Coffee Facebook Marketing Survey

Socialinsider investigated the U.S. coffee industry's involvement on Facebook.

1. Starbucks has the highest participation among Facebook's top coffee brands

Between January 2018 and May 2019, Starbucks had an average engagement rate of 0.032% per post.The average participation rate per article was between 0.021% and 0.129%.

Engagement is one of the most important Facebook metrics for measuring the number of times people take action on branded posts.

According to Facebook, most Starbucks posts are photos, accounting for 65.3 percent, followed by video (24.8 percent), links (6.9 percent) and status (3 percent).

2. Publishing multiple times a day or a day does not necessarily mean greater engagement

From early 2018 to May 2019, 67 percent of Facebook content was photo,and only 29.6 percent of coffee industry content was video.

Although Caribou Coffee posts an average of 0.56 posts a day and Starbucks posts an average of 0.2 posts a day, Starbucks remains a leader on Facebook.

3. Get people's attention through behind-the-scenes videos and seasonal events

According to Socialinsider, some posts are more attractive, such as interviews with people behind the scenes, seasonal events and gifts.

Starbucks and Caribou Coffee are showing their team, using videos and photos to show the people behind the scenes.Starbucks, for example, uses a post to show the opening of a new store.

4. Coffee brands on social media

Research shows that the coffee industry is growing at a rate of 5.5%.The average person on the planet consumes 500 billion cups of coffee a year.If you want to promote your coffee brand on Facebook, consider: