Editor’s note: A version of this post first appeared on the Digital Content Next blog. As we continue our analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on audience engagement throughout the…

Our analysis of global reader traffic from the first quarter of this year showed us the calm before the storm. We saw key metrics such as Engaged Time and loyalty…

After releasing 2019’s list of  Most Engaging Stories, we wanted to see if our reader engagement data pointed to attributes other than Total Engaged Minutes that elevated certain pieces of…

Chartbeat’s most recent analysis of coronavirus readership data suggests that despite the continuous flow of traffic and coverage from news providers, we’re seeing the onset of reader fatigue. While coverage…

The attention that coronavirus (aka COVID-19) is accumulating from journalists is unprecedented — 1.3 million articles and counting. Engagement with COVID-19 content is also without parallel. Audiences are engaged with…

Chartbeat’s fourth quarter insights present significant audience growth opportunities for organizations willing to tailor their offerings to the evolving reader behaviors we’ve seen across the world this year. Below, a…

Significant events tend to serve as barometers of changing reader behaviors, and as a result, can point to future optimizations for content creators. Therefore, we used the recent U.K. election…

As publishers continue investing in reader-driven revenue streams, the question of which paywall model — or models — to pursue or experiment with has been a hot topic among many…

We’ve spent hundreds of hours researching the drivers of subscriptions for publishers to better understand its connections to reader loyalty. Equally important is how you reach readers. Below, we share…

Nearly 40% of direct visits take place on mobile devices and in the next two years, we see that number surpassing 50% of mobile homepage visits.  This is great news…