LinkedIn — Overview — Profile vs. profile

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LinkedIn Pages

These boards report on LinkedIn Pages (company and showcase pages connected in Emplifi), not personal LinkedIn member profiles.

Why use this board

Use this board to benchmark two LinkedIn profiles you manage on the same metrics; see where each profile leads and where one outperforms the other.

Board controls

  • Profile pickers: Select a LinkedIn Page to compare.

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

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

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

  • Interactions: Interactions, Interactions per 1k followers.

  • Color picker (Profile 1 or 2): Assign each profile a color in the toolbar so you can spot which profile drives each metric in KPIs, breakdowns, and trends. Choose from a list of 16 colors.

Metrics on this board

  • Impressions engagement rate — Profile 2: Impressions engagement rate

  • Average engagements — Profile 1: Average number of engagements

  • Average content impressions — Profile 1: Average impressions

  • Interactions — Profile 2: Number of Interactions

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Profile 2: Number of Interactions

  • Average engagements — Profile 2: Average number of engagements

  • Interactions — Profile 1: Average Interactions per content piece

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Profile 1: Average Interactions per content piece

  • Interactions — Interactions by type

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Interactions by type

  • Impressions engagement rate — Impressions engagement rate per media type

  • Interactions — Interactions trend

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Interactions trend

  • Number of followers — Followers trend

  • Average engagements — Average engagements per media type

  • Number of comments — Profile 2: Sentiment of comments by percentage

  • Engagements — Profile 1: Number of engagements

  • Average reach per post — Average reach per content piece trend

  • Posts — Profile 1: Total content

  • Followers — Profile 2: Number of followers

  • Followers — Profile 1: Number of followers

  • Impressions engagement rate — Profile 1: Impressions engagement rate

  • Interactions — Average Interactions per content piece trend

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Average Interactions per content piece trend

  • Engagements — Engagements trend

  • Content impressions — Profile 2: Number of impressions

  • Interactions — Profile 2: Average Interactions per content piece

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Profile 2: Average Interactions per content piece

  • Average content impressions — Profile 2: Average impressions

  • Number of posts — Content by media type

  • Engagements — Profile 2: Number of engagements

  • Interactions — Profile 1: Number of Interactions

  • Interactions per 1k followers — Profile 1: Number of Interactions

  • Content impressions — Profile 1: Number of impressions

  • Followers growth — Followers growth trend

  • Impressions engagement rate — Impressions engagement rate trend

  • Followers growth — Profile 1: Followers growth

  • Followers growth — Profile 2: Followers growth

  • Average engagements — Average engagements trend

  • Number of content pieces — Content trend

  • Posts — Profile 2: Total content

  • Interactions per 1K followers — Most engaging media types

  • Number of comments — Profile 1: Sentiment of comments by percentage

  • Average reach per media type — Average reach per media type

  • Content impressions — Impressions trend

Widgets

Profile 2: Impressions engagement rate

What it measures: The percentage of users who engaged with a post that was published by the selected profile during the selected date range, divided by the number of content impressions. Note: This metric shows organic only. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Impressions engagement rate

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 1: Average number of engagements

What it measures: The average number of times users engaged with a post that was published by the selected profile during the selected date range. Note: This metric shows organic only. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Average engagements

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 1: Average impressions

What it measures: The sum of lifetime impressions (i.e. post views, or video views where impressions do not apply) for posts published by the selected profile during the selected date range, divided by the number of posts from the same period. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Average content impressions

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 2: 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

Profile 2: Average number of engagements

What it measures: The average number of times users engaged with a post that was published by the selected profile during the selected date range. Note: This metric shows organic only. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Average engagements

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 1: Average Interactions per content piece

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

Interactions by type

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 vertical bars — compare categories side by side to see which drives the most volume.

Metrics: Interactions, Interactions per 1k followers

Visualization: Bar chart

Impressions engagement rate per media type

What it measures: The distribution of impressions engagement rates, segregated by media type (e.g. image, video, link, etc.) and profile. Impressions engagement rate refers to the percentage of users who engaged with a post that was published by selected profiles during the selected date range, divided by the number of content impressions. Note: This metric shows organic data only. Shown as a ranked horizontal bar chart — longer bars mean higher values; use it to compare many categories at once.

Metrics: Impressions engagement rate

Visualization: Horizontal bar chart

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

Followers trend

What it measures: An overview of the total number of users who are following selected profiles over the selected date range, segregated by date. Shown as a trend over time — use it to spot spikes, drops, and seasonality across the selected period.

Metrics: Number of followers

Visualization: Line chart

Average engagements per media type

What it measures: The distribution of the average number of times users engaged with a post that was published by selected profiles during the selected date range, segregated by media type (e.g. image, video, link, etc.) and profile. Note: This metric shows organic data only. Shown as a ranked horizontal bar chart — longer bars mean higher values; use it to compare many categories at once.

Metrics: Average engagements

Visualization: Horizontal bar chart

Profile 2: Sentiment of comments by percentage

What it measures: The percentage distribution of sentiments (Positive, Negative, Neutral) for all comments on posts published by the selected profile during the selected date range. Shown as a treemap — larger blocks mean a bigger share of the total; use it to see which categories dominate at a glance.

Metrics: Number of comments

Visualization: Treemap

Profile 1: Number of engagements

What it measures: The total number of times users engaged with a post that was published by the selected profile during the selected date range. Note: This metric shows organic only. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Engagements

Visualization: Value with change

Average reach per content piece trend

What it measures: An overview of average reach for posts published by selected profiles during the selected date range, segregated by publication date. Average reach per post is calculated as lifetime reach for all posts, divided by the number of posts from the same period. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Average reach per post

Visualization: Bar trend

Profile 1: Total content

What it measures: The total number of posts that were published by the selected profile 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: Posts

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 2: Number of followers

What it measures: The total number of users who are following the selected profile over 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: Followers

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 1: Number of followers

What it measures: The total number of users who are following the selected profile over 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: Followers

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 1: Impressions engagement rate

What it measures: The percentage of users who engaged with a post that was published by the selected profile during the selected date range, divided by the number of content impressions. Note: This metric shows organic only. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Impressions engagement rate

Visualization: Value with change

Average Interactions per content piece 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

Engagements trend

What it measures: An overview of the total number of times users engaged with a post that was published by selected profiles during the selected date range, segregated by publication date and profile. Note: This metric shows organic data only. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Engagements

Visualization: Bar trend

Profile 2: Number of impressions

What it measures: The total number of times a post published by the selected profile during the selected date range was viewed, or of video views where impressions do not apply. This metric does not count user-generated content. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Content impressions

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 2: Average Interactions per content piece

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

Profile 2: Average impressions

What it measures: The sum of lifetime impressions (i.e. content views, or video views where impressions do not apply) for content published by the selected profile during the selected date range, divided by the number of content pieces from the same period. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Average content impressions

Visualization: Value with change

Content by media type

What it measures: The distribution of all posts published by selected profiles during the selected date range, segregated by media type (image, video, link, etc.). Shown as a ranked horizontal bar chart — longer bars mean higher values; use it to compare many categories at once.

Metrics: Number of posts

Visualization: Horizontal bar chart

Profile 2: Number of engagements

What it measures: The total number of times users engaged with a post that was published by the selected profile during the selected date range. Note: This metric shows organic only. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Engagements

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 1: 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

Profile 1: Number of impressions

What it measures: The total number of times a post published by the selected profile during the selected date range was viewed, or of video views where impressions do not apply. This metric does not count user-generated content. Shown as a KPI with period-over-period change — use it to see whether the metric is rising or falling.

Metrics: Content impressions

Visualization: Value with change

Followers growth trend

What it measures: An overview of the net increase or decrease in the total number of users who are following selected profiles over the selected date range, segregated by date. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Followers growth

Visualization: Bar trend

Impressions engagement rate trend

What it measures: An overview of the percentage of users who engaged with a post that was published by selected pages during the selected date range, divided by the number of content impressions. Data is segregated by post publication date and profile. Note: This metric shows organic data only. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Impressions engagement rate

Visualization: Bar trend

Profile 1: Followers growth

What it measures: The net increase or decrease in the total number of users who are following the selected profile over 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: Followers growth

Visualization: Value with change

Profile 2: Followers growth

What it measures: The net increase or decrease in the total number of users who are following the selected profile over 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: Followers growth

Visualization: Value with change

Average engagements trend

What it measures: An overview of the average number of times users engaged with a post that was published by selected profiles during the selected date range, segregated by post publication date. Note: This metric shows organic only. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Average engagements

Visualization: Bar trend

Content trend

What it measures: An overview of the total number of posts published by selected profiles during the selected date range, segregated by publication date. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Number of content pieces

Visualization: Bar trend

Profile 2: Total content

What it measures: The total number of posts that were published by the selected profile 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: Posts

Visualization: Value with change

Most engaging media types

What it measures: The sum of lifetime interactions (likes and comments) for posts published by selected profiles during the selected date range, divided by the number of followers each profile has at the time of a post, and multiplied by 1000. Data is segregated by media type (image, video, link, etc.). Shown as a ranked horizontal bar chart — longer bars mean higher values; use it to compare many categories at once.

Metrics: Interactions per 1K followers

Visualization: Horizontal bar chart

Profile 1: Sentiment of comments by percentage

What it measures: The percentage distribution of sentiments (Positive, Negative, Neutral) for all comments on posts published by the selected profile during the selected date range. Shown as a treemap — larger blocks mean a bigger share of the total; use it to see which categories dominate at a glance.

Metrics: Number of comments

Visualization: Treemap

Average reach per media type

What it measures: The sum of lifetime reach for posts published by selected profiles during the selected date range, divided by the number of published posts from the same period. Data is segregated by media type. This metric does not count user-generated content. Shown as vertical bars — compare categories side by side to see which drives the most volume.

Metrics: Average reach per media type

Visualization: Bar chart

Impressions trend

What it measures: An overview of the number of times a post published during the selected date range was viewed, segregated by publication date. This metric does not count user-generated content. Shown as bars over time — use it to compare day-by-day or period-by-period volume and spot spikes.

Metrics: Content impressions

Visualization: Bar trend