The posting benchmark
Detroit Free Press on Facebook, beside its peers
How Detroit Free Press's Facebook Page posted from 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026, and how readers responded, beside its 46 peers: news publishers in the United States with 300k to 3m followers.
- Country
- United States
- Sub-region
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Kind
- Publisher, digital-native or agency
- Followers
- 100k to 1m
Within United States
Detroit Free Press: 38.1 a day
Median in United States: at least 26.6 a day
That is 11.5 more a day than the median in United States.
Place the dots by
Detroit Free Press, United States
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Rank among its peers, highest first, posts a day
Detroit Free Press posted 38.1 times a day to Facebook. The median of its 46 peers: 37.
The comments its posts draw
4,536 comments a day, 2.2 times the median of its peers. What it would take
Peers: 46 news publishers in the United States with 300k to 3m followers, 12 weeks to 20 September 2026.
Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.
At a glance
Detroit Free Press beside 46 peers
| Measure | Figure | Rank among its peers, highest first | Median of its peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posts a day | 38.1 | 22nd of 47 | 37 |
| Photos and video | 87% | 14th of 47 | 76% |
| Evening posts | Not counted | No rank | 24% |
| Weekend day | Not counted | No rank | 53% |
| Engagement per post | 50 | 15th of 47 | 21 |
| Engagement a day | 19,718 | 7th of 47 | 9,305 |
| Engagement per 1,000 followers | 0.063 | 20th of 47 | 0.050 |
| Comments per post | 119 | 10th of 47 | 62 |
| Comments a day | 4,536 | 6th of 47 | 2,056 |
The comments
The comments its posts draw
4,536comments a day
on its Facebook posts, 2.2 times the median of its peers (2,056)
Spread evenly over 24 hours, that is 189 an hour, about 3 a minute.
Arithmetic on the figures above. It isn't a forecast.
Comments a day: Detroit Free Press beside its 46 peers
- Detroit Free Press: 4,536 a day
- Median of its peers: 2,056
- 90th percentile of its peers: 4,457
- Middle half of its peers: 1,200 to 3,555
How it posts
- At or above the median of its peers on posts a day and photos and video.
- No local-time figure for evening posts and a weekend day.
Comments
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Day by day
How Detroit Free Press posted, beside its peers
Posts each day
- Detroit Free Press
- Median of its peers
- Middle half of its peers' posts a day
Show the figures as a table
| Day | Detroit Free Press | Median of its peers |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 29 June | 38 | 33 |
| Tuesday 30 June | 36 | 36 |
| Wednesday 1 July | 36 | 39.5 |
| Thursday 2 July | 34 | 37.5 |
| Friday 3 July | 44 | 39.5 |
| Saturday 4 July | 30 | 29 |
| Sunday 5 July | 27 | 26 |
| Monday 6 July | 33 | 33.5 |
| Tuesday 7 July | 37 | 39 |
| Wednesday 8 July | 40 | 40 |
| Thursday 9 July | 40 | 41 |
| Friday 10 July | 39 | 40 |
| Saturday 11 July | 32 | 31 |
| Sunday 12 July | 31 | 27 |
| Monday 13 July | 37 | 33 |
| Tuesday 14 July | 39 | 38 |
| Wednesday 15 July | 42 | 41.5 |
| Thursday 16 July | 44 | 40 |
| Friday 17 July | 40 | 40 |
| Saturday 18 July | 31 | 30 |
| Sunday 19 July | 32 | 25 |
| Monday 20 July | 31 | 33.5 |
| Tuesday 21 July | 35 | 37 |
| Wednesday 22 July | 40 | 41 |
| Thursday 23 July | 41 | 38 |
| Friday 24 July | 44 | 38 |
| Saturday 25 July | 32 | 31 |
| Sunday 26 July | 31 | 24.5 |
| Monday 27 July | 36 | 34.5 |
| Tuesday 28 July | 42 | 40.5 |
| Wednesday 29 July | 45 | 39.5 |
| Thursday 30 July | 37 | 39.5 |
| Friday 31 July | 39 | 37.5 |
| Saturday 1 August | 30 | 29 |
| Sunday 2 August | 25 | 22 |
| Monday 3 August | 38 | 33 |
| Tuesday 4 August | 44 | 38.5 |
| Wednesday 5 August | 43 | 39 |
| Thursday 6 August | 38 | 40 |
| Friday 7 August | 37 | 37.5 |
| Saturday 8 August | 29 | 29.5 |
| Sunday 9 August | 30 | 22.5 |
| Monday 10 August | 34 | 33.5 |
| Tuesday 11 August | 43 | 39.5 |
| Wednesday 12 August | 42 | 40 |
| Thursday 13 August | 38 | 39.5 |
| Friday 14 August | 41 | 41.5 |
| Saturday 15 August | 44 | 29 |
| Sunday 16 August | 34 | 24 |
| Monday 17 August | 35 | 36.5 |
| Tuesday 18 August | 39 | 41.5 |
| Wednesday 19 August | 45 | 42 |
| Thursday 20 August | 36 | 43 |
| Friday 21 August | 39 | 43.5 |
| Saturday 22 August | 35 | 31 |
| Sunday 23 August | 30 | 23.5 |
| Monday 24 August | 36 | 36 |
| Tuesday 25 August | 45 | 42.5 |
| Wednesday 26 August | 45 | 44 |
| Thursday 27 August | 38 | 40 |
| Friday 28 August | 42 | 40.5 |
| Saturday 29 August | 40 | 31 |
| Sunday 30 August | 28 | 26.5 |
| Monday 31 August | 39 | 38 |
| Tuesday 1 September | 43 | 41 |
| Wednesday 2 September | 47 | 45 |
| Thursday 3 September | 42 | 43 |
| Friday 4 September | 43 | 41 |
| Saturday 5 September | 39 | 31 |
| Sunday 6 September | 36 | 27 |
| Monday 7 September | 34 | 27.5 |
| Tuesday 8 September | 40 | 35 |
| Wednesday 9 September | 45 | 41 |
| Thursday 10 September | 42 | 45 |
| Friday 11 September | 40 | 40 |
| Saturday 12 September | 37 | 31 |
| Sunday 13 September | 42 | 27 |
| Monday 14 September | 33 | 36.5 |
| Tuesday 15 September | 47 | 44.5 |
| Wednesday 16 September | 47 | 43 |
| Thursday 17 September | 42 | 41.5 |
| Friday 18 September | 50 | 42.5 |
| Saturday 19 September | 40 | 31.5 |
| Sunday 20 September | 38 | 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 | Detroit Free Press | Its peers, median |
|---|---|---|
| Photo | 71% | 68% |
| Video or reel | 14% | 6% |
| Album | 2% | 1% |
| Link | 13% | 25% |
| 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.
Detroit Free Press's peers are 46 news publishers in the United States with 300k to 3m followers: the same kind of title with a similar number of followers, from the nearest place that has enough of them. Its 46 peers, A to Z.
The peers
Its 46 peers, A to Z
- AL.comUnited States
- Austin American-StatesmanUnited States
- Boston.comUnited States
- Chicago TribuneUnited States
- ChronUnited States
- cleveland.com / The Plain DealerUnited States
- Deseret NewsUnited States
- el Nuevo HeraldUnited States
- Florida TodayUnited States
- Houston ChronicleUnited States
- Investor's Business DailyUnited States
- Las Vegas Review-JournalUnited States
- MarketWatchUnited States
- MassLiveUnited States
- Miami HeraldUnited States
- Milwaukee Journal SentinelUnited States
- MLiveUnited States
- MySAUnited States
- NewsdayUnited States
- NJ.comUnited States
- NYup.comUnited States
- PennLiveUnited States
- San Antonio Express-NewsUnited States
- San Francisco ChronicleUnited States
- St. Louis Post-DispatchUnited States
- syracuse.com / The Post-StandardUnited States
- Tampa Bay TimesUnited States
- The Arizona Republic / azcentralUnited States
- The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionUnited States
- The Baltimore SunUnited States
- The Boston GlobeUnited States
- The Columbus DispatchUnited States
- The Dallas Morning NewsUnited States
- The Denver PostUnited States
- The Detroit NewsUnited States
- The HillUnited States
- The Indianapolis StarUnited States
- The Kansas City StarUnited States
- The News Journal / Delaware OnlineUnited States
- The OklahomanUnited States
- The Oregonian / OregonLiveUnited States
- The Palm Beach PostUnited States
- The Philadelphia InquirerUnited States
- The Record / NorthJersey.comUnited States
- The Seattle TimesUnited States
- The TennesseanUnited States
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