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. 2020 Mar 11;17(6):1814. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061814

Table 2.

Metrics used to measure user online engagement.

Name Sign Formula Measures
Popularity P Total likes/total posts Average number of likes per post
Commitment C Total comments/total posts Average number of users’ comments per post
Virality V Total shares/total posts Average number of shares per post
Engagement E P + C + V Index of online engagement

Popularity (P), commitment (C), virality (V) and the online engagement index (E).