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Checked August 16, 2026
What Social Media Analytics Dashboard does, with a checked example
This dashboard is an entry form joined to a chart maker: you type the metrics each platform reports - followers, likes, comments, shares, and reach - for a date range, and it converts them into the derived figures marketers actually quote: engagement rate, period-over-period growth, and reach relative to audience. The one thing people get wrong is treating those percentages as platform-reported facts. They are your own entries run through arithmetic, so a mis-typed follower count silently skews every ratio built on it, and the results will not match native platform analytics, which often divide engagement by reach rather than followers.
Worked example
A concrete input and expected output from the current implementation.
Input
Instagram: followers 25,000 (previous week 24,300); likes 980, comments 64, shares 36; reach 48,000
X: followers 8,400 (previous week 8,150); likes 310, reposts 72, replies 28; reach 21,500
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Expected output
Instagram - engagement rate 4.32% (1,080 interactions), follower growth +2.88% (+700), reach 1.92x followers
X - engagement rate 4.88% (410 interactions), follower growth +3.07% (+250), reach 2.56x followers
Each figure is direct arithmetic on the entered numbers: interactions total 1,080 for Instagram (980 + 64 + 36) and 410 for X (310 + 72 + 28), divided by followers to give 4.32% and 4.88%. Growth divides the follower change by the earlier count: 700 / 24,300 = 2.88% and 250 / 8,150 = 3.07%. Reach ratios are 48,000 / 25,000 and 21,500 / 8,400.