Archant titles topped the tables for performance on both Facebook and Twitter in the latest ABC figures.
Titles owned by the regional publisher recorded the top three positions for audience increase during 2018 on both social media channels, according to statistics released today.
On Facebook, the Gravesend and Dartford Reporter, Ilford Recorder and Cambs Times posted the biggest year-on-year increases in terms of users following their pages – with 39pc, 31pc and 28pc increases respectively
Judging by the same metric on Twitter, the Brent and Kilburn Times, Newham Recorder and Barking & Dagenham Post topped the charts – recording 18pc, 17pc and 15pc rises.
The full list of titles to submit Facebook figures is as follows:
| Title | Facebook ‘likes’ | Yoy % Change |
| Gravesend and Dartford Reporter | 1,232 | 39% |
| Ilford Recorder | 8,709 | 31% |
| Cambs Times | 4,885 | 28% |
| The Herts Advertiser | 5,460 | 28% |
| Sheffield Star | 111,189 | 26% |
| Docklands & East London Advertiser | 5,632 | 24% |
| Ipswich Star | 26,418 | 24% |
| Newham Recorder | 9,240 | 24% |
| East Anglian Daily Times | 21,132 | 22% |
| Carlisle News & Star | 52,280 | 22% |
| Islington Gazette | 6,377 | 22% |
| North Norfolk News | 13,463 | 22% |
| Wisbech Standard | 5,006 | 22% |
| Hackney Gazette | 7,434 | 20% |
| Hunts Post | 6,527 | 20% |
| Milton Keynes Citizen | 13,271 | 20% |
| The Comet | 19,829 | 19% |
| Norwich Evening News | 27,222 | 18% |
| Eastbourne Herald | 22,581 | 17% |
| Lowestoft Journal | 15,384 | 17% |
| Romford Recorder | 19,320 | 17% |
| Yorkshire Post | 72,723 | 15% |
| Great Yarmouth Mercury | 28,682 | 14% |
| Whitehaven News | 11,958 | 14% |
| Yorkshire Evening Post | 156,589 | 14% |
| Peterborough Telegraph | 46,234 | 14% |
| Belfast News Letter | 64,987 | 13% |
| Welwyn Hatfield Times | 12,336 | 13% |
| Workington Times and Star | 14,139 | 12% |
| The News, Portsmouth | 102,696 | 12% |
| Shropshire Star | 47,842 | 12% |
| The Scotsman | 213,837 | 12% |
| Wigan Evening Post | 55,951 | 12% |
| Barking & Dagenham Post | 16,218 | 11% |
| Brent and Kilburn Times | 7,417 | 11% |
| Derbyshire Times | 47,125 | 11% |
| Eastern Daily Press | 97,597 | 11% |
| Ham and High Express | 2,851 | 11% |
| The Mail, Barrow | 27,465 | 10% |
| Hexham Courant | 11,487 | 10% |
| Edinburgh Evening News | 199,763 | 9% |
| Northamptonshire Telegraph | 36,415 | 9% |
| Shields Gazette | 29,660 | 9% |
| Hartlepool Mail | 31,806 | 7% |
| Lancashire Post | 99,796 | 7% |
| Northampton Chronicle | 89,908 | 5% |
| The Gazette, Blackpool | 94,683 | 5% |
| Express & Star, Wolverhampton | 126,443 | 4% |
| Sunderland Echo | 157,180 | 4% |
| Scotland on Sunday | 5,788 | 2% |
| Banffshire Journal | 2,620 | N/A |
| Forres Gazette | 4,525 | N/A |
| Highland News Group | 10,141 | N/A |
| John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier | 8,378 | N/A |
| North Star | 2,331 | N/A |
| Northern Scot | 9,770 | N/A |
| Northern Times | 4,221 | N/A |
| Ross-shire Journal | 6,005 | N/A |
| Strathspey & Badenoch Herald | 2,491 | N/A |
| The Banffshire Advertiser | 2,682 | N/A |
| The Banffshire Herald | 1,157 | N/A |
| The Huntly Express | 2,333 | N/A |
| The Inverness Courier | 17,746 | N/A |
The full list of titles to submit Twitter figures is as follows:
| Title | Twitter ‘followers’ | Yoy % Change |
| Brent and Kilburn Times | 9,619 | 18% |
| Newham Recorder | 10,642 | 17% |
| Barking & Dagenham Post | 6,545 | 15% |
| Islington Gazette | 18,871 | 14% |
| Docklands & East London Advertiser | 8,900 | 13% |
| Great Yarmouth Mercury | 7,396 | 12% |
| North Norfolk News | 11,603 | 11% |
| Gravesend and Dartford Reporter | 2,838 | 11% |
| Ilford Recorder | 9,577 | 10% |
| Wigan Evening Post | 21,787 | 10% |
| Wisbech Standard | 3,785 | 10% |
| Cambs Times | 5,237 | 9% |
| East Anglian Daily Times | 51,995 | 9% |
| Edinburgh Evening News | 149,919 | 9% |
| Yorkshire Evening Post | 220,867 | 9% |
| Northamptonshire Telegraph | 15,416 | 9% |
| Eastern Daily Press | 102,918 | 8% |
| Hackney Gazette | 25,381 | 8% |
| Hunts Post | 7,069 | 8% |
| Ipswich Star | 20,107 | 8% |
| Lancashire Post | 65,198 | 8% |
| Yorkshire Post | 169,375 | 8% |
| Norwich Evening News | 60,024 | 8% |
| Romford Recorder | 16,856 | 8% |
| The Star, Sheffield | 165,464 | 8% |
| The Scotsman | 150,009 | 8% |
| The Comet | 15,769 | 7% |
| Eastbourne Herald | 12,711 | 7% |
| Express & Star, Wolverhampton | 146,553 | 7% |
| Cumberland News | 11,837 | 7% |
| Shields Gazette | 13,343 | 7% |
| Herts Advertiser | 14,688 | 7% |
| Belfast News Letter | 38,713 | 7% |
| Derbyshire Times | 21,051 | 6% |
| Hartlepool Mail | 11,140 | 6% |
| Workington Times and Star | 7,930 | 6% |
| Peterborough Telegraph | 23,102 | 6% |
| The News, Portsmouth | 82,210 | 6% |
| Shropshire Star | 85,538 | 6% |
| Sunderland Echo | 50,152 | 6% |
| Welwyn Hatfield Times | 11,659 | 6% |
| Hexham Courant | 8,225 | 5% |
| Milton Keynes Citizen | 16,683 | 5% |
| The Gazette, Blackpool | 53,519 | 5% |
| Carlisle News & Star | 28,579 | 4% |
| The Mail, Barrow | 12,396 | 4% |
| Lowestoft Journal | 6,936 | 4% |
| Northampton Chronicle | 80,053 | 4% |
| Whitehaven News | 7,942 | 3% |
| Scotland on Sunday | 30,469 | 3% |
| Ham and High Express | 19,207 | -4% |
| Banffshire Journal | 1,023 | N/A |
| Caithness Courier | 2,966 | N/A |
| Forres Gazette | 2,322 | N/A |
| Highland News Group | 7,420 | N/A |
| John O’Groat Journal | 2,966 | N/A |
| North Star | 1,469 | N/A |
| Northern Scot | 5,349 | N/A |
| Northern Times | 2,521 | N/A |
| Ross-shire Journal | 5,038 | N/A |
| Strathspey & Badenoch Herald | 2,025 | N/A |
| The Banffshire Advertiser | 245 | N/A |
| The Banffshire Herald | 479 | N/A |
| The Huntly Express | 436 | N/A |
| The Inverness Courier | 7,858 | N/A |
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I’m amazed that Facebook like data is a ‘thing’! It doesn’t mean anything unless its backed up with click through data which in turn boosts AD revenue. No doubt these editors are patting themselves on the back with these figures. Well done all, Facebook advertising is doing amazingly well, making billions in profit.
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Any newspapers that crow about such figures are deluded. Google and Facebook are nicking your ads!
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