Facebook News Feed Changes in France
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NEVER MISS A STORY. FACEBOOK NEWS FEED CHANGES IN FRANCE WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Table of CONTENTS UNDERSTANDING FACEBOOK NEWS FEED CHANGES 3 EFFECTS OF THE NEWS FEED CHANGES IN FRANCE 4 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEWSROOMS 11 METRICS USED IN THIS REPORT 12 ABOUT THIS STUDY 13 CONTACT 13 Information for News Publishers 3 Understanding Facebook News Feed Changes FACEBOOK IS Improving user experience and spread REDEFINING ITS of reliable news. ENGAGEMENT LOGIC As of May 2018, most publishers on Facebook have lost engagement. Publishers most affected: FACEBOOK Large tabloid and viral pages. ENGAGEMENT IS SHRINKING FOR ALMOST EVERYBODY Content type most affected: Video. Smaller local pages are doing relatively better. FACEBOOK’S PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Facebook made a big announcement OF ALGORITHM in January. CHANGES DO NOT MATCH UP Changes to algorithm are ongoing WITH CHANGES IN and require monitoring. PRACTICE 4 Facebook News Feed changes in France EFFECTS OF THE NEWS FEED CHANGES IN FRANCE French news publishers’ Facebook engagement dropped by 21% on average in 6 months. Biggest viral and tabloid publishers were affected across Europe and also in France (e.g. Epoch Times). The general news publisher 20 Minutes is now the biggest. Who grew the most: Smaller local pages, including big broadcasters’ and news publishers’ sub pages. Engagement on different content types has changed. Video is affected across Europe. In France, Video engagement dropped by 36%. Link engagement dropped by 19%. Facebook announced the changes in January 2018, but the effect has been seen over the first half of 2017 and the first half of 2018. Changes vary across different countries and roll-out schedule is not known outside Facebook. Information for News Publishers 5 French news publishers’ Facebook engagement dropped by 21% on average in 6 months, but not everybody went down SELECTED MAJOR NEWS PUBLISHERS IN FRANCE AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT PER DAY 15 NOVEMBER 2017 - 15 MAY 2018 20 Minutes 300 000 Epoch Times Paris 240 000 Le Parisien L'Express 180 000 LCI 120 000 Le Figaro 60 000 Le Monde La Provence 0 FRANCE 24 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Ouest-France 6 Facebook News Feed changes in France Large publishers and viral publishers experienced the biggest drops, but some major publishers grew SELECTED MAJOR NEWS PUBLISHERS IN FRANCE ENGAGEMENT PERCENTAGE CHANGE 15 NOVEMBER 2017 - 15 MAY 2018 7% 10 6% 3% 0 -10 -10% -9% -20 -18% -30 -30% -27% -33% -40 -37% -50 -48% -55% -60 LCI L'Obs L'Express Le Figaro Le Monde Le Parisien FRANCE 24 20 Minutes La Provence La Voix du Nord Le Huffington Post Epoch Times Paris Information for News Publishers 7 Large and mid-sized broadcasters grew SELECTED MAJOR BROADCASTERS IN FRANCE AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT PER DAY 15 NOVEMBER 2017 - 15 MAY 2018 210 000 BFMTV LCI 180 000 CGTN Français 150 000 Ina.fr 120 000 FRANCE 2 90 000 France Info Vidéo France Inter 60 000 TF 1 30 000 RFI 0 ARTE Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Facebook News Feed changes in France 8 300 000 250 000 200 000 150 000 100 000 50 000 15 NOVEMBER2017-MAY2018 AVERAGE ENGAGEMENTPERDAY SELECTED MAJORPUBLISHERSINFRANCE Some largepublishersdroppedsignificantly. Top publisherschangedpositions. 0 Epoch Times Paris LCI 20 Minutes BFMTV Le Parisien L'Express Le Figaro Nov 2017 FRANCE 24 Le Monde RFI May 2018 La Provence France Inter L'Obs TF1 CGTN Français Le Huffington Post La Voix du Nord Ina.fr France Info Vidéo ARTE FRANCE 2 Information for News Publishers 9 News pages’ video engagement dropped the most ALL NEWS PUBLISHERS IN FRANCE ENGAGEMENT PERCENTAGE CHANGE BY CONTENT TYPE 15 NOVEMBER 2017 - 15 MAY 2018 0 -5 -10 -15 -18% -19% -20 -25 -30 -36% -35 -40 Link Video Photo Facebook News Feed changes in France 10 500 400 300 200 100 15 NOVEMBER2017-MAY2018 ENGAGEMENT PERCENTAGECHANGE NEWS PUBLISHERSANDBROADCASTERSINFRANCE pages grew-alongwithsmallerlocalpublishers Large broadcasters’andnewspublishers’sub 0 actu.fr INFOSPORT+ Orange News officiel Mayotte 1ère Ouest-France Les Herbiers TMC ViàOccitanie Presse Océan France 5 Ouest France Saint-Nazaire MCM (officiel) Ouest-France Le Mans Télénantes Réunion 1ère Ina.fr France Bleu Roussillon RIFFX.fr Radio Foot Internationale - RFI CGTN Français Information for News Publishers 11 Recommendations for Newsrooms FOLLOW DATA METHODICALLY. 1 » Make data available daily. » Observe the trends. » Recognise changes. » Investigate anomalies. » Share your findings. USE DATA AND FACTS TO HELP FINE-TUNE YOUR CONTENT 2 STRATEGY. ASK US QUESTIONS. 3 » We are here to help! DON’T GET CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. 4 » Data informed newsrooms need never panic. AUTOMATE YOUR NEWS GATHERING AND POSTING FREQUENCY 5 WHERE POSSIBLE. » Ability to cover and publish relevant stories still matters a lot. » Being fast in news publishing is still very important. 12 Facebook News Feed changes in France Metrics used in this report » Publisher We look at each publisher’s main page (typically their major news page) on Facebook. » Engagement Sum of reactions, comments, and shares on posts on publishers’ Facebook page (on-post engagement) per day. » Trend 30 day average (sum of engagement for 30 days divided by 30). » Percentage Change Average daily engagement on first vs. last 30 days over a period. » Content type Content type of Facebook post (Link, Video, Photo). Video includes both video and live video if not specified otherwise. We look at average engagement per post for different content types. » Category Categorisation in EzyInsights Realtime and SoMe Index (e.g. News, Tabloids, Broadcasters, Radio, Magazines). » Date range The reports cover a 6 month period. ABOUT THIS STUDY THIS STUDY HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY EZYINSIGHTS - THE FASTEST NEWS GATHERING TOOL FOR NEWSROOMS AND JOURNALISTS. 01 EFFICIENT NEWS GATHERING WE HELP 02 TOPIC RESEARCH AND CURATION PUBLISHERS KNOW WHEN TO POST ON SOCIAL BASED IMPROVE THEIR 03 ON DATA AND AI EDITORIAL PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR SOCIAL AND 04 DIGITAL WORKFLOW BENCHMARK YOUR PERFORMANCE WITH 05 COMPETITORS CONTACT WWW.EZYINSIGHTS.COM [email protected] MANNERHEIMINTIE 15 B B 2ND FLOOR 00260 HELSINKI FINLAND NEVER MISS A STORY. TO LEARN WHAT EZYINSIGHTS CAN DO FOR YOUR BUSINESS REQUEST A DEMO or email [email protected].