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A one-page monthly social report people actually read

Three numbers, three wins, three decisions. A report format for owners, clients and bosses.

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In this article
  1. Section 1: three numbers
  2. Section 2: three wins
  3. Section 3: three decisions
  4. Send it on a schedule

Most social reports are screenshots of dashboards. Nobody reads them, and nothing changes. A good report fits on one page and ends with decisions.

It also answers the question bosses and clients ask most. In HubSpot's 2026 report (vendor data), 69% of social marketers felt more pressure to prove ROI, and only 37% found it easy to tie social to business outcomes.

Section 1: three numbers

Reach, engagement rate and leads, each with last month for comparison. No more.

Section 2: three wins

The three posts that did best, with one line on why you think they worked.

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Section 3: three decisions

What you will do more of, what you will stop, and one experiment for next month.

Send it on a schedule

Schedule the report to email out every month, so it happens even in a busy week.

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Written byHannah LindqvistGrowth and analytics writer

Hannah turns social numbers into decisions. She writes about the few metrics that matter for small accounts, reporting that people read, and testing posting times with your own data.

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