1 World Refugee Day 2014 July 2014 Impact report (coverage as of the 13th July 2014) Contents Campaign summary: Pg 2 Celebrity and GWA engagement: Pg 17 - 23 Media Coverage: Pg 3 - 6 Sharing a story - engagement: Pg 24 - 26 Social Coverage: Pg 7 - 11 Field support - summary: Pg 27 Web Traffic analysis: Pg 12 - 16 A wider set of Appendices, Data Sheets and Recommendation Papers support this report and are available on request. David Howes - Analytics Assistant Strategic Communications / howes@unhcr.org / (+44) 207 759 9502 2 World Refugee Day Campaign Brief For World Refugee Day 2014 we maintained the focus on families impacted by conflict and brought their testimonials into the heart of our campaign. We wanted to show that this is not only a story happening now to millions of families but also an experience shared by millions more the world over - perhaps long ago, perhaps in the recent past. By expanding the scope of the refugee story we aimed to compel our audiences to think about the lifechanging decisions families make when forced to flee. World Refugee Day 2014 broke new ground in terms of media coverage, audience reach and user engagement. This testified to both the growth of UNHCR’s WRD campaign and the broader growth of World Refugee Day as an internationally recognized and observed date in the humanitarian calendar. Please note: A series of Appendices, Data Sheets and a Recommendation Paper accompany this report, offering additional more detailed information and analysis. World Refugee Day Key Performance Indicator (KPI) KPI Summary KPI Target 2014 KPI Result 1. CELEBRITY SOCIAL MEDIA: Celebrity social media reach. +20% increase from 2013 178 million social reach +34% from 2013 Achieved 2. WRD WEBSITE: Visitor levels +20% increase from 2013 160,495 visits +123% from 2013 Achieved 3. DWELL TIME: Average amount of time users spend on the WRD website Maintain 2013 levels (01:41) 01:35 6 seconds shorter than 2013 Not Achieved 4. CAMPAIGN ENGAGEMENTS: Defined as a user sharing a WRD refugee story 15,000 story shares 40,162 story shares +167% higher than the KPI target Achieved 6. WRD WEBSITE: The number of countries that send stories for the website 25 countries 84 countries Achieved 7. WRD WEBSITE: The number of countries that adopt the WRD website. 20 countries 22 countries Achieved 8. WRD MEDIA COVERAGE: The number of print, online and broadcast articles/features. 4,000 articles 5,270 Articles Achieved 9. WRD MEDIA COVERAGE: The number of print, online and broadcast articles/features, that mention the campaign’s core 200 articles 211 articles Achieved 3 Media Coverage World Refugee Day Summary Points - Media Coverage June 20th (World Refugee Day) remains the single largest day of coverage for both UNHCR aligned coverage and nonUNHCR aligned coverage. Europe and North America account for 64% of articles - this underlines the importance and reach of the major news agencies (AP, AFP and Reuters). The majority of UNHCR brand aligned coverage occurred around World Refugee Day 19th-23rd June (1,959 articles / 80% of total brand aligned coverage). During this year’s WRD campaign, celebrity content was the most productive way to promote the campaign’s core messaging. Applicable KPIs 8. WRD MEDIA COVERAGE: 4000 news articles mentioning World Refugee Day. Achieved - 5,270 articles 9. WRD MEDIA COVERAGE: 200 news articles mentioning core campaign messaging. Achieved - 211 articles Media Coverage - Executive Summary 5,270 - news articles from 120 different countries. Top 5 countries in terms of number of articles: USA (1,203 articles), Germany (754 articles), China (384 articles), Japan (340 articles) & Italy (312 articles). ‘Top’ news outlets who covered World Refugee Day and included a specific mention of UNHCR, include: Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, BBC Global, BBC Arabic, CNN, Deutsche Welle, El Mundo, Euronews, Fox News, Gulf News, La Repubblica, MSN, Reuters, NPR, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The LA Times and Time Magazine. 46% (2,442 articles) of the total coverage mentioned UNHCR in some capacity. This was done by either: quoting the High Commissioner or a UNHCR spokesperson, mentioning one of our organisational titles (UNHCR, ACNUR, UN Refugee Agency etc) or, by mentioning this year WRD campaign. 4% (211) of the coverage directly referenced the campaign’s core messaging. This includes mentions of the website, celebrity content and associated events based on the campaign messaging. 4 Geographic and chronological coverage analysis Coverage of World Refugee Day predictably peaked on the 20th of June (2,311 articles). 67% of World Refugee Day coverage occurred from the 19th-21st June. In the period leading up to WRD (15th May - 18th June) there were on average 31 articles per day. These were mainly attributable to promotion of regional / national WRD events and the coverage of UNHCR celebrity engagement. In the period following WRD (22nd June - 29th June) there were an average of 71 articles a day. These were attributable to weekend WRD events and delayed WRD story pick-up. 20th June: World Refugee Day Number of Articles - Top 10 countries 3rd June: WRD Launch Press Release 1. United States (1,203) 2. Germany (754) 3. China (384) 4. Japan (340) 5. Italy (312) Summary Points - Chronology and Geography June 20th (World Refugee Day) remains the single largest day of coverage for both UNHCR aligned coverage and non -UNHCR aligned coverage. USA and Germany were the largest producers of articles - this was largely a result of successful article syndication. Although they didn’t garner large numbers of articles, the UK and UAE are valuable coverage countries. This is due to the fact that of the outlets that did cover WRD, a number had extremely large global or regional circulation figures (for example: BBC and The Guardian). Europe and North America account for 64% of articles - this underlines the importance and reach of the major news agencies (AP, AFP and Reuters). Articles in English account for 45% of the coverage. UNHCR brand aligned media coverage 47% (2,514 articles) of the total WRD coverage mentioned UNHCR in some capacity. This was done by either: quoting the High Commissioner or a UNHCR spokesperson, mentioning one of our organisational titles (UNHCR, ACNUR, UN Refugee Agency etc) or, mentioning this year’s WRD campaign. UNHCR aligned coverage as a percentage of total WRD coverage: 2nd-3rd June: UNHCR aligned coverage accounted for 99% of total WRD coverage. 19th-23rd June: UNHCR aligned coverage accounted for 54% of total WRD coverage. 5 2013 vs 2014 UNHCR brand aligned coverage comparison. There was a significant reduction from 2013 to 2014 in the percentage of overall WRD media coverage that mentioned one of UNHCR titles (UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency, ACNUR etc). 2014 2013 2013: 4,183 WRD articles - 91% of which (3,806) were UNHCR aligned 2014: 5,270 WRD articles 47% of which (2,514) were UNHCR aligned Summary Points: The majority of UNHCR brand aligned coverage occurred around World Refugee Day 19th-23rd June (1,959 articles / 80% of total brand aligned coverage). There was a cross over between UNHCR aligned World Refugee Day coverage and Global Trends coverage. 908 articles that mentioned World Refugee Day also mentioned the Global Trends report. Celebrity focused articles retained 100% UNHCR brand alignment. Overall there were 145 articles that mentioned a UNHCR celebrity. Further analysis into why we experienced a reduction in brand aligned coverage (compared to 2013) is required, looking specifically at: How the launch of Global Trends on the same day impacted results. How the growth of WRD and rise of non-UNHCR WRD activities (conducted on behalf of NGOs, Charities and Governmental bodies), has increased media coverage but reduced UNHCR’s overall share of that media coverage please see the recommendation paper for further details. UNHCR “campaign messaging” aligned coverage 4% (211 articles) of the coverage directly referenced the campaign’s core messaging. This includes mentions of the website, celebrity content and associated events based on the campaign messaging. Top outlets that mentioned campaign messaging include: Marie Claire, Al Jazeera, CCTV, The Daily Mail, Hola, La Repubblica, Hello Magazine, Look to the Stars, All Africa, MSN,, The Washington Post, Just Jared, Access Hollywood and Phoenix TV. The majority of campaign aligned coverage, utilised celebrity content. Of the 211 articles that mentioned campaign messaging 145 reference one or more of UNHCR’s celebrity supporters. The most mentioned celebrity supporter was Juanes. Summary Points: During this year’s WRD campaign celebrity content was the most productive way to promote the campaign’s core messaging. There were two main strands of coverage: Traditional News outlets either mentioning the celebrity’s involvement or conducting an interview. Celebrity focused publications highlighting the involvement of either one specific celebrity contributor or the whole group (for example: Look to the Stars and Just Jared). 6 World Refugee Day Broadcast Coverage WRD Broadcast coverage included: ABC, Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, Al Arabiya, ANS TV, ARD, ATV, AZ TV, BBC World Radio, BBC World TV, CBC, CCTV, CNN, Dunya News, Euronews, France 24, Kapaz TV, Kenya Citizen TV, KTN, La Repubblica, MSNBC, NPR “All things considered”, PBS, Phoenix TV, Polsat, Public TV, Reuters TV, Space TV, Sky News Arabic, Sky News English, SRF and TVN. UNHCR achieved global broadcast coverage of World Refugee Day securing both: International coverage from outlets such as Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Euronews and Sky News. International news broadcasters tended to focus on the Global Trends report and then lead into a broader conversation of WRD and its increased significance considering the crises in Syria, S Sudan, CAR, Ukraine and Iraq. National / Regional coverage - also reported on “Global Trends” and on some occasions included a section on national refugee issues, local events and/or how national celebrities are supporting WRD. ABC Al Jazeera BBC CBC CCTV CNN CNN - Amanpour CTV Euronews La Repubblica MSNBC PBS 7 Social Coverage World Refugee Day Summary Points - Social Coverage UNHCR social media set new records for “audience reached” and “engagement” during the WRD campaign. Celebrity support continues to provide some of our most valuable supporters. ‘Celebrity content’ and ‘refugee story’ posts/tweets performed equally well and represents two styles of messaging that we should strive to replicate in future campaigns. This year’s Thunderclap was more successful at mobilizing UN agencies and ‘third sector’ supporters (NGOs and charities). Applicable KPIs 1. HPS SOCIAL MEDIA: Increase our celebrity social media reach by 20% from 2013 levels. Achieved 182 million: +36% from 2012. 4. CAMPAIGN ENGAGEMENT: 15,000 instances of someone sharing a refugee story via social media or email. Achieved - 40,162 story shares, +167% higher than the KPI target. Social Coverage - Executive Summary #WorldRefugeeDay the campaign #tag was tweeted over 50,000 times. Generating over 482 million social impressions. 182 million: The combined audience reach of celebrity supporters and Goodwill Ambassadors who issued a WRD social media message +36% from 2013 (full details on pages 18-24). WRD content produced some of the highest levels of user engagement our global social media accounts have ever experienced. Collectively social media accounted for 51,597 visits to the WRD website, this constitutes 32% of total traffic. Global, Regional and National UNHCR accounts extensively promoted WRD and its various campaign elements Social media was the main measurable channel through which users shared a refugee story. Thunderclap - 11.1 million: social reach of subscribers - 79% increase from 2013 (4.8 million) & 1,177: unique users subscribed to the WRD Thunderclap - 15% increase from 2013 (157 users). 8 UNHCR Global: Social Media Account Performance Twitter (@Refugees) - 41: World Refugee Day Tweets. Content included: 1. sharing stories from high profile supporters & refugees, 2. promoting the Thunderclap, 3. promoting content from UNHCR spokespeople, 4. promoting the WRD website and advocacy request (to share a story). Resulting engagement: 2,252 RTs (2,059 of which were classified as “story shares” and counted towards our KPI). 1,342 Favourites. June 20th: Marked the highest day of “@Refugees mentions” so far this year (2,115). June 20th: Marked the highest day of @Refugees re-tweets so far this year (3,583). June 13’ vs June 14’: 83% increase in “@Refugees mentions” from last year (4,573 vs 8,377). June 13’ vs June 14’: 236% increase in “@Refugees mentions” from last year (6,268 vs 21,078). Facebook (/UNHCR) - 17: World Refugee Day posts Content included: 1. sharing stories from high profile supporters and refugees, 2. introducing the work UNHCR do, 3. promoting the WRD website and advocacy request (to share a story). Resulting engagement 10,521 Shares (7,698 of which were classified as “story shares” and counted towards our KPI) 42,820 likes / 4,014 comments During the World Refugee Day campaign period, UNHCR’s global Facebook account experienced the highest levels of ‘audience reach’ we have ever achieved. Daily audience reach peaked on the 20th of June when over 770,000 Facebooks users viewed a UNHCR post. There was also a peak in user engagement, with a noticeable spike in “shares”, “likes” and “comments”. 9 Likes, Comments and Shares- - the number of people who interacted Post Reach - the number of people who saw UNHCR Facebook posts with UNHCR Facebook posts World Refugee Day campaign period There are three main explanations why we experienced such high levels of engagement over this period: 1. The success of “paid promotion”: As illustrated by the graph (right) paid promotion accounted for a significant percentage of overall audience reach. 18th June - 20th June: Paid promotion accounted for 67% of total audience reach (1.44 million views) Khaled Hosseini PSA post: This was the most viewed UNHCR Facebook post during World Refugee Day and was viewed 1.3 million times. Of those 1.3 million views 95% (1.18 million) were secured by paid promotion. 769,792 - people reached 58,427 - people reached 196,842 - post clicks 4,631 - shares 3. 2. The viral success of the “Raghad” post (including embedded video): The “Raghad” video has become the most ’organically viewed’ (i.e. without the help of paid promotion) and engaged with post, UNHCR has ever issued. As illustrated by the statistics (right), the post received unusually high levels of audience reach, engagement (likes/shares/comments) and video views. The general quality of Facebook messaging: Although points 1 and 2 are responsible for a large proportion of the success UNHCR’s Facebook account received during the WRD campaign, the overall quality of WRD messaging needs to be acknowledged. Summary Points UNHCR social media set new records for “audience reached” and “engagement” during the WRD campaign. Messages focusing on celebrity content and refugee focused content performed equally well and represents a style of messaging that we should strive to replicate in future campaigns. Further analysis is required into the success of the ‘Raghad’ Facebook post - please see the recommendation paper. Further analysis is required into the success, value and ROI paid promotion provides - please see the recommendation paper. 10 #tag Performance - #WorldRefugeeDay #WorldRefugeeDay the campaign #tag was tweeted over 50,000 times. Generating over 482 million social impressions. The campaign #tag performed extremely well, peaking around June 20th (WRD) but also retaining positive usage levels in the period leading up to WRD. The 30 days of #tag usage leading up to WRD helped publicise the website, WRD videos and local events. With the assistance of celebrity engagement and media coverage UNHCR was aligned to large percentage of tweets using #WorldRefugeeDay. Other NGOs, charities, State Departments and miscellaneous accounts were using the same #tag to promote their own events and WRD themed campaigns. Use of the #tag spanned from the 26th of May to the 20th of July. Mentions of #WorldRefugeeDay predictably peaked on the 20th of June with - 28,569 mentions. Thunderclap (Global) Thunderclap is a online platform that issues a unified social message (at the same time), for all those who have subscribed. The tweets, Facebook and Tumblr messages were then automatically issued on the 20th of June at 13:00 (UTC). Similar to last year, supporters were asked to subscribe to the WRD Thunderclap using either their Tumblr, Twitter or Facebook account. Expanding on last years success, three WRD Thunderclaps were established (English / Spanish / German). English Thunderclap Results: 11.1 million: social reach of subscribers - 79% increase from 2013 (4.8 million). 1,177: unique users subscribed to the WRD Thunderclap - 15% increase from 2013 (157 users). 1,279: user accounts subscribed to the WRD Thunderclap (102 participants signed up using more than one of their social channels i.e. using both Twitter and Facebook). 282: users elected to promote the project prior to its launch. This is an option the platform offers after users sign-up. 755 Facebook supporters (59%) 167 Facebook promos (59%) 496 Twitter supporters (39%) 97 Twitter promos (34%) 28 Tumblr supporters (2%) 18 Tumblr supporters (7%) 11 Top 10 supporters (size of their following) Three celebrity supporters accounted for 35% of the project’s reach. 38 UN agencies, subsidiary UN national/ regional accounts, NGOs and charities accounted for 59% of the project’s reach. Name / Account United Nations Neil Gaiman (British Writer) UN Refugee Agency Kat Graham (US Singer) Save the Children Peter Serafinowicz (British Comedian) Oxfam International Amnesty International Oxfam America Zaheer Lunat Network twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter Network Size 2,673,228 1,996,800 1,529,661 1,208,737 978,927 719,340 536,633 319,349 199,590 66,154 Spanish Thunderclap Results: German Thunderclap Results: 76,007: social reach of subscribers 85,662: social reach of subscribers 108: unique users subscribed to the WRD Thunderclap 197: unique users subscribed to the WRD Thunderclap Summary Points (Global Thunderclap) This year’s Thunderclap was more successful at mobilizing UN agencies and ‘third sector’ supporters. It included new engagement from the United Nations (2.6 million), Save the Children (978,000) and Amnesty International (319,000). Celebrity support continues to provide some of our most valuable supporters. Facebook accounts for the majority of user engagement. This could be a result of more users having Facebook accounts than Twitter or Tumblr, or, it could reflect the fact that Facebook is more fitting platform when it comes to this type of action. It remains likely that both reasons contributed to the results. The success of the project (in terms of social reach) is largely dependent on the engagement of celebrity supporters, other UN agencies, NGOs and charities. Collectively accounting for 94% of the project’s social reach. There remains value in the Thunderclap project, in terms of it being a unified social media action on behalf of UN agencies, UN colleagues, NGOs, charities and celebrity supporters. However, as a tool to encourage public engagement, it doesn’t appear to garner a great deal of success. 12 Web Traffic - stories.unhcr.org World Refugee Day All data excludes internal UNHCR traffic Summary Points - Web Traffic Huge increases in web traffic attributable to: 1. Earlier launch of the website , 2.MEC and Celebrity support grew significantly and 3. Engaging “clickable” content and a well designed website. English content was the most viewed, a statistic that coincides with high visitor numbers from the USA and UK. MEC promotion and celebrity social media promotion were the main driving factors in determining the most viewed web pages. Dwell time: although there was a reduction in dwell time this must be considered in the context of significant year on year growth. Applicable KPIs 2. WRD WEBSITE: Increase traffic on the website page by 20% from 2013 levels. Achieved 160,495 visitors (+123% from 2013). 3. WRD WEBSITE: Maintain our existing dwell time of 1:41. Not achieved - 1 minute 35 seconds. 6. WRD WEBSITE: 20 countries adout the WRD website. Achieved, 22 countries adopted the website. World Refugee Day Website - Executive Summary 160,495: visits +123% from 2013 / 105,037: unique visitors +198% from 2013. 291,836: individual pageviews +232% from 2013. 01:35: Dwell time -6 seconds from 2013. 14 language versions of the website. Visitors from 226 different countries / regions / principalities. 2014: By launching the website on the 2nd of June UNHCR benefitted from an additional 11 days of web traffic prior to WRD (20th June). WRD (June 20th): There were 25,593 visits to the website. +92% from 2013 +298% from 2012 21st June - 13th July - In the 23 days following WRD, 2014 traffic maintained a significantly higher level of daily traffic 32% higher than 2013 and 394% higher than 2012. 2014: 1,602 av. daily visits 2013: 1,213 av. daily visits 2012: 324 av. daily visits Web Traffic Levels: 2012 vs 2013 vs 2014 13 Visitor Demographics, Geography and technology - Who visited the WRD website? Location Country/Territory Sessions USA UK Switzerland Canada Germany Colombia Japan Australia Brazil France 26,280 20,158 7,793 5,632 5,615 4,594 4,442 4,339 3,260 3,201 USA and the UK were the town largest sources of visitors. Combined, they accounted for 29% of all traffic. The website was viewed in English by 70% of visitors, followed by Spanish (7.6%), German (3.82%), French (3.14%), Portuguese (2.6%), Japanese (1.26%), and Dutch (0.72%). Demographics (of the 160,495 visits, 59,032 offered demographic date. From this information we can highlight the following Gender breakdown Age group breakdown trends). 25-34 was the largest visitor age group accounting for 37% of visitors. Slightly more women than men visited the website (56% vs 44%). Technology Device Browser and OS 14 Traffic Source - Where did visitors come from? 1,235: The total number of traffic sources The website received traffic from a broad range of sources and although we are able to attribute a large percentage of traffic to a traffic source (for example: Facebook or a link hosted on the Huffington Post), there remains a section of “un-trackable” traffic that we can’t assign responsibility to. “Un-trackable” traffic mainly concerns either “direct traffic” (i.e. users who have typed the website URL stories.unhcr.org directly into their web browser) and “search traffic” (i.e. users who have user a search engine like Google or Yahoo to find information on the campaign). Because this type of traffic comes from a generic source we are unable to definitively identify what the user’s initial motivation was to navigate to the WRD site. Logic however would dictate that it was a result of that individual viewing a piece of promotional material offline and then returning to explore the campaign when they were next at a computer or were able to access the internet via their mobile phone. Following this logic we can fairly state that this is where celebrity PSAs, promotional posters, paid advertising and WRD events demonstrate their value and provide a “halo effect” to web traffic levels. In 2014 “search” and “direct” traffic accounted for 63.2% of all visits to the WRD website. Ranking of Traffic Source Categories Top categories of web traffic sources MEC driven traffic (paid and FoC) was the largest source of traffic accounting for 30.7% of total website visits. Source Visits Of which New Visits “Direct” and “Search” produced some of the best results in terms of pages viewed per session and average session duration. MEC promotion (paid & FoC) 49,308 90.9% (44,820) 00:41 1.37 Direct 41,314 44.7% (25,527) 02:47 1.77 Social Traffic* 32,292 75% (24,969) 01:41 1.72 Full analysis of “MEC promotion” and “Celebrity Social Media” can be found in the appendix. Celebrity Social Media 19,305 85% (16,409) 00:34 1.29 Search Traffic 12,878 66.6% (8,576) 04:53 2.23 Avg session Pages / duration Session * excluding MEC and Celebrity Social Media traffic Top 10 individual sources of web traffic Source Visits Of which - New Visits Avg session duration Pages / Session 1 Direct 41,314 44% (25,527) 02:47 1.77 2 Facebook 25,489 65% (16,746) 01:44 1.82 3 Stumble Upon (MEC) 11,882 98% (11,735) 00:04 1.06 4 Google 11,426 9% (1,108) 05:54 2.47 5 CNN (MEC) 11,797 87% (10,263) 00:46 1.31 6 Twitter 6,705 59% (3,960) 01:48 1.75 7 MSN English (MEC) 4,451 95% (4,228) 01:00 1.57 8 MSN Northern Europe (MEC) 4,015 94% (3,774) 00:41 1.47 9 MSN French (MEC) 3,555 95% (3,377) 00:57 1.76 10 Ewan McGregor (Celeb) 3,146 93% (2,925) 00:14 1.17 Direct Celebrity Social Media Search Traffic MEC promotion Social Traffic* 15 Website pages - What did people view on the website? Most viewed language versions of the WRD webpage This year’s website included a geo-locating feature which tailored a visitor’s landing page to the country they were visiting from. This feature allowed country specific stories to feature more prominently on the home page and also modified the default language option. Unique Av session Pageviews duration Country website variation (stoires.unhcr.org/XXXX) Pageviews Global English page (.org) 205,579 163,196 1:31 Global Spanish page (/es) 23,370 18,551 2:08 German page (/de) 14,065 10,401 1:55 French page (/fr) 9,816 8,032 2:02 Japanese page (/jp) 9,126 6,253 1:31 Top 10 most viewed web pages across all language versions of the website (full data available on request) Webpage Language Pageviews Unique Pageviews Driving factors behind the page’s success Global English home page English 112,965 77,413 1. Direct traffic, 2. Search traffic, 3. MEC traffic Global Spanish home page Spanish 13,269 9,954 1. MSN (MEC) traffic, 2. Search traffic, 3. Facebook Traffic Khaled Hosseini PSA page English 9,582 8,499 1. Facebook traffic, 2. Direct traffic, 3. Facebook (MEC), 3. Naima Abdullahi story page English 6,557 5,810 1. CNN (MEC), 2. FT (MEC), 3. Twitter Georginas story page English 6,343 5,747 1. CNN (MEC), 2. Fox (MEC), 3. Yahoo (MEC) French home page French 5,802 4,757 1. MSN (MEC), 2. Direct, 3. Search traffic N Europe home page English 5,798 4,667 1. MSN (MEC), 2. Direct, 3. Search Traffic Awad story page English 5,630 5,099 1.CNN (MEC), 2. Dennis (MEC), 3. Yahoo (MEC) USA home page English 5,398 4,317 1. Direct, 2. Twitter, 3. Facebook German home page German 5,247 3,157 1. Direct, 2. Facebook, 3. unhcr.de 16 Summary Points English content was the most viewed, a statistic that coincides with high visitor numbers from the USA and UK. MEC promotion and celebrity social media promotion were the main driving factors in determining the most viewed web pages. The large increase in visitor traffic can be attributed to the following factors: Earlier launch of the website - allowing UNHCR to harness the publicity generated of pre-WRD promotional activities and events. A single online platform (with different language options) giving users the option to personalize their experience , depending on which country they’re visiting from. MEC and Celebrity support grew significantly this year, driving more users to the campaign website. Engaging “clickable” content and a well designed website: although not quantifiable, it’s clear that a better designed more engaging website was a contributing factor to achieving better visitor statistics. Dwell time: although there was a reduction in dwell time this must be considered in the context of significant year on year growth. The fact that the campaign was reaching a much larger cold audience means that an overall lower dwell time can be expected. When comparing traffic source catagories, it is noticeable that MEC traffic sources contributed to significantly lower dwell time (for example although StumbleUpon.com drove over 11,800 visits to the WRD website, on average it only garnered a 4 second dwell time). Further analysis is required into how we can improve both website engagement levels and user dwell time please see the recommendation paper. 17 World Refugee Day Celebrity and Goodwill Ambassador engagement Summary Point - High Profile Support The GWA/Campaigns team and regional PIs supported World Refugee Day 2014 across 5 main work streams (1. PSAs and Refugee Story Videos, 2. Social Media, 3. Events, 4. Missions and 5. Traditional Media). The results produced from this support were extremely positive and represent another major step forward in both the scale and quality of high profile support. Not only was there a significant increase in those who participated (+50%) but there were equally impressive increases in the reach of the social media campaign (+37%) and the viewing figures of PSAs (114%). Applicable KPIs 1. HPS SOCIAL MEDIA: Increase our celebrity social media reach by 20% from 2013 levels. Achieved 182 million: +36% from 2012. 4. CAMPAIGN ENGAGEMENT: 15,000 instances of someone sharing a refugee story via social media or email. Achieved 40,162 story shares, +167% higher than the KPI target. Story sharing via celebrity social media accounted for 19,660 shares (49% of total shares) High Profile Supporter - Executive Summary Placement reach: 167.5 million. Global placement across TV, Cinema, Online News Outlets, Public Spaces and WRD Events. This form of placement accounts for the majority of the viewing audience, reaching potentially millions of people (full details on page 19-20). 246,000 YouTube views (to date). Exceeding 2012 YouTube viewing figures by 131,000 views (114%). Social Media 75 50 38 Public Service Announcements / 24 Story telling videos. 13 High Profile Supporters - supporting WRD 7 PSAs and Story Telling Videos 2011 2012 2013 2014 65: celebrities / groups / HPS associated accounts issued messages. 189: Tweets / Facebook Posts / Weibo Messages. 182,147,893: Audience reach (the cumulative following of the 64 individuals who issued a SM message) +36% from 2013. 19,305: celebrity driven visits to the WRD website – 12% of total visits. Combined celebrity driven traffic was the second largest driver of traffic to the WRD website (after “direct” traffic – i.e. user typing in the web URL). Celebrity driven traffic increased by 267% compared to 2013. WRD Events Kat Graham (Kennedy Centre - USA) and Yao Chen (launch of WRD documentary - China). Media and Interviews Highlights Include: Alek Wek (Marie Claire), Kat Graham (CCTV and Access Hollywood), Khaled Hosseini (Al Jazeera), Saido Berahino (Daily Mail) and host of media covering the launch of the PSAs and Story Telling Videos (MSN, La Repubblica, Just Jared, Euronews, Hello, All Africa, Reuters & Look to the Stars). Field Trips Neil Gaiman and Georgina Chapman (Jordan), David Morrissey (Jordan), Rokia Traore (Burkina Faso), Kat Graham (Jordan), Yao Chen (Lebanon) and Khaled Hosseini (Iraq). 18 PSAs and Story Telling Videos The GWA/Campaigns team and regional PIs reached out to a host of Goodwill Ambassadors and high profile supporters across the world to record either a traditional Public Service Announcement (PSA is a 15 second face to camera piece) or “Refugee Story Video” (introducing or telling the story of a refugee they know, have met or who they were inspired by). This resulted in: 43 participants (126% increase from 2013 when there were 19 participants). 38 Public Service Announcements & 24 Story telling videos (226% increase in celebrity produced WRD videos - in 2013 there were 19 PSAs). Global placement across TV, Cinema, Online News Outlets, Public Spaces and WRD Events. This form of placement accounts for the majority of the viewing audience, reaching potentially 167.5 million people. 246,00 YouTube views (to date). Exceeding 2012 YouTube viewing figures by 131,000 views (114%). Additional media promotion and coverage of the PSA (2nd June) and story video launches (11th June). PSA Placement Highlights Total potential audience from PSA placement and partner pick-up: 167.5 million Placement mediums: Online, TV, Cinema, Public Spaces, Sporting Events, WRD Events, Film Festivals and Paid Promotion. Placement Summary: Supporter Placement (Potential Audience): Key Markets Yao Chen (Chinese Actor) UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Phoenix TV (300 million / 80 million households) China / Global Times Square New York (460,000), Yankees Stadium New York (49,000), Paid MEC Promotion United States Paid MEC Promotion, Azerbaijan TV - AZ TV, Public TV, ANS TV, Space TV, ATV, Kapaz TV and Khazar TV (Not Available) Global /United States / Azerbaijan Yahoo, Swiss Public TV - SRF & RTS x 50 slots (3.2 million), Swiss Cinema chain Kitag x 13 theatres (Not Available), VIVA Austria (24,000), ORF, LT1, FS1, Pro7Austria, Sat1Austria & Puls4 (180,000), RTL Germany (2.5 million) Global / Switzerland / Austria / Germany La Repubbilca online (8.7 million) Italy / Global Kat Graham (US Actor and Singer) - UNHCR High Profile Supporter Khaled Hosseini (Afghan American Writer) - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Diane Kruger (German Actor) - UNHCR High Profile Supporter Giorgia (Italian Actor) UNHCR High Profile Supporter Saido Berahino (British Daily Mail Online (54.4 million), This Is Money Footballer) - UNHCR High Online (1.1 million) and Express and Star (275,000) Profile Supporter UK / Global 19 Supporter Placement (Potential Audience): Key Markets Emma Thompson (British Actor) - UNHCR High Profile Supporter Hello Magazine Online (1.7 million), MSN Video (755,000), Yahoo (20,733 confirmed pageviews and 40 video views) UK / Canada / Global Neil Gaiman (British Writer) - Yahoo (20,733 confirmed pageviews and 2,358 video views) UK / Canada / Global Atena 3 (not available) Romania Parque 93 Bogota (not available) Colombia TVN x 95 times (not available) and POLSAT x 52 times (not available), Adplayer.pl (100,000) Poland Refugee Film Festival, Digital Billboard, 4 x TV channels, 2 x print media (Combined potential audience 20 million) Thailand UNHCR High Profile Supporter John Obi Mikel (Nigerian Footballer) - UNHCR High Profile Supporter Juanes (Colombian Singer) UNHCR High Profile Supporter Grażyna Torbicka and Krystyna Czubówna (Polish TV Presenters) - UNHCR High Profile Supporters Ploy Chermarn (Thai actor) YouTube Analysis - summary (individual video analysis is available in the Appendix) 57 of the 62 PSA and Story videos were uploaded to the global UNHCR YouTube account. 246,416 YouTube views (to date). Exceeding 2013 YouTube viewing figures by 131,000 views (114%). As illustrated by the graph below, UNHCR experienced the highest ‘viewing days’ ever during World Refugee Day. 2nd highest viewing day ever 6th June - 32,835 views 86% of which were attributable to a WRD video Highest viewing day ever 17th June - 33,587 views 81% of which were attributable to a WRD video 3rd highest viewing day ever 20th June - 30,177 views 73% of which were attributable to a WRD video World Refugee Day - campaign 20 169,796 minutes watched, of World Refugee Day videos on YouTube. 604 shares / 414 comments / 200 likes / 91 favourites / 145 subscribers gained. WRD video Audience Retention: On average viewers watched 82.7% of a WRD video. To put this statistic into context, UNHCR’s YouTube ‘audience retention’ account average prior to WRD 2014 was 52%. We can attribute the success of this year’s videos in retaining audience to two factors: The production of short PSAs: There is a general pattern within YouTube that the shorter the video, the higher the audience retention percentage will be. On average the PSAs attained an audience retention percentage 87%. The production of engaging video content: even when we extract the shorter PSA videos from our calculations (focusing only on the longer story telling videos), we still find that the audience retention % is much higher than our channel average (59%). The signifies that WRD content was engaging and held the viewer’s attention for much longer than usual. Top 5 most viewed celebrity WRD videos (YT views) PSA Story video 212,203 34,213 Av views per video 7,317 1,221 Celebrity Views Total Mins watched 95,051 74,745 Kat Graham 55,772 Av % of video viewed 86.5% 59.4% Khaled Hosseini 48,218 Total engagement 889 570 Juanes 35,952 Total shares 371 233 Maher Zain 29,023 Av engagement per video 30.7 20.4 Giorgia 9,550 Total Views PSA and Story Video performance Please note that contextual factors need to be considered when analyzing WRD video material. In many cases it isn’t possible to make a fair comparison between the two different video formats. Reason for this include: the PSAs were launched on the second of June, where as the story videos were released on the 11th of June, therefore giving the PSAs an additional 9 days of YouTube exposure. Some of the PSAs were subject to paid promotion, therefore increasing their viewing figures via non-organic traffic. Beyond the analysis dates set for the purposes of this report, we have observed “story videos” continuing to perform strongly into July and August. The two part Emma Thompson video has been particularly successful and was the only “WRD video” to feature in July’s list of the top 10 most viewed UNHCR YouTube videos. Combined the two videos now have over 17,000 views. Summary Points: The PSA format continues to retain a great deal of value, enabling HQ and field colleagues to secure high quality broadcast placement. There was a significant increase in YouTube views. This can be partially attributed to the quality of the content and partially to the fact that more PSAs and videos were produced. Due to its short duration (30 seconds), PSAs obtained an extremely high level of audience retention, meaning that the majority of viewers will watched the video to the finish and read the end card including campaign web address. Due to the inequity in promotion and PR strategies it’s not possible to fully establish the success of the refugee story video. As a category they received less engagement than the PSAs, however they were also not subject to same conditions (in terms of paid promotion and release date). YouTube platform: WRD High Profile supporters videos received high levels of engagement (likes / comments / shares / favourites / subscribers). From the 1st June - 10th July celebrity video content accounted for: 37% of total engagement (likes / comments / shares / favourites / subscribers) on YouTube. 44% of shares - celebrity WRD video accounted for 6 of the top 10 most shared UNHCR videos. This contributed towards the campaign’s fourth KPI around “Story Shares” (full details on page 27). 21 Celebrity WRD Social Media (full listing of messages can be found in the appendix) The GWA/Campaigns team and regional PI officers reached out to both regular and new supporters / Goodwill Ambassadors to promote various elements of this year’s WRD campaign. Celebrities promoted the Thunderclap project, shared a PSA or refugee story video, promoted the WRD microsite, publicised a WRD event and shared pieces of WRD media. The results of this activity was: 66: celebrities / groups / HPS associated accounts issued 189 Tweets / Facebook Posts / Weibo Messages. Supporter included: Annie Lennox, Coldplay, Dave McKean, David Baddiel, David Morrissey, Edward Norton, Ewan McGregor, Georgina Chapman, Giorgia, Henning Mankell, Jesus Vasquez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juanes, Judd Apatow, Kat Graham, Khaled Hosseini, Kristin Davies, Luol Deng, Maher Zain, Neil Gaiman, Osvaldo Laport, Paulo Coelho, Peter Serafinowicz, Ploy Chermarn, Ron Howard, Shonda Rimes, Simon Le Bon, Simon Pegg, Stephen Fry, Yao Chen and Yuna Zarai 182,147,893: Audience reach (the cumulative following of the 64 individuals who issued a SM message) +37% from 2013. Yao Chen - Weibo 70 million followers 182.1 million 2014 +37% Maher Zain - Facebook 2013 2012 133.9 million +1992% 19.3 million followers 6.4million Coldplay - Twitter 12.5 million followers Audience Reach: The growth is explained by the increased number of participants and an increase in the size of celebrities follower bases (we garnered support from more ‘high value’ celebrities with follower bases of over 5 million). 469,871,320: Potential social impressions (calculated by adding the potential audience of the 189 individual messages) +93% from 2013. 469.6 million 2014 2013 2012 243 million 6.4million +93% +3696% Social Impressions: The growth is explained by an increase in: 1. the increased number of supporters engaging with WRD via SM, 2. the size of their follower bases and 3. the number of SM messages celebrities are issuing (on average supporters were issuing more than one message). 22 146,529: secondary engagements (likes/shares/comments) resulting from celebrity social media +204% from 146,529 2014 2013 48,072 2012 +204% +12787% 373 Engagement: The growth is explained by an increase in: 1. the number of SM messages being issued and 2. an improvement in the quality of the messaging. Thus making tweets and Facebook posts more interesting and engaging. 19,660: Re-Tweets or Shares (a metric which is counted when calculating the success of KPI 4 - Campaign Engagements). Story shares - ‘celebrity activity’ vs ‘non-celebrity activity’ High profile supporters promoted refugee stories via their social media accounts. They stories included: 1. Refugee stories of individuals they have personally met. 2. Stories about family members who were formerly refugees. 3. A refugee story written by either a UNHCR colleague, a current refugee or other third party. Sharing Refugee Stories via celebrity social media: Celebrity social media has proven to be the most productive channel through which WRD stories were shared. This can be attributed to celebrity’s large and highly engaged social media followers. Celebrity Social Media as a driver of web-traffic Ambassadors and celebrity supporters were asked to include a weblink in their WRD social media messages with the hope that this would drive their followers to the WRD website and encourage further engagement with the campaign. Results: 19,305: celebrity driven visits to the WRD website – 12% of total visits. Celebrity driven traffic to the World Refugee Day website has increased by 262% compared to 2013 (5,322 up to 19,305 visits). Combined celebrity driven traffic was the third largest driver of traffic to the WRD website (after “direct” traffic – i.e. user typing in the web URL and Facebook). 19,305 visits 2014 2013 5,322 visits +262% 23 WRD Events Kat Graham (Kennedy Centre - USA) In Washington, The Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a special musical performance on the Millennium Stage in recognition of World Refugee Day. The free event featured opening remarks by American actress, Kat Graham, UNHCR High Profile Supporter. Yao Chen (launch of WRD documentary - China) Goodwill Ambassador Yao Chen attended a World Refugee Day event hosted by the Chinese branch Office in Beijing, China (MOMA Broadway Cinema). The event premiered a video documenting Ms Chen’s recent mission to Lebanon with UNHCR. Media and Interviews (placed by the GWA/Campaigns team and national PI colleagues) Articles: 145 from 34 different countries Highlights Include: Alek Wek (Marie Claire), Kat Graham (CCTV and Access Hollywood), Khaled Hosseini (Al Jazeera), Saido Berahino (Daily Mail) and host of media covering the launch of the PSAs and Story Telling Videos (MSN, La Repubblica, Just Jared, Euronews, Hello, All Africa, Reuters & Look to the Stars). Khaled Hosseini: Al Jazeera - Why I write about pain (link) Circulation: Online 1.7 million / Broadcast 220 million Markets: Global / USA / Europe / Middle East Brief: Interview with Khaled broadcast on Al Jazeera America and hosted online. Khaled speaks about his writing, the future of Afghanistan, his relationship with UNCHR and the importance of World Refugee Day. Kat Graham: CCTV- Hollywood actress Kat Graham on the global refugee crisis (link) Circulation: 85 million Markets: Global / USA Brief: Kat Graham speaks to CCTV reporter Anand Naidoo about her work with UNHCR and the importance of World Refugee Day. Field Trips Neil Gaiman and Georgina Chapman (Jordan), David Morrissey (Jordan), Rokia Traore (Burkina Faso), Kat Graham (Jordan), Yao Chen (Lebanon) and Khaled Hosseini (Iraq) all travelled to the field prior to World Refugee Day. While in the field, each supporter / Goodwill Ambassador secured World Refugee Day assets in form of: Public Service Announcements (PSAs) Refugee Story Videos Content for the World Refugee Day website David Morrissey (Jordan) Rokia Traore (Burkina Faso) 24 “Sharing a story” - campaign engagement World Refugee Day Summary Points The story sharing feature on the WRD website wasn’t very productive and only resulted in 611 shares. UNHCR social media and celebrity social media were the key ‘story sharing’ drivers - together accounting for 82% of all shares. UNHCR’s Raghad post and Yao Chen’s Weibo post were the most shared story messages - together accounting for 27% of all shares (10,698 shares). Applicable KPIs 4. CAMPAIGN ENGAGEMENT: 15,000 instances of someone sharing a refugee story via social media or email. Achieved - 40,162 story shares, +167% higher than the KPI target At the heart of this year’s campaign was the advocacy request for members of the public to share refugee stories. This could be done in the following ways: 1. By uploading their own personal story via the WRD website, 2. By reading a story on the WRD website and then sharing it via one of their social media channels, 3. By sharing a WRD YouTube story video or 4. By “sharing” or “re-tweeting” an original social media message containing a WRD refugee story. Results 40,162 story shares Miscellaneous Twitter Tweets and Re-tweets 5,304 tweets re-tweets accounting for 13.2% of all story shares. UNHCR WRD website - Social Media Shares - accounting for 2.95% of all story shares. Twitter 342 re-tweets Facebook 761 re-tweets Google+ 83 re-tweets UNHCR Social Media - Facebook Shares 10,947 shares accounting for 25.3% of all story shares. YouTube shares 611 shares accounting for 1.5% of all story shares. Celebrity Social Media - Twitter Re-tweets 15,078 re-tweets accounting for 37.5% of all story shares. Celebrity Social Media Facebook Shares 4,582 shares accounting for 11.4% of all story shares. UNHCR Social Media - Twitter Shares 3,065 re-tweets accounting for 7.6% of all story shares. Please note: that due to privacy rules on certain social media platforms (notably Facebook) we are unable to track 100% of instances when a user has shared a refugee story. This means that the total is likely to be higher than the total outlined below. 25 Celebrity Social Media Twitter: 15,078 re-tweets accounting for 37.5% of all story shares. Facebook: 4,582 shares accounting for 37.5% of all story shares. Celebrity who issued the original Tweet Yah Chen* (W) Maher Zain (FB) Juanes (FB) Kat Graham (T) Maher Zain (T) Resulting ‘story shares’ (RTs) 6,085 1,612 909 777 509 Story Shared Yao Chen - PSA Maher Zain - PSA Juanes - PSA Vampires Diaries - PSA Maher Zain - PSA (W) = Weibo, (FB) = Facebook and (T) = Twitter UNHCR Social Media Twitter: 10,947 re-tweets accounting for 25.3% of all story shares. Facebook: 3,065 shares accounting for 7.6% of all story shares. UNHCR account UNHCR Facebook UNHCR Facebook UNHCR Facebook UNHCR Facebook UNHCR Facebook Story Shared Raghad Khaled Hosseini Sebasiten Rich David Morrissey Kat Graham Resulting ‘story shares’ 4,613 820 318 233 204 YouTube shares YouTube: 611 shares accounting for 1.5% of all story shares. Top 5 most ’shared’ refugee stories were: Video Maher Zain - Mahmoud's story Maher Zain - PSA Juanes - PSA Neil Gaiman - PSA The Vampire Diaries Cast - PSA Shares 70 67 64 48 46 UNHCR WRD website - stories.unhcr.org Social Media shares from the WRD website accounted for 2.95% of all story shares. Stories were shared 342 via Twitter Stories were shared 761 via Facebook Stories were shared 83 via Google+ “Story Shares” from the WRD website via social media peaked on World Refugee Day (20th June) - 501 shares. 26 “Sharing a story” - story sources World Refugee Day Summary Points Refugee story submissions from every part of the world. This provided the WRD website a positive mix of stories from current refugees and stories voiced by individuals who were previously refugees and have now resettled in another country. UNHCR regional and branch offices provided over 65% of the total number of refugee stories. UNHCR Ambassadors and High Profile Supporters provided over 20% of the total number of refugee stories. These included: Refugee Story videos, written pieces generated while in the field and media outputs from field trips. Applicable KPIs 4. WRD WEBSITE: 25 countries submit refugee stories for the website. Achieved, 475 refugee stories were submitted from 84 different countries. 475: Total stories uploaded to the WRD website / 84: countries submitted refugee stories “Source” breakdown of refugee story submissions Source No of story submissions As a percentage of total submissions UNHCR Regional / Branch Office 311 65.5% Celebrity Supporters 97 20.4% UNHCR HQ 34 7.2% Public Submissions 26 5.5% Partner Organisations 7 1.5% “Geographic source” breakdown of refugee story submissions Top 5 country sources of refugee stories Country / Region Story submissions Malaysia 18 Colombia Ethiopia 14 14 USA Sweden 14 13 Location sources of refugee stories 1-5 stories 6-10 stories 10+ stories Please note: this excludes celebrity supporter stories (97 stories) Country / Region Story submissions Africa 114 Europe 91 MENA 54 Asia 43 South & Central America 25 N America 18 Oceania 7 27 National / Regional office engagement summary World Refugee Day Executive Summary - Regional and national offices supported this year’s campaign extensively, achieving some incredibly impressive results that far surpassed the outputs achieved in previous WRD campaigns. Field colleaguessupported WRD 2014 across the following 5 work streams: 1. Media - across print, broadcast, online and social, field colleagues secured over 800 pieces of media coverage for WRD. 2. Social Media - regional and branch offices utilized their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and Weibo accounts to promote and publicise the various elements of the campaign. 3. Celebrity Support - field colleagues reached out to their network of new and old high profile supporters to record PSAs or story videos and promote WRD via social media. 4. WRD Events - hosted by UNHCR or in conjunction with partner organisations. 5. Supplying stories and web content for stories.unhcr.org. Regional and Branch offices collected 311 refugee stories from 84 countries. A full summary of each office’s efforts has been included in the Appendix, however for the purposes of this summary report only a brief image overview of WRD events has been included below. KOSOVO YEMEN CZECH REPUBLIC AZERBAIJAN MONTENEGRO FRANCE POLAND PORTUGAL IRELAND RUSSIA INDONESIA BULGARIA RWANDA COLOMBIA GEORGIA DJIBOUTI INDIA MOROCCO BANGLADESH KYRGYSTAN ESTONIA IRAN SLOVAKIA KOREA PAKISTAN GHANA USA SWITZERLAND AUSTRALIA THAILAND UNITED KINGDOM CHINA JAPAN BRAZIL SPAIN CANADA KENYA