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Impression

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

/ɪmˈpreʃən/nounCore term

In social media & content creation, impression means: One display of a piece of content on someone's screen; every time a post is shown, even to the same person, counts as one impression.

In Turkish: gösterim, impression

How it is used

Usually plural in reports: impressions go up or reach a certain number. Ads are often priced per thousand impressions (CPM). Some platforms have replaced impressions with 'views' in their dashboards.

Example sentences

  1. The post had 50,000 impressions but a reach of only 18,000.

  2. Impressions from the Explore page doubled after we started posting reels.

Common collocations

  • number of impressions
  • impressions went up
  • cost per thousand impressions
  • ad impressions
  • reachThe number of different people or accounts that saw your content at least once in a certain period.
  • analyticsThe data and tools that show how an account and its content perform, such as reach, views, engagement and audience details.
  • click-through rateThe percentage of people who click on something after seeing it, such as a thumbnail, a link or an ad.
  • insightsThe built-in statistics section of an account, where you can see data about your posts, reach and audience.

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