--- title: 5 Ideas to Optimize Your Social Media Analysis description: Together with the Swiss Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society we came up with 5 ideas for creating more valuable analyses. image: https://www.quintly.com/hubfs/archive/98%20Assets_Archive/Blog/Imported_Blog_Media/5%20Ideas%20banner%2001.jpg --- **[🚀 ANNOUNCEMENT: QUINTLY BECOMES FACELIFT DATA STUDIO→](https://www.quintly.com/quintly-becomes-facelift-data-studio)** [![facelift-datastudio-black-1](https://www.quintly.com/hubfs/facelift-datastudio-black-1.svg "facelift-datastudio-black-1")](https://www.quintly.com) ** ** Use cases [Brands Find the KPIs you need, get deep insights and build your brand by understanding your audience on social. ](https://www.quintly.com/brands) --- [Case Study: Benefit Cosmetics How the global beauty brand gained 50% growth in engagement and increased reach across the world. ](https://www.quintly.com/case-study/benefit-cosmetics) [Case Study: Meliá Hotels Int. How social media data is key to Meliá Hotels International and their brand's digital revolution. ](https://www.quintly.com/case-study/melia-hotels-international)   [Agencies Drive better decisions based on quality data using social analytics and reporting for all your clients. ](https://www.quintly.com/agencies) --- [Case Study: The Marketing Arm How this global agency uses social intelligence to win pitches and retain clients with top brands. ](https://www.quintly.com/case-study/the-marketing-arm) [Case Study: bürosüd plusNew! 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How Landau Media manages 50 profiles in one place ](https://www.quintly.com/case-study/landau-media) FEATURES [Analytics Track, benchmark and optimize your social media. ](https://www.quintly.com/analytics) [Data in Depth Secure, trusted data quality for better business. ](https://www.quintly.com/social-media-data)   [Reporting Create or automate reports, exports and live links. ](https://www.quintly.com/reporting) [API and Integrations Take analytics further with our API and integrations. ](https://www.quintly.com/social-media-data-integration) NETWORKS [Facebook ](https://www.quintly.com/facebook-analytics) [Instagram ](https://www.quintly.com/instagram-analytics) [Twitter ](https://www.quintly.com/twitter-analytics) [Snapchat ](https://www.quintly.com/snapchat-shows-analytics)   [LinkedIn ](https://www.quintly.com/linkedin-analytics) [YouTube ](https://www.quintly.com/youtube-analytics) [TikTokNew! ](https://www.quintly.com/tiktok-analytics) Company [About Us We’re people persons – read our story here. ](https://www.quintly.com/about) [Careers Looking for a job? 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How bürosüd plus increased their audience by 40% ](https://www.quintly.com/case-study/burosud-plus-pr-and-communication-agency-quintly-case-study)   [Media Do more with your data using custom metrics and API integrations to optimize your social strategy. ](https://www.quintly.com/media) --- [Case Study: RTL Media Group How this large news-media organization creates a data-driven culture for their teams company-wide. ](https://www.quintly.com/case-study/rtl-media-group) [Case Study: Landau MediaNew! How Landau Media manages 50 profiles in one place ](https://www.quintly.com/case-study/landau-media) FEATURES [Analytics Track, benchmark and optimize your social media. ](https://www.quintly.com/analytics) [Data in Depth Secure, trusted data quality for better business. ](https://www.quintly.com/social-media-data)   [Reporting Create or automate reports, exports and live links. ](https://www.quintly.com/reporting) [API and Integrations Take analytics further with our API and integrations. ](https://www.quintly.com/social-media-data-integration) NETWORKS [Facebook ](https://www.quintly.com/facebook-analytics) [Instagram ](https://www.quintly.com/instagram-analytics) [Twitter ](https://www.quintly.com/twitter-analytics) [Snapchat ](https://www.quintly.com/snapchat-shows-analytics)   [LinkedIn ](https://www.quintly.com/linkedin-analytics) [YouTube ](https://www.quintly.com/youtube-analytics) [TikTokNew! ](https://www.quintly.com/tiktok-analytics/) Company [About Us We’re people persons – read our story here. ](https://www.quintly.com/about) [Careers Looking for a job? See what we have to offer. ](https://quintly.jobs.personio.de/) [Contact Want to get in touch? Come say hi. ](https://www.quintly.com/contact) Resources [Blog Our latest articles, social news and industry insights. ](https://www.quintly.com/blog) [Social Media Studies Browse our collection of free reports. ](https://www.quintly.com/resources) [Knowledge Base More than a help center – updates, guides and more. ](https://support.quintly.com)     [Free stats portalNew! Check out popular industries & countries. ](https://info.quintly.com/free-stats) [Product newsNew! Receive the latest news on improvements and updates to our product  ](https://www.quintly.com/product-news) [![quintly.com](https://www.quintly.com/hubfs/Design/Mayday/Pricing%20Page/white%20icons/AdvancedTraining.svg "quintly.com")](https://www.quintly.com/) ** ** [featured](https://www.quintly.com/blog/topic/featured) [Reach vs Impressions](https://www.quintly.com/blog/topic/reach-vs-impressions) [Twitter Analysis](https://www.quintly.com/blog/topic/twitter-analysis) [Youtube Analytics](https://www.quintly.com/blog/topic/youtube-analytics) [Instagram Strategy](https://www.quintly.com/blog/topic/instagram-strategy) [YouTube Data](https://www.quintly.com/blog/topic/youtube-data) [YouTube Metrics](https://www.quintly.com/blog/topic/youtube-metrics) ## [5 YouTube Analytics Metrics You Should Know](https://www.quintly.com/blog/5-youtube-analytics-metrics-you-should-know) by [David Campbell](https://www.quintly.com/blog/author/david-campbell) on August 11, 2023 [Read more](https://www.quintly.com/blog/5-youtube-analytics-metrics-you-should-know) ### Filter by Category - [Instagram Strategy (214)](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/instagram-strategy) - [Reach vs Impressions (213)](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/reach-vs-impressions) - [Twitter Analysis (213)](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/twitter-analysis) - [Youtube Analytics (213)](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/youtube-analytics) - [featured (213)](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/featured) [quintly Blog](https://www.quintly.com/blog)  /   [featured](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/featured) [Reach vs Impressions](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/reach-vs-impressions) [Twitter Analysis](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/twitter-analysis) [Youtube Analytics](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/youtube-analytics) [Instagram Strategy](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/instagram-strategy) [Research & Trends](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/research-trends) [Content Marketing](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/content-marketing) 4 MINUTE READING TIME [featured](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/featured) [Reach vs Impressions](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/reach-vs-impressions) [Twitter Analysis](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/twitter-analysis) [Youtube Analytics](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/youtube-analytics) [Instagram Strategy](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/instagram-strategy) [Research & Trends](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/research-trends) [Content Marketing](https://www.quintly.com/blog/tag/content-marketing) # 5 Ideas to Optimize Your Social Media Analysis by [Tilo Kmieckowiak](https://www.quintly.com/blog/author/tilo-kmieckowiak) on December 11, 2017 ![](https://www.quintly.com/hubfs/archive/98%20Assets_Archive/Blog/Imported_Blog_Media/5%20Ideas%20banner%2001.jpg) In September 2017 I went to a presentation of a newly published scientific paper examining how social media was used in the latest German federal elections. As I did my Master’s in political science and marketing, the event naturally sparked my interest. After the presentation, I talked to one of the creators of the paper, Swiss researcher Daniel Vogler of the [Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society (fög)](http://www.foeg.uzh.ch/en.html). In a very intensive but constructive discussion we found that we actually strive for similar ideals when thinking about research based on social media data. As we both worked on projects in this field, Daniel more from a researchers perspective and me more from a applied Marketing perspective, we exchanged business cards. A few days later we had another discussion on the phone and in the end decided to create a proposal for discussion on the topic together. ## 5 Ideas to Further Spark the Discussion We then rather quickly identified some points that we found worth debating when talking about effective social media analysis and subsequently came up with five first general claims. The intention behind it being that we want to reach a broader discussion and mutual transfer of knowledge between social media researchers and analysts both from an academic and business background. We created a paper as a first outcome of our collaboration that you can download. It explains the following five claims more in detail. [![Optimize your social media analysis](https://www.quintly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/archive/98%20Assets_Archive/Blog/Imported_Blog_Media/6c610b98-f981-491d-a2a7-762549636c04-3.jpeg?width=940&height=342&name=6c610b98-f981-491d-a2a7-762549636c04-3.jpeg)](https://www.quintly.com/cs/c/?cta_guid=0e8b4fb0-1552-433a-abb6-4453736f343b&signature=AAH58kEQzYUNX8-yoyhMp2q3idFRpszGow&pageId=5481931044&placement_guid=3fdf2449-e9b8-4e7b-84c4-f6bf19c41325&canon=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quintly.com%2Fblog%2Foptimize-your-social-media-analysis&portal_id=3330298&__hstc=146014955.edf005364a2b7677ab5751a9529b665c.1692630115804.1692630115804.1692630115804.1&__hssc=146014955.74.1692630115804&__hsfp=1561754925&hsutk=edf005364a2b7677ab5751a9529b665c&contentType=blog-post) **1. Acknowledge Specific Platform Characteristics** It is still often the case that various networks are considered too much alike, while they differ all in how they function and their socio-demographic composition. This has to be more consistently considered. **2. Get A Deep Understanding of the Metrics** Popular KPIs like engagement are often used in a very undifferentiated way. For an effective analysis the used metrics have to be understood deeply. **3. Use Benchmarks and Additional Data** Don’t look at social media data in isolation. Benchmarking social media performance data with that of other players adds to the perspective. Incorporating further non-social-media-data can embeds the analysis in the “real world”. **4. Think About Influence of Paid Content** The early days of social networks are over and monetization through ads has dramatically advanced. As the differentiation of organic or paid performance is nearly impossible, it has to be further discussed how we deal with growing amount of paid data. **5. Focus on the Real Goal of Your Analysis!** It can often be seen that analyses with different purposes are build upon rather similar sets of metrics. It’s thus important to clearly define what the aim of the analysis is and pick the analyzed metrics accordingly. ## More Debates and Exchange Will Benefit All Our aim at quintly is to bring together analytics approaches from a more practical business perspective and deep academic research. This is why we joined with the [Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society (fög)](http://www.foeg.uzh.ch/en.html) to give another impulse for sharing knowledge among all people creating social media analyses. If you want to take the discussion to a deeper level with us, want to add up on our ideas or criticizes them, feel free to get in touch either with [me here at quintly](mailto:tilo@quintly.com) or with [Daniel Vogler](mailto:daniel.vogler@foeg.uzh.ch) of the fög. 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