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Reach (Facebook - Owned Profiles)

Learn how the Reach metrics are defined.

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Written by Philip
Updated over 3 months ago

Page: Metrics shown in this section are derived from page level daily values.

Post: Metrics shown in this section are derived from post level lifetime values for content posted within the selected period. 


Reach: The number of unique people who have seen any content associated with the Page. 

Organic: The number of unique people who have visited the Page or seen any content associated with the Page in the newsfeed or ticker, excluding Sponsored Stories and Ads.  

Viral: The number of unique people who have seen a Story* about their friends interacting with the Page or its content.

Paid: The number of unique people who have seen any content associated with the Page through Sponsored Stories or Ads.  

Page Posts: The number of people who had any of your Page's posts enter their screen. Posts include statuses, photos, links, videos and more.

* A Story is an item that appears in a user’s newsfeed when their friend interacts with a Page or its content. E.g. “Jake commented on a post from Locowise.”

The following actions can generate stories: 

  • liking a post 

  • liking a comment 

  • commenting on a post 

  • commenting on a comment 

  • sharing a post 

  • answering a question/”poll” 

  • responding to an event 

  • claiming an offer 

  • posting on the page wall 

  • mentioning the page in a post 

  • tagging the page in a photo 

  • checking in at your place/page 

  • sharing a check-in deal 

  • liking a check-in deal 

  • writing a recommendation 

  • liking a page

For more information on Facebook metrics, please refer to the following FB developer resource: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v20.0/insights

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