Short-form video metrics
Most short-form dashboards show the same dozen numbers with no indication of which ones matter. Watch time and raw views are not comparable inputs, and an engagement rate calculated four different ways is four different metrics wearing one name.
This topic defines each metric precisely, says what it predicts, and shows how to benchmark it against a niche instead of against a platform-wide average that describes nobody.
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