{"id":159247,"date":"2023-12-15T11:08:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=159247"},"modified":"2024-12-13T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:44:59","slug":"bates-top-instagram-and-facebook-posts-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/15\/bates-top-instagram-and-facebook-posts-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates’ top 10 Instagram and Facebook posts of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s the time of year when we count down the days until the new year and await our curated Spotify Wrapped line ups and other summaries of our media consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the spirit of reflection, here’s a Bates version of Wrapped for the college’s two major social media channels: Instagram and Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, the Bates Instagram published 610 posts and stories, making 3.11 million impressions and attracting 231,727 engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ranked each top 10 by the most engaging<\/em> posts, the ones that got the most likes (reactions), comments, shares (or, for Instagram, saves). We’ve also included the “reach” metric for each post, which tracks the number of individual users who viewed the post at least once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without further ado, here are the 10 most-viewed Instagram posts of 2023, plus one Honorarble Mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Instagram posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Honorable Mention<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

When the historic ice storm struck Bates, Maine, and the Northeast<\/a> in January 1998, current Bates students weren’t born yet. But they and others were captivated by this image captured by Phyllis Graber Jensen, posted on the 25th anniversary of the storm, of ice-encased tree limbs littering the Historic Quad in front of Hathorn Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engagements<\/strong>: 1,641<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reach<\/strong>: 12,219<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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