How are your posts and/or newsletters received by your community? You can find out in the post overview. Here we list helpful statistics that make it easier for you to publish your content on Steady.

The overview contains the following information:

Please note: The new data, including open and click-through rates, is available for all posts published after 13 July 2021. No data is available for earlier posts (an ∅ will appear in the table for those posts). We only analyse the data in aggregated form, information on a user basis is not available for data protection reasons.

If you have sent a post by email, you can use the “Opened” column to see how many people opened it. You can choose whether you want to see the number of opens or the percentage, i.e. the open rate.

The open rate is an important indicator of how a newsletter is received by your subscribers. The higher, the better. On average, the open rate for editorial newsletters is 33 percent.

It's best to compare the open rates of all the posts you've sent out to find out which posts are drawing the most interest from your subscribers – and which ones aren’t. Then think about what the reason could be. The topic? The way it was framed? The timing of the post? This way you can improve your content and tailor it to the needs of your community.

Tip: Your email subject line is one of the most important factors in determining whether your subscribers open your email or not. So take your time to formulate a subject line that is crisp and compelling.

In the "Clicked" column you can see how many people have clicked on at least one link in a newsletter. You can also view the click rate as a percentage. This is calculated by dividing the number of all recipients by the number of people who clicked on at least one link.

If the links in your emails are clicked frequently, this is a sign that your subscribers are engaging with your content. When it comes to click-through rates, the global average is about 3 percent.

If your newsletter is designed to present all the essential content in the email itself, then don’t invest too much energy in increasing the click rate. This only makes sense if you use your newsletter to refer to other content. For example, if you use your newsletter to link to your top 3 blog articles each month, then you would use the click-through rate to see how many of your subscribers are clicking through to read those posts. If you notice that hardly anyone clicks on your links, you should try to find out why. Perhaps you are already revealing too much about the content in the newsletter itself? Or too little? Perhaps the content is not relevant enough for your subscribers? Make some adjustments and see if the click-through rate improves.

In the new post overview you can see how many new newsletter subscribers or members a post has brought you. To find this out, we check which post on your Steady page a person visited right before they signed up for your newsletter or signed up for membership.

Conversion is an important clue for finding out which types of posts are most effective at gaining you new newsletter subscribers and/or members. Which topics are most persuasive? Are short or long posts better? How many calls to subscribe/support should you include in your post? And does it work better with or without a paywall?

Tip: Not every post has to bring you a lot of new subscribers or members. One good strategy is to consistently deliver high-quality content, which will ensure the loyalty of your existing community. Then every now and then you publish a post that you know will perform well – and that has the specific goal of growing your community.

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