From a ‘your reality’ word search to asking if sugar goes with spaghetti: Facebook reveals its most-viewed posts from April to June this year
- Facebook has revealed a list of its top 20 most-viewed posts from April to June
- Includes one asking if sugar goes with spaghetti and a ‘your reality’ word search
- Top three most-seen websites through links were Amazon, YouTube and Unicef
- Dailymail.co.uk was among five major news organisations to make it into top 20
From asking if sugar goes with spaghetti, to a ‘your reality’ word search, Facebook has revealed its most viewed posts from April to June this year.
The social network’s findings, based on the contents of people’s news feeds in the United States, were measured by how many people saw a post as opposed to most engagement through likes, comments, and shares.
Top of the pile was a ‘personality’ word search that promised to reveal ‘your reality’ based on which three words you see first. It had 80.6 million views and was the most popular post for the three-month period in 2021.
Popular: The most-viewed Facebook post between April and June was a ‘personality’ word search that promised to reveal ‘your reality’ based on which three words you see first
Debate: In fourth place was the post: ‘Please settle this debate, does sugar go in spaghetti?’. It had 58.6 million views and 3.8 million arguments in the comments
FACEBOOK’S TOP 5 MOST-VIEWED POSTS FROM APRIL TO JUNE
1. A ‘your reality’ word search – 80.6M
2. ‘I’m old but I look young’ task – 61.4M
3. Removed – 61.2M
4. ‘Does sugar go in spaghetti?’ – 58.6M
5. ‘Something you’ll never eat’ – 58.6M
‘I’m old but I look young challenge. Drop a pic 30 and up’ was second, with 61.4 million views. Five million people obliged.
The third most popular, with 61.2 million views, has been taken down or changed so only certain people can see it, according to a Facebook error message.
In fourth place was the post: ‘Please settle this debate, does sugar go in spaghetti?’.
It had 58.6 million views and 3.8 million arguments in the comments.
In fifth was: ‘What is something you will never eat, no matter how hungry you get?’
The Facebook page ‘The typical mom’ had two posts in the top 20: ‘Date yourself by naming one concert you have attended’ and ‘what happens in your head when you add 28 plus 47?’
Other posts in the top 20 included one by US President Joe Biden, 100 days into his presidency, where he wrote that ‘America is getting back on track’, and a video from 5-Minute Crafts on how to build a small paddling pool.
Among the most seen links are a website for Green Bay Packers football team alumni, which has been viewed 82.7 million times, a GIF of two kittens walking side by side and a seller of CBD — a cannabis extract.
The fifth most popular Facebook post was: ‘What is something you will never eat, no matter how hungry you get?’ It had a total of 58.6 million views between April and June this year
The ‘I’m old but I look young challenge. Drop a pic 30 and up’ was second. Five million obliged
Other posts in the top 20 included one by US President Joe Biden (pictured), 100 days into his presidency, where he wrote that ‘America is getting back on track’
The top three most-seen websites through links were Amazon, YouTube, and children’s charity Unicef.
Dailymail.co.uk was among five major news organisations to make it into the top 20, along with ABC News, CNN, NBC News and CBS News.
It is the first time Facebook has released its ‘Widely Viewed Content Report’ and follows criticism from some who believe the company is not transparent about its top-performing content.
It will come out quarterly, reflecting most viewed news feed posts in the US every three months.
Facebook said the report ignored views from paid adverts to ‘boost’ a post.
It also stressed that, because so much content is posted to the social network, the top 20 posts when added together only accounted for ‘less than one-tenth of a per cent of all US content views’.
The company did acknowledge that ‘some of the posts in the top 20 may contain lower-quality content’.
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