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. 2021 Jul 21;23(7):e27448. doi: 10.2196/27448

Table 1.

Definition of key terms for each social media platform.

Key term Definition
Facebook

Reach The number of unique individuals who viewed the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post [52]

Engagement The number of actions that individuals made with the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post, including likes, comments, shares, post clicks, etc [53]

Impressions The number of times the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post entered an individual’s screen (may include more than one view from the same individual) [52]
Instagram photos

Reach The number of individuals who saw the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post [54]

Impressions The number of times the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post was seen (may include more than one view from the same individual) [54]

Likes The number of engagements that involved pressing the like button on the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post

Comments The number of engagements that involved leaving a comment on the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post
Instagram videos

Reach The number of individuals who saw the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post [54]

Likes The number of engagements that involved pressing the like button on the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 video

Views The number of times the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 video was viewed
Twitter

Impressions The number of times the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post entered a person’s screen (eg, timeline and search results) [55]

Engagement Any interactions on the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post, including clicks, retweets, replies, likes, etc [55]

Engagement rate This value is calculated by Twitter and is total engagements divided by total impressions for the listed type of #eatwellcovid19 post [55]