Facebook Insights (Beginner’s Guide)

1. How to Access Facebook Insight

Click on the gear wheel on your Facebook Fan Page and select ‘View Insights’. You’ll see a graph like the one below.

This is the main Insights dashboard and here you’ll see the total number of likes(and whether this is increasing or decreasing), the number of friends of fans available (this is the potential number of people you can reach!), how many people are actively talking about your page as well as your total weekly reach

2. Virality of Posts

Below the graph, you’ll see your latest posts and learn about their virality. This is especially useful if you would like to see which posts were the most successful.

You can sort posts by the following types:

• all post types
• posts
• photos
• links
• videos
• platform posts
• questions

This is useful if you want to know the success of a certain post (i.e. a video you posted recently). So instead of sifting through all the posts, you can simply sort by videos.

You’ll be able to see the date the post was made, the title of the post, its reach, how many users engaged with that particular post, how many spread the word about it, as well as its virality in a percentage form.

3. Facebook Likes

If you click ‘Likes’ you’ll be able to see the demographics as well as the locations of your fans. You’ll also be able to see their age groups. In this case, our Cheap Flights South Africa fan page has a much larger female fan base than a male fan base. We are also able to see that most users are situated in Cape Town, South Africa and hence we can customize our posts accordingly.

Now you can search for new likes and even by unlikes. For example, in the above graph, you can see that our fan page had some unlikes. Dammit! It would be useful to go back to your page and see what posts you wrote on those days. Your previous posts may be able to give you an indication as to what went wrong that day. Weren’t you entertaining enough? Or were you just too much? Perhaps you posted too many articles and not enough images? It is crucial that you do this step otherwise the stats are pretty much just stats.

 

4. Facebook Reach

It’s all very good and well that you have a Facebook fan page, but how much of your content is actually reaching your fans? Who is talking about your page? Are any of your fans referring your page to others or sharing your images with their friends?

This section helps you see your page views and unique visitor views (those who searched for you as opposed to clicking on the Facebook ad). You’ll also be able to see your reach in terms of organic searches, paid and viral searches.

5. Talking About This

As you can see below, our Cheap Flights South Africa Facebook page didn’t have that much interaction before the 14^th of March when we implemented our Facebook advertisements. Our page went from roughly 5 people talking about it per day to 537 at its peak!

The Talking About This section can also provide valuable data about who is talking about your page – this includes demographics and percentages of people in different age groups.

6. Check-Ins

This section is not really relevant for our page since Cheap Flights South Africa is internet-based. However, check-ins can be really useful for companies that have a physical location. Fans that ‘check in’ when they arrive at your business show their loyalty to you in doing so.

Under the check-in section, you’ll be able to see the number of people who have checked in, where they live, whether they are male or female et

7. Want More Detailed Data?

Export your data using the top right button on the Insights page. This little block will pop up:

Once you’ve downloaded the insights you’ll see never-ending columns of data which may at first seem overwhelming. At the bottom, you’ll also see various data sheets containing information such as key metrics, daily like sources, daily viral reach etc.

Each column in the key metrics sheet provides you will different information. For example, if you scroll to the Lifetime Total Likes column you’ll be able to see how many likes your page received over the dates you specified. Total Daily Reach is useful as well and here you’ll be able to see the number of people your posts may have reached (even from friends of your fans).

 

Need help?

If you require further help or enquiries regarding any of our services, don’t hesitate to contact Snob Monkey. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Email: contactus@snobmonkey.com

Telephone: 0800 368 9336