How Engaged Are Your Video Viewers? An Investigation of News Video Consumption
.entry-header {width: 115%;} Consumption of news video online has been on the rise for years, in terms of both time spent watching and percentage of news consumers who watch. This trend is expected to...
View ArticleHack Week Kickoff: Creating a Reader that Measures Quality
After wrapping up some exciting additions to the Heads Up Display, I’m diving into my second Hack Week here at Chartbeat. For those of you who don’t know, the Chartteam has a Hack Week every six weeks...
View ArticleDo Facebook’s Changes Affect Traffic?
Two weeks ago, Facebook opened up its Instant Articles platform to all publishers. And last week, Facebook announced that they will be updating their News Feed algorithm once again. The most recent...
View ArticleOn the Facebook News Feed Algorithm Changes and Why Short-Form Content Will...
Facebook announced today that is is making some changes to its News Feed algorithm to combat clickbait. Primarily, the social network will be looking at how much time people spend reading away from...
View ArticleWorking Together to Make Sense of Facebook’s News Feed
At Chartbeat, we are committed to helping our clients and all publishers understand and make sense of the effect that platforms, particularly Facebook traffic, have on the readership of their stories....
View ArticleLinks We Like: Online Media
As the Principle Product Owner of Chartbeat Publishing, part of my role involves staying on top of the latest and greatest stories in online media. After all, if I’m trying to build the most helpful,...
View ArticleFacebook is Now Taking Into Account Time Spent on Stories
Facebook announced today that it’s updating its News Feed ranking in an effort to show users more of the content that matters to them. The social network will now be factoring in how much time a user...
View ArticleThe Most Engaging Stories of 2023
Our 2023 edition of The Most Engaging Stories of the year reflects a year in which catastrophes, wars, and obituaries drove news cycles, but the perseverance of the human spirit and our need for...
View ArticleThe 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 wider range of topics filled...
View ArticleHow We Built Media Monitor: A Data Science Intern Story
What We BuiltIf you had access to tons and tons of data, what would you build? How would you use it? What would you analyze? As a Data Science Intern this summer, I availed myself of Chartbeat’s...
View ArticleIntroducing Engaged Time to Chartbeat Publishing
Built by the newest member of our front-end team, Nick “Nitro” Moy, Engaged Time makes its Chartbeat Publishing debut today! Why Engagement? Why is this a big deal, you ask? I guess we should start...
View ArticleBetter Know a Chartbeat – Engagement Module
In the first installment of our “Better Know a Chartbeat*” series, I’d like to take a look at one of the powerful modules that is unique to chartbeat, the “Engagement Module.” Historically, most people...
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