranking means the content's position and exposure in the feed, influenced by how long viewers keep watching.

Common collocations

• feed ranking signals
• feed ranking system
• improve feed ranking

Related terms

• algorithmThe system a platform uses to decide which posts each user sees, in what order, and which content to recommend.
• feedThe main scrolling stream of posts you see when you open a social media app, made up of content from accounts you follow and recommendations.

More terms: Algorithms and Analytics

• impression
• engagement rate
• analytics
• insights
• watch time
• click-through rate
• shadowban
• For You page
• audience retention
• ranking
• recommendation system
• brand lift