The marketing world is full of jargon and buzzwords. If you’re trying to understand how your content is performing on social media, it can be hard to know what all the terms mean. The metrics that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other platforms use are no different. In this post, I’ll break down two important performance metrics: reach and impressions.
Reach is the total number of unique people who have seen your content.
Reach is the total number of unique people who have seen your content. You can measure the reach of your posts in different ways, for example:
- The number of unique people who have seen a post on social media
- The number of unique visitors to a webpage or blog article you wrote
Impressions are the total number of times your content was viewed.
Impressions are the total number of times your content was viewed.
For example, if you have a website that has five pages and those five pages have 100 visitors each, then you’ll have 500 impressions (100 x 5).
There is no limit to how many times one person can see your content.
There is no limit to how many times one person can see your content.
You might be thinking, “Wait a minute! My audience is only seeing my video once.” But think about it: If someone clicks through to watch the full video on YouTube and then returns to the homepage of their phone, they will probably see your video again when they’re scrolling around. They may also see it again if they are using Facebook’s new Watch Tab and come across one of your videos in a recommended list or from an ad campaign.
In reality, reach has nothing to do with impressions or views—it’s simply about how many people have seen something at least once in their lifetime (in other words, within 24 hours). It’s important to understand this distinction because impressions are often confused with reach when determining effective social media marketing strategies for brands or individuals who want to grow their audiences online.”
Reach and impressions are two different metrics, and it’s important to understand the difference.
Reach is the number of people who have seen your content, while impressions are the number of times your content was viewed.
In other words:
- Reach is how many people saw your ad or post in their feeds (or on a search results page).
- Impressions are when an ad was served to a user’s browser window.
Conclusion
We hope this article has helped you better understand the differences between reach and impressions. Reach is a great metric to use when you want to know how many people saw your content in total, while impressions are more useful if you want to measure how many times individual pieces of content were viewed by users. We think it’s important for marketers to understand these two metrics so they can make informed decisions about their campaigns and ensure they’re reaching their audience effectively!
