Facebook Engagement Rate Calculator

Calculate your Facebook post engagement rate to measure content performance and audience interaction.

Calculate Engagement Rate

Enter your Facebook post metrics to calculate engagement rate

How Facebook Engagement Rate is Calculated

Engagement Rate = (Likes + Comments + Shares) ÷ (Followers or Reach) × 100

Calculation Methods:

  • By Followers: Shows how well content resonates with your audience
  • By Reach: More accurate for viral content or posts with high organic reach

Facebook Engagement Rate Benchmarks

By Performance Level

Excellent:1.0%+
Good:0.5% - 1.0%
Average:0.1% - 0.5%
Below Average:Under 0.1%

Tips to Improve

  • • Post when your audience is most active
  • • Ask questions to encourage comments
  • • Share valuable, relevant content
  • • Use eye-catching visuals
  • • Respond to comments promptly

Understanding Facebook Engagement

What Counts as Engagement?

  • • Likes (including reactions)
  • • Comments
  • • Shares
  • • Click-throughs to links
  • • Video views (for video content)

Factors Affecting Engagement

  • • Content quality and relevance
  • • Posting time and frequency
  • • Audience size and activity
  • • Facebook algorithm changes
  • • Industry and niche

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