Does headline testing lose value over time? Our data behind its lasting impact on engagement
Numbers to watch: Analyzing video viewership and page engagement
Consumption of news video is on the rise, both in terms of the percentage of news consumers who watch and the amount of time they spend watching. This statistic appears…
Social, search, and engagement: Global data insights from Q3 2021
The third quarter saw audience engagement trends hold steady across search and social while engaged time and reader loyalty saw minor slips in some parts of the world. More global insights…
Guide: Navigating the New Reader Journey
How the longest Facebook outage since 2008 affected the way readers found and consumed news content
Early last month, Facebook users found themselves refreshing their browsers and apps to no avail. The social media giant had gone down, and Facebook’s outage lasted until service was restored…
Audience Data You Need: New Audience and Subscriber Reports, Real-Time Metrics
As pandemic-era unpredictability has made it ever more difficult to rely on ad revenue, publishers have had to amp up their reader-revenue and subscription strategies as quickly as possible. That’s meant…
Chartbeat upgrades data security with Single Sign-On, SOC2 compliance
When our customers think about Chartbeat, they often picture real-time dashboards or optimization tools. But underneath it all, we also know that you rely on us for our ability to…
Facebook traffic drops, but not all regions have been affected
Chartbeat customers often ask about global referrer trends, to help put their own data into context. In recent weeks, several of our partners have reported seeing a notable drop in…
Declining coverage of — and engagement with — COVID
The Chartbeat team looked at the number of global articles published about the COVID pandemic in 2021 and the average time readers spent with those articles, to see how vaccine…
Growth in search traffic, engagement: Global data insights for Q1 2021
The first quarter of the new year saw notable growth in search traffic across our global network, along with a few surprises in regions with the highest Average Engaged Time.More…
The path to loyalty: Refining the reader journey for long-term success
Previously, we addressed the importance of forming a Recirculation strategy and using experimentation to encourage deeper reading, while also outlining the internal barriers that can accompany the audience engagement hurdles…
The path to loyalty: The audience data that encourages deeper visits
In last week’s post, we discussed the importance of discovery — using your intimate knowledge of readers to make small adjustments that can improve engagement. However, the next step can…
The path to reader loyalty: Discovery towards stronger engagement tactics
When we speak to global publishers about engagement strategies, the conversation inevitably turns to optimizing the audience’s journey towards long-term reader loyalty. Our message to them: An engaging journey (or…