AnalyticsStrategy· April 4, 2026· 4 min read
The Only Social Media Metrics That Actually Matter
Vanity metrics waste your attention. Here are the social media metrics worth tracking — reach, engagement rate, and growth.
The Plumefy Team
April 4, 2026
It's easy to drown in dashboards and learn nothing. Most numbers are noise. A few actually guide decisions.
Track these
- Reach: how many unique people saw it. The honest top-of-funnel number.
- Engagement rate: interactions divided by reach — quality, not just volume.
- Follower growth: the slow signal that your content compounds.
- Saves/shares: the strongest sign content was genuinely useful.
Ignore (mostly) these
Raw like counts, impressions without context, and follower totals in isolation. They feel good and tell you little.
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