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Engagement rate calculator
Enter your followers and your average likes and comments per post. Get your rate and see how it stacks up.
Engagement rate
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Fill in your numbers to see your rate.
(likes + comments) ÷ followers × 100
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How it works
How to calculate your engagement rate
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Gather your numbers
Take your follower count and the likes and comments from your last 10 to 12 posts, then average them per post.
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Enter them here
Type the three numbers into the calculator. The rate updates as you type, no button to press.
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Read your result
You get a percentage and a band from below average to excellent. The bands are cross-platform rules of thumb, and the platform calculators below use tighter ones.
What engagement rate means and why it beats follower count
Engagement rate measures how much of your audience actually reacts to what you post, instead of how many people once tapped follow. It's the number brands check before partnerships, and the fastest way to tell whether your content connects or just accumulates.
The formula this calculator uses
Likes plus comments, divided by followers, times 100. It's the most common definition and the one most influencer platforms use, which makes your result comparable. For a fair picture, average your likes and comments over the last 10 to 12 posts rather than cherry-picking a hit.
What counts as a good rate
Across platforms, around 1 percent is typical, 1 to 3 percent is solid, 3 to 5 percent is good, and above 5 percent is excellent. Platforms differ a lot though: TikTok runs several times hotter than Instagram or LinkedIn, and small accounts naturally run higher than huge ones. Use the platform-specific calculators below for tighter benchmarks.
Why the number matters
Brands and agencies use engagement rate to price partnerships, because a smaller, engaged audience beats a large, silent one. Platforms use engagement signals to decide how widely to show your next post. And for you, the trend line matters more than any single reading: a falling rate is an early warning your content mix needs a change.
How to raise it
Post consistently at the times your audience is online, open with a hook in the first line, ask questions people can actually answer, and reply to comments quickly, since every reply is engagement too. Formats that hold attention, like carousels and short video, tend to out-engage single images.
Good to know
Engagement rates, answered
As a cross-platform rule of thumb: around 1 percent is typical, 3 to 5 percent is good, and above 5 percent is excellent. TikTok runs much higher and LinkedIn and Facebook lower, so check the platform calculator for your network.
Ten to twelve recent posts is the usual window. One viral post or one flop skews a smaller sample, and going much further back measures an account you no longer run.
This tool uses followers, the most common definition and the easiest to compare. Reach-based rates are useful too, and typically higher, but reach numbers are only visible to the account owner, so follower-based rates are what third parties compute for you.
They're engagement, but most public benchmarks only count likes and comments because shares and saves aren't publicly visible. This calculator sticks to likes and comments so your number is comparable to those benchmarks.
The usual suspects: follower growth outpacing content quality, posting at quiet times, or a content mix your audience has cooled on. Watch the trend over months, not days, and compare posts of the same format against each other.
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