Engagement rate is the percentage of your audience that actively interacts with content — likes, comments, shares, saves, clicks. Formula: (Total Engagements ÷ Reach or Followers) × 100. It's the primary quality metric for social content and influencer evaluation. A creator with 100K followers and 5% engagement rate has a more responsive, trusting audience than one with 100K followers and 0.5% — the latter's audience is likely disengaged or fake-follower-inflated.
For example, LinkedIn posts typically see 1–3% engagement rates from followers; anything above 5% is strong organic performance and suggests the content is resonating deeply with a specific community.
Engagement rate is our primary influencer vetting metric — we won't approve influencer partnerships below a 2% engagement threshold regardless of follower count.
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Influencer marketing is partnering with content creators who have an engaged audience in your target market to reach that audience through authentic content — as opposed to traditional ads.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a performance-based partnership where affiliates (publishers, influencers, review sites) earn commissions for referring customers.
Creator Economy
The creator economy refers to the ecosystem of independent content creators who monetize their audiences through brand deals, affiliate revenue, subscriptions, and merchandise — operating as media businesses.
User-Generated Content (UGC)
UGC is content created by customers, users, or fans of a product — reviews, social posts, testimonials, case study videos — rather than the brand itself.
Micro-Influencer
A micro-influencer is a creator with a smaller but highly engaged audience — typically 1,000–100,000 followers.
Macro-Influencer
A macro-influencer has a large following — typically 100,000–1M+ — and broad reach across a general or semi-niche audience.