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Tracking the reader journey: A year of subscriber trends
In the hierarchy of traffic and readership, pageviews and new visitors are good, but sustained engagement and subscribers are better. After analyzing traffic, engagement, and loyalty trends across the entire…
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Planning to live blog the next major event? Here’s what to expect for Engaged Time, Recirculation, and traffic sources
Whether it’s unexpected breaking news like severe weather or one of the many elections planned across the world this year, readers will be looking for real-time coverage, and the best…
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Our data on the content that drives Google Discover traffic and engagement
As Google Discover continues growing into a major source of traffic for publishers of all sizes, there remains mystery around how exactly Google selects content for it. While some elements…
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A Recommendation Engine built for the speed of news
The Chartbeat Recommendation Engine is a new suite of APIs that publishers can use to populate a “related news” or “read more” section on their websites. It uses deep learning…
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How widely do visitors read across news and media sites? Our data on breadth of visit
There’s a clear link between Recirculation and loyalty. The deeper a visitor gets into your site, the more likely they are to return. To keep visitors on site and engaged,…
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When does news become old news? How traffic source, topic, and more impact the lifespan of an article
In an age where readers receive real-time notifications every time news breaks, how long can we expect a given article to hold an audience’s attention, and does it differ depending…
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3 things we learned about social media traffic in 2022
This is part 1 of a 2 part series. For a more detailed look at recent search patterns, please read our companion piece on the Echobox blog. In the past few…
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Global audience insights from the first quarter of 2023
In the first quarter of 2023, Average Engaged Time declined in the Middle East, Mobile audiences grew in Southeast and Central Asia, and loyal readership remained highest in Central /…
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Google Discover now available in the Real-Time Dashboard
As publishers increasingly see referral traffic from Google products other than organic search, one source that we’ve been monitoring closely is Google Discover. While previously the best way to see…
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Global audience insights from the fourth quarter of 2022
In the last quarter of 2022, Engaged Time rose in the Middle East, Mobile audiences grew in Southeast Asia, and pageviews from social networks declined across the world. Read on…
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The Most Engaging Stories of 2022
Our 2022 edition of The Most Engaging Stories reflects a year in which the dominant storylines of the previous two years, Trump and COVID, faded to the background, and a…
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Introducing the Chartbeat Library
At Chartbeat, we’re continually working to uncover data and insights that help publishers evaluate and improve their loyalty and engagement strategies. In addition to publishing original research here on the…
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