The posting benchmark
Austin American-Statesman on Facebook, beside its peers
How Austin American-Statesman's Facebook Page posted from 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026, and how readers responded, beside its 85 peers: news publishers in the United States with 100k to 1m followers.
- Country
- United States
- Sub-region
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Kind
- Publisher, digital-native or agency
- Followers
- 100k to 1m
Within United States
Austin American-Statesman: 26.7 a day
Median in United States: at least 26.6 a day
That is 0.1 more a day than the median in United States.
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Austin American-Statesman, United States
54thof 86
Rank among its peers, highest first, posts a day
Austin American-Statesman posted 26.7 times a day to Facebook, 22% less than the median of 85 news publishers in the United States with 100k to 1m followers, 29 June to 20 September 2026.
The comments its posts draw
1,996 comments a day, 1.7 times the median of its peers. What it would take
Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.
At a glance
Austin American-Statesman beside 85 peers
| Measure | Figure | Rank among its peers, highest first | Median of its peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posts a day | 26.7 | 54th of 86 | 34.2 |
| Photos and video | 51% | 62nd of 86 | 64% |
| Evening posts | Not counted | No rank | 24% |
| Weekend day | Not counted | No rank | 71.8% |
| Engagement per post | 15 | 34th of 86 | 13 |
| Engagement a day | 8,928 | 20th of 86 | 4,079 |
| Engagement per 1,000 followers | 0.039 | 56th of 86 | 0.052 |
| Comments per post | 75 | 14th of 86 | 33 |
| Comments a day | 1,996 | 24th of 86 | 1,185 |
The comments
The comments its posts draw
1,996comments a day
on its Facebook posts, 1.7 times the median of its peers (1,185)
Spread evenly over 24 hours, that is 83 an hour, about 1 a minute.
Arithmetic on the figures above. It isn't a forecast.
Comments a day: Austin American-Statesman beside its 85 peers
- Austin American-Statesman: 1,996 a day
- Median of its peers: 1,185
- 90th percentile of its peers: 3,523
- Middle half of its peers: 552 to 2,035
How it posts
Posts a day
26.7 now; the median of its peers 34.2
7.5 more a day, 53 a weekPhotos and video
51% of its posts; the median of its peers 64%
26 more of its 187 posts a week as photos or video: 95 now, 121 at the median- No local-time figure for evening posts and a weekend day.
Posts a day and the weekend add posts; photos and video and the evening move posts it already publishes. Each rounds up. It isn't a forecast.
Comments
The comments that come with them
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Day by day
How Austin American-Statesman posted, beside its peers
Posts each day
- Austin American-Statesman
- Median of its peers
- Middle half of its peers' posts a day
Show the figures as a table
| Day | Austin American-Statesman | Median of its peers |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 29 June | 27 | 32 |
| Tuesday 30 June | 25 | 34 |
| Wednesday 1 July | 29 | 37 |
| Thursday 2 July | 26 | 35 |
| Friday 3 July | 27 | 32 |
| Saturday 4 July | 35 | 28 |
| Sunday 5 July | 28 | 24 |
| Monday 6 July | 26 | 31 |
| Tuesday 7 July | 27 | 36 |
| Wednesday 8 July | 26 | 38 |
| Thursday 9 July | 28 | 39 |
| Friday 10 July | 28 | 38 |
| Saturday 11 July | 37 | 30 |
| Sunday 12 July | 27 | 26 |
| Monday 13 July | 27 | 32 |
| Tuesday 14 July | 34 | 37 |
| Wednesday 15 July | 31 | 39 |
| Thursday 16 July | 39 | 38 |
| Friday 17 July | 25 | 37 |
| Saturday 18 July | 27 | 31 |
| Sunday 19 July | 27 | 25 |
| Monday 20 July | 28 | 31 |
| Tuesday 21 July | 31 | 35 |
| Wednesday 22 July | 31 | 38 |
| Thursday 23 July | 30 | 37 |
| Friday 24 July | 26 | 37 |
| Saturday 25 July | 26 | 30 |
| Sunday 26 July | 25 | 24 |
| Monday 27 July | 28 | 32 |
| Tuesday 28 July | 29 | 39 |
| Wednesday 29 July | 29 | 37 |
| Thursday 30 July | 30 | 37 |
| Friday 31 July | 25 | 37 |
| Saturday 1 August | 26 | 29 |
| Sunday 2 August | 25 | 23 |
| Monday 3 August | 28 | 31 |
| Tuesday 4 August | 29 | 38 |
| Wednesday 5 August | 29 | 37 |
| Thursday 6 August | 32 | 36 |
| Friday 7 August | 26 | 37 |
| Saturday 8 August | 26 | 29 |
| Sunday 9 August | 26 | 23 |
| Monday 10 August | 29 | 32 |
| Tuesday 11 August | 29 | 37 |
| Wednesday 12 August | 30 | 37 |
| Thursday 13 August | 29 | 38 |
| Friday 14 August | 26 | 38 |
| Saturday 15 August | 25 | 28 |
| Sunday 16 August | 24 | 24 |
| Monday 17 August | 28 | 34 |
| Tuesday 18 August | 30 | 37 |
| Wednesday 19 August | 29 | 41 |
| Thursday 20 August | 29 | 38 |
| Friday 21 August | 25 | 38 |
| Saturday 22 August | 27 | 32 |
| Sunday 23 August | 26 | 24 |
| Monday 24 August | 37 | 33 |
| Tuesday 25 August | 45 | 37 |
| Wednesday 26 August | 26 | 38 |
| Thursday 27 August | 25 | 37 |
| Friday 28 August | 29 | 38 |
| Saturday 29 August | 18 | 32 |
| Sunday 30 August | 14 | 27 |
| Monday 31 August | 25 | 35 |
| Tuesday 1 September | 28 | 38 |
| Wednesday 2 September | 33 | 41 |
| Thursday 3 September | 26 | 39 |
| Friday 4 September | 23 | 37 |
| Saturday 5 September | 22 | 30 |
| Sunday 6 September | 13 | 27 |
| Monday 7 September | 16 | 25 |
| Tuesday 8 September | 18 | 33 |
| Wednesday 9 September | 19 | 38 |
| Thursday 10 September | 26 | 40 |
| Friday 11 September | 23 | 38 |
| Saturday 12 September | 18 | 30 |
| Sunday 13 September | 13 | 26 |
| Monday 14 September | 27 | 33 |
| Tuesday 15 September | 31 | 41 |
| Wednesday 16 September | 26 | 39 |
| Thursday 17 September | 27 | 39 |
| Friday 18 September | 23 | 39 |
| Saturday 19 September | 23 | 31 |
| Sunday 20 September | 9 | 29 |
Its local time zone is unknown, so its hours and weekdays aren't shown.
What it posted
Show the figures as a table
| Format | Austin American-Statesman | Its peers, median |
|---|---|---|
| Photo | 46% | 60% |
| Video or reel | 3% | 4% |
| Album | 2% | 0% |
| Link | 49% | 36% |
| Text only | 0% | 0% |
| Other | 0% | 0% |
The detail
When it posts, and who it's compared with
When it posts, day by day and hour by hourEvery day of the 12 weeks, every hour of the day and what it posts, beside the median of its peers.
- Median of its peers, 18:00 to midnight: 24%
Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.
Who is it compared with?Where each of its peers is based, and every one of them by name.
Austin American-Statesman's peers are 85 news publishers in the United States with 100k to 1m followers: the same kind of title with a similar number of followers, from the nearest place that has enough of them. Its 85 peers, A to Z.
The peers
Its 85 peers, A to Z
- Arizona Daily StarUnited States
- Asbury Park PressUnited States
- Asheville Citizen-TimesUnited States
- Barron'sUnited States
- Boston HeraldUnited States
- Boston.comUnited States
- Burlington Free PressUnited States
- Chattanooga Times Free PressUnited States
- Chicago TribuneUnited States
- ChronUnited States
- cleveland.com / The Plain DealerUnited States
- Connecticut PostUnited States
- Dayton Daily NewsUnited States
- Deseret NewsUnited States
- Detroit Free PressUnited States
- East Bay TimesUnited States
- el Nuevo HeraldUnited States
- Florida TodayUnited States
- Fort Worth Star-TelegramUnited States
- Hartford CourantUnited States
- Houston ChronicleUnited States
- Idaho StatesmanUnited States
- Journal-NewsUnited States
- Lansing State JournalUnited States
- Las Vegas Review-JournalUnited States
- lehighvalleylive.comUnited States
- Lexington Herald-LeaderUnited States
- Lincoln Journal StarUnited States
- MassLiveUnited States
- Miami HeraldUnited States
- Milwaukee Journal SentinelUnited States
- MySAUnited States
- Naples Daily NewsUnited States
- NewsdayUnited States
- NYup.comUnited States
- Omaha World-HeraldUnited States
- Orange County RegisterUnited States
- Orlando SentinelUnited States
- PennLiveUnited States
- Pensacola News JournalUnited States
- Richmond Times-DispatchUnited States
- San Antonio Express-NewsUnited States
- San Francisco ChronicleUnited States
- South Florida Sun SentinelUnited States
- St. Louis Post-DispatchUnited States
- St. Paul Pioneer PressUnited States
- Staten Island Advance / SILive.comUnited States
- syracuse.com / The Post-StandardUnited States
- Tallahassee DemocratUnited States
- Tampa Bay TimesUnited States
- The Arizona Republic / azcentralUnited States
- The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionUnited States
- The Baltimore SunUnited States
- The Boston GlobeUnited States
- The Buffalo NewsUnited States
- The Charlotte ObserverUnited States
- The Daily AdvertiserUnited States
- The Dallas Morning NewsUnited States
- The Denver PostUnited States
- The Des Moines RegisterUnited States
- The Desert SunUnited States
- The Detroit NewsUnited States
- The Fresno BeeUnited States
- The Greenville NewsUnited States
- The Indianapolis StarUnited States
- The Journal News / lohudUnited States
- The Kansas City StarUnited States
- The Mercury NewsUnited States
- The Morning CallUnited States
- The News & ObserverUnited States
- The News Journal / Delaware OnlineUnited States
- The Oregonian / OregonLiveUnited States
- The Palm Beach PostUnited States
- The Philadelphia InquirerUnited States
- The Press DemocratUnited States
- The Press-EnterpriseUnited States
- The Providence JournalUnited States
- The Sacramento BeeUnited States
- The San Diego Union-TribuneUnited States
- The Seattle TimesUnited States
- The StateUnited States
- The Virginian-PilotUnited States
- Times UnionUnited States
- TribLIVE / Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewUnited States
- Tulsa WorldUnited States
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