Audience
How many people the talent can reach, and whether that number is growing.
Audience is the scale a brand is actually buying. We count followers across every platform the talent is active on, then look at how that audience has grown over the last three years. A rising account can outscore a bigger one that has gone flat, because brands want to back momentum, not just size.
Followers on every platformThree-year growthPlatform mix
Example · Tyler ReidFollowers
412K↗ +112% in 3 years
Why brands careIt tells a brand how many people will see the partnership before a single post goes live.
Exposure
How often the world is talking about them, whether they post or not.
Exposure measures fame beyond social media. We track how often the talent is mentioned across news, broadcast, blogs and forums across three years of history. It is the one pillar that does not depend on the talent posting anything, which makes it the clearest read on whether a name carries weight on a TV spot, a jersey or an appearance.
Three years of mentionsWhere coverage comes fromSpikes and trends
Example · Tyler ReidMentions per quarter
11,000this quarter · a 3-year high
3 years agoThis quarter
Why brands careMost endorsement money buys a name, not a post. Exposure shows how far that name travels.
Engagement
How actively an audience responds when the talent shows up.
A big following only matters if people are paying attention. Engagement looks at likes, comments, shares and views relative to the size of the audience, across three years of posts. A strong rate on one platform can be a weak rate on another, so every platform is judged against its own benchmark before the results come together. Nobody is penalized for where their fans happen to live, and dormant accounts never skew the result.
Rate on each platformPlatform benchmarksActive accounts only
Example · Tyler ReidRate vs. platform norm
TylerTypical for the platform
Why brands careIt predicts how a sponsored post will actually perform once it goes live.
Sentiment
How people feel when they talk about them.
Sentiment reads the tone of the conversation in two places: earned media coverage, and what fans say in comments and replies. Everything is sorted into positive, neutral and negative. Neutral coverage does not move the number, and negative coverage is treated as the risk it is, because a brand's downside from bad press is bigger than its upside from good press.
Media toneSocial tonePositive, neutral, negative
Example · Tyler ReidLast 3 years
Media coverage62% positive
Social conversation55% positive
PositiveNeutralNegative
Why brands careIt is the difference between a name brands want to stand next to and one they need to avoid.