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Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter? Maksym Gabielkov, Arthi Ramachandran, Arnaud

Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter? Maksym Gabielkov, Arthi Ramachandran, Arnaud Legout, Augustin Chaintreau {maksym. gabielkov, arnaud. legout}@inria. fr

What changed the most ? How the people find news?

What changed the most ? How the people find news?

How People Find News? Direct access Organic search Social networks

How People Find News? Direct access Organic search Social networks

Why Is It Important for News Media? Subscription Advertisement

Why Is It Important for News Media? Subscription Advertisement

Su bs s d a cri pt ion

Su bs s d a cri pt ion

Organic search and social networks create volatility Make harder to predict the audience

Organic search and social networks create volatility Make harder to predict the audience

What is the goal of our work? Understand the efficiency of Twitter to direct

What is the goal of our work? Understand the efficiency of Twitter to direct traffic to news media

● ● Popular on Twitter 80% of URLs shorted with bit. ly

● ● Popular on Twitter 80% of URLs shorted with bit. ly

Share, Reception, and Clicks Receptions Social click A share http: //www. nytimes. com/ 2016/02/21/travel/cheapflights-american-airlinesunited-delta.

Share, Reception, and Clicks Receptions Social click A share http: //www. nytimes. com/ 2016/02/21/travel/cheapflights-american-airlinesunited-delta. html? smid=twnytimes& smtyp=cur

Data Collection Methodology ● ● ● Clicks from Twitter & t. co 1% tweet

Data Collection Methodology ● ● ● Clicks from Twitter & t. co 1% tweet sample to discover ● In 24 hours after birth URLs date and next 2 weeks Search the past (up to 1 Clicks week) for each found URL ● ● ● URL birth date Shares and receptions We are first to combine shares and receptions with clicks!

Dataset • • Collected during 1 month Contains • • • 5 news domains

Dataset • • Collected during 1 month Contains • • • 5 news domains 60 k URLs 3 m shares 75 b impressions 10 m clicks

How to efficiently attract traffic? Should news media focus on headlines or diversify their

How to efficiently attract traffic? Should news media focus on headlines or diversify their content?

Secondary URLs Primary URLs All the URLs that are not primary • Sent by

Secondary URLs Primary URLs All the URLs that are not primary • Sent by official accounts with 10 M+ followers • 60% not clicked Always clicked. URLs do • matter Secondary a lot! 2% 17% 60% 40% • All URLs All shares All receptions All clicks 98% 83% 40% 60%

What does matter to understand the audience? Are shares meaningful?

What does matter to understand the audience? Are shares meaningful?

clicks Can We Predict Clicks with Shares? 800 30 20 shares

clicks Can We Predict Clicks with Shares? 800 30 20 shares

Can We Predict Clicks with Shares? clicks 3 2 1 shares #URLs The number

Can We Predict Clicks with Shares? clicks 3 2 1 shares #URLs The number of shares is a poor metric of #shares #receptions the actual content popularity #clicks

Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter? Maksym Gabielkov, Arthi Ramachandran, Arnaud

Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter? Maksym Gabielkov, Arthi Ramachandran, Arnaud Legout, Augustin Chaintreau {maksym. gabielkov, arnaud. legout}@inria. fr Dataset on the So. Tweet project page