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Social Engagement Rate

The percentage of an audience that likes, comments, shares, or clicks on a social post relative to how many saw it.

Formula

Engagements / Impressions (or Followers) x 100

How to measure

Divide total engagements, like likes, comments, and shares, by either impressions or follower count depending on the platform's standard.

Why track it

Engagement rate reveals whether content resonates with an audience, independent of raw reach or follower vanity metrics.

Example

A post reaching 50,000 impressions with 2,500 combined likes, comments, and shares reports a 5% engagement rate.

Social Engagement Rate — Growth metric · Cofounderbase