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april 7, 2024

LinkedIn Benchmarks šŸ“

Median engagement: 45 likes.

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šŸ’° Google may start charging you for AI features in your search results.

ā° Finite five-letter words could spell the end for Wordle.

šŸ‘¶ Report: Gen Alpha is very online. Here’s what they’re doing.

šŸ’Ž Catbird’s jewelry drop inspired by Jenny Slate is golden.

🪐 Snapchat’s ā€œSolar Systemā€ feature isn’t so bad… if you survived Myspace’s Top 8.

šŸ‘“ Warby Parker is giving out free branded eclipse glasses.

AI Generative Fill Prompt: The solar eclipse. Acrylic on canvas.

LinkedIn Benchmarks for 2024

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SocialInsider has compiled some 2024 stats to guide your LinkedIn strategy. Take a look:

  • Engagement rate has increased by 44% YoY, reachingĀ 3.85% in 2024.
  • Multi-image posts get the most engagement (6.10%), followed by native documents (4.70%), and single image (4.35%) and video posts (3.85%).
  • The engagement rate for external link posts is 3.40% on average.
  • The median engagement for LinkedIn posts amounts to 45 likes and 4 comments.
  • Posts published on personal profiles get up to 561% more interaction than company page posts.
  • Videos generate the highest number of shares.
  • Brands have increased their posting frequency on LinkedIn by 10% in 2024.
  • In 2024, the average impression rate has reached 9.50%, mostly credited to polls.

The sweet spot? Multi-photo posts with captions under 19 words generate the highest engagement rate (over 5%).

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Chair Phone. It Folds!

Cricket Chair Phone

Longtime partners Cricket Wireless and WWE celebrated the first night of WrestleMania 40 with the invention of the ā€œChair Phone,ā€ a metal folding chair with standard 5G smartphone capabilities and a built-in fog machine.

You can also, we presume, use it to hit someone over the head.

If you’re sold, sorry—you can’t buy it, but it does have a convincing landing page.

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