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Engagement Rate

Engagement Rate Calculator

Calculate your social media engagement rate on Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook or TikTok -- and see how it compares against platform benchmarks.

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Enter Your Post Stats

📸 Instagram
🐦 Twitter/X
💼 LinkedIn
👤 Facebook
🎵 TikTok

Your Engagement Rate

Engagement Rate
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Total Engagements—
Rate Formula—
Performance—
0%0%—
1–3%
Average
3–6%
Good
6–10%
High
>10%
Viral
⚠️

Disclaimer: Results are estimates for planning purposes only. Actual engagement, ad revenue, and campaign performance depend on platform algorithms, audience quality, seasonality, and other factors outside this calculator's scope. Computed entirely in your browser -- no data is sent to our servers.

How Engagement Rate Is Calculated

Engagement rate measures how actively your audience interacts with your content relative to your follower count. This calculator uses the standard formula: Engagement Rate = (Likes + Comments + Shares + Saves) / Followers x 100, averaged across the number of posts you enter -- a more reliable read than eyeballing a single post's likes, since it factors in every interaction type your platform tracks, not just likes.

Benchmarks vary significantly by platform: TikTok's algorithm rewards high engagement more aggressively, so its "good" range (6-10%) sits well above Instagram's (3-6%), while LinkedIn and Facebook typically run lower (1-4%) due to larger average follower bases and text/link-heavy feeds. Comparing your rate only within the same platform is the fair way to judge performance -- a 2% rate is mediocre on TikTok but solid on Facebook.

Worked Example

An Instagram account with 10,000 followers, whose latest post got 350 likes, 45 comments, 20 shares, and 80 saves: total engagements = 495, engagement rate = 4.95% -- landing in the "Good" range (3-6%) for Instagram, above the 1-3% average but below the 6%+ high-performer threshold.

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends entirely on the platform: on Instagram, 1-3% is average, 3-6% is good, and 6%+ is considered high-performing or viral. TikTok's benchmarks run higher (3-6% average, 6-10% good) because its algorithm favors interaction-heavy content, while LinkedIn and Facebook typically see lower averages (0.5-2%) due to link-heavy, text-based feeds. Always compare within the same platform, not across platforms.
Most platform algorithms (especially Instagram and TikTok) weight saves and shares more heavily than likes when deciding how far to distribute your content, because they signal genuinely valuable content someone wants to revisit or pass along -- a like takes one tap, but a save or share reflects real intent. Including them in this calculator gives a more complete picture of true engagement than a likes-only rate.
Yes, significantly -- accounts with smaller, more engaged followings ("micro-influencers," typically under 100K followers) often post noticeably higher engagement rates than accounts with millions of followers, since huge follower counts frequently include inactive or purchased accounts that never engage. This is why many brands now prioritize engagement rate over raw follower count when picking influencer partners.
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