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Can someone explain why our Hootsuite analytics reporting dashboard is showing completely different engagement numbers than what is natively on Instagram today?

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Can someone explain why our Hootsuite analytics reporting dashboard is showing completely different engagement numbers than what is natively on Instagram today?
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Hootsuite Analytics Instagram metrics discrepancies engagement data delay Instagram Insights API reporting 2026Google ↗
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Meta Instagram Insights API metric definitions impressions reach interactions engagement rate Hootsuite analyticsGoogle ↗
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Hootsuite Analytics Instagram metrics discrepancies engagement data delay Instagram Insights API reporting 2026 Google ↗
Meta Instagram Insights API metric definitions impressions reach interactions engagement rate Hootsuite analytics Google ↗
  1. Understand data in Analytics · help.hootsuite.com
  2. Understand data in Analytics · hootsuite.my.site.com
  3. Instagram Business metrics · help.hootsuite.com
  4. Understand data in Analytics · help.hootsuite.com

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Hootsuite Analytics Instagram metrics discrepancies engagement data delay Instagram Insights API reporting 2026
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Meta Instagram Insights API metric definitions impressions reach interactions engagement rate Hootsuite analytics
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