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View insights for a social post

View performance statistics for your published social posts you publish from your Acteol SE system, broken down by channel.

Written by Fatma Abid

You can view individual performance statistics for a published social post or campaign directly from the Social Campaign summary grid, giving you a quick read on how each post is performing on every channel it was published to.

Access insights for a specific post

To view the Insights window for a published post, follow the steps below:

  1. From the modules menu panel, select Social Activity.

  2. Click Social Campaign summary.

  3. In the Actions column of the post's row, click the Insights icon .

📌Note: The Insights action is only enabled for posts with a published status. For unpublished, scheduled, or failed posts, the icon appears greyed out and isn't clickable.


Review the Insights window

Once you've opened the Insights window, you can switch between channel tabs to see how your post performed on each social media channel it was published to.

  • The modal window shows one tab per channel the post was published to:

    • Facebook

    • Instagram

    • X (previously Twitter)

    • TikTok

  • Only tabs for the channels the post actually used are active; channels not included in the post appear dimmed.

  • The first available channel tab is automatically selected when the window opens.

  • Click a channel tab to switch between channel statistics.


Understand the metrics shown per channel

Each channel tab shows a different set of metrics, reflecting what that network reports:

channel

Metrics shown

Facebook

  • Impressions:

    • Total Impressions

    • Views

  • Engagements:

    • Clicks

    • Comments

    • Shares

    • Reactions: Like, Love, Wow, Haha, Sad, Anger.

Instagram

  • Impressions

  • Reach

  • Engagement

  • Saved

  • Views

  • Comments

  • Likes

X (Twitter)

  • Like Reactions

  • Retweets

  • Comments

  • Bookmarks

  • Impressions

TikTok

  • Like Reactions

  • Shares

  • Comments

  • Views


Read metric descriptions

To understand what a specific metric means, you can view a quick explanation without leaving the Insights window.

  • Click the info icon on any KPI card to display a tooltip explaining what that metric means.

  • Click the icon again, or click anywhere else, to dismiss the tooltip.


Understand the stories limitation

Insights aren't supported for stories, so keep this in mind when reviewing performance for posts published as stories.

  • If a post was published only as a Facebook or Instagram story, a "No Insights" message is shown instead, reading: "Insights are not supported in stories".

  • If a post targets both a feed and a story, the feed insights still display, and the story notice appears on the relevant Facebook or Instagram tab.


Troubleshoot common issues

If you run into an issue viewing insights, use the table below to identify the cause and what to do next.

Issue

What's happening

Icon is greyed out

The post hasn't been published yet. Insights only exist for published posts.

All values show 0

The channel may not have returned metrics yet for a recently published post.

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