Instagram — Earned media — Earned media

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Why use this board

Use this board to review mentions and user-generated content that references your brand on Instagram; track earned reach and engagement from creator and fan content.

Board controls

  • Select data source: Select Owned Instagram Profiles or Profile Labels. In order to use another data source type, please delete the current one and add a different data source type.

  • Adaptive filters: Open Filter in the toolbar to narrow posts by Content Label, Sentiment, Media Type, Content Type, Full text, Advanced filter, or Origin of content. Active filters appear as chips below the toolbar; remove a chip to clear that filter.

  • Aggregated by: Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year.

  • Date range: Defaults to the last 30 days. The board subtitle shows the active range when available.

  • Interactions: Interactions, Interactions per 1k followers.

Metrics on this board

  • [Like Count] — Incoming content

  • [Comment Count] — Incoming content

  • [Int. per 1k] — Incoming content

  • [Interactions] — Incoming content

  • Number of mentions — Number of mentions

  • Number of mentions — Mentions trend

  • Comments — Sentiment of comments

  • Interactions — Interactions trend

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Interactions trend

  • Comments — Sentiment of comments trend

  • Interactions — Number of Interactions

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Number of Interactions

Widgets

Incoming content

What it measures: A detail view of posts published during the selected date range that mentioned/tagged your profile. Shown as ranked content cards — use it to see which individual posts drove the metric.

Metrics: [Like Count], [Comment Count], [Int. per 1k], [Interactions]

Visualization: Content card

Number of mentions

What it measures: The total number of times your profile was mentioned/tagged in posts published by other Instagram accounts during the selected date range. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Number of mentions

Visualization: Value with change

Mentions trend

What it measures: An overview of the number of times your profile was mentioned/tagged in posts published by other Instagram accounts during the selected date range, segregated by date of the mention. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Number of mentions

Visualization: Bar trend

Sentiment of comments

What it measures: The breakdown of sentiment (Positive, Negative, Neutral) for comments published during the selected date range where your profile is tagged/mentioned. Shown as a treemap — larger blocks mean a bigger share of the total; use it to see which categories dominate at a glance.

Metrics: Comments

Visualization: Treemap

Interactions trend

What it measures: Post-level metrics show data for posts published during a selected date range. Regardless of when an engagement happened, all post data is aggregated and displayed for the day the post was published. This means it can include data about engagement that occurred even after the selected date range. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Interactions, Interactions per 1k followers

Visualization: Bar trend

Sentiment of comments trend

What it measures: An overview of sentiment (Positive, Negative, Neutral) for comments published during the selected date range where your profile is tagged/mentioned, segregated by comment publication date. Shown as stacked bars — each segment shows a category's share of the total; use it to see composition, not just the headline number.

Metrics: Comments

Visualization: Stacked bar chart

Number of Interactions

What it measures: Post-level metrics show data for posts published during a selected date range. Regardless of when an engagement happened, all post data is aggregated and displayed for the day the post was published. This means it can include data about engagement that occurred even after the selected date range. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Interactions, Interactions per 1k followers

Visualization: Value with change