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Engagement rate calculator
Engagement rate is the first number anyone checks on a creator, and the one most easily inflated. This works it out from the three figures you can see on a profile, and says what the result usually means.
The arithmetic
engagement rate = (average likes + average comments) ÷ followers × 100
What it does not tell you
- It is a rate on FOLLOWERS, which is the convention for feed posts. Reels and TikToks are usually better judged against views, because reach is no longer bounded by the follower count.
- A high rate on a small account is normal and a low rate on a very large one is normal; compare creators of similar size or the number will mislead you.
- Engagement can be bought. A rate far above the norm for a creator's size is a reason to look harder, not a reason to book.
- None of this predicts sales. A creator with a superb engagement rate and no purchase intent in their audience sells nothing, which is the whole reason attribution exists.
Questions
›What is a good engagement rate?
As a rough guide on follower-based feed engagement: above 6% is excellent and typical of smaller, tightly-held audiences; 3–6% is good; 1–3% is around average; and below 1% suggests either a very large account or an audience that is not really there. Size matters enormously — a 2% rate on a million followers is a far larger number of humans than 8% on ten thousand — so use the rate to compare creators of similar size, not to rank a roster.
›Should I use followers or views to calculate engagement rate?
Followers for feed posts, views for short-form video. Instagram Reels and TikTok are distributed well beyond a creator's followers, so dividing by followers on a video that went wide produces a rate above 100% and dividing by followers on one that did not produces a rate that punishes the creator for the algorithm. If you are comparing video creators, cost per engagement and cost per thousand views are the more honest measures.
›Does a high engagement rate mean a creator will drive sales?
No, and this is the most expensive assumption in creator marketing. Engagement measures attention, not intent: a creator whose audience loves their posts may have an audience that never buys anything, and a creator with a modest rate in a buying category may outsell them many times over. The only way to know is to give each creator a tracked link and a promo code and measure what comes back.
Estimates are fine. Proof is better.
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