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Social Media Audit

A social media audit is a systematic review of all of a brand's social media accounts, content performance, audience data, and competitive positioning to establish a baseline and identify opportunities for improvement.

What a Social Media Audit Covers

A thorough social media audit examines:

Account inventory: All social media profiles (including forgotten or abandoned ones), usernames, bios, profile photos, and contact information for consistency and completeness

Content performance: Historical posting frequency, top-performing posts by engagement and reach, content mix analysis (what formats/topics are performing)

Audience data: Current follower counts, demographic breakdown, follower quality, and growth trends

Platform presence: Are you on the right platforms for your audience? Are you missing any key platforms?

Brand consistency: Does your bio, logo, tone, and visual identity match across all platforms?

Competitive benchmarking: How does your account performance compare to key competitors on similar metrics?

When to Conduct an Audit

  • Before developing or updating a social media strategy
  • When onboarding a new client (for agencies or managed services)
  • When performance is unexpectedly declining
  • Quarterly or biannually as a routine health check

Key Outputs of an Audit

  • Baseline performance benchmarks (against which future performance is measured)
  • Identified content formats and topics that have historically performed well
  • Platform prioritization recommendation
  • Action items: what to stop, start, or change

Social Media Audit at Aibrify

Aibrify conducts a comprehensive social media audit during onboarding. This baseline informs your content strategy, platform priorities, and performance targets from day one, and the audit data is available in your dashboard.

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