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# Analytics and reporting

The CLI provides four views of social performance: summary KPIs, metrics over
time, individual posts, and audience demographics. Use them together to answer
what changed and which content contributed.

## 1. Choose an account and reporting period

```bash
simplified accounts:list
```

Copy the account's numeric `id`. Analytics commands use singular `--account`
(or `-a`), unlike the comma-separated `--accounts` option used by post commands.
Use `YYYY-MM-DD` dates, with `--to` set to today or an earlier date.

The examples below use a completed month. Replace both dates with your reporting
window. Available metrics and demographic fields vary by network and account.

## 2. Read the account summary

```bash
simplified analytics:aggregated \
  --account 12345 --from 2026-08-01 --to 2026-08-31
```

Use the returned engagement, publishing, reach/impression, and follower metrics
as the starting point for a report. Compare the same account over comparable
periods; do not assume that similarly named metrics have identical definitions
across networks.

## 3. Look at the trend over time

```bash
simplified analytics:range \
  --account 12345 --metrics "views,reach,follower_count" \
  --from 2026-08-01 --to 2026-08-31
```

Request metrics supported by that network. Inspect the returned time series for
spikes, drops, or sustained changes, then compare those dates with your posting
activity. Missing data is not automatically a zero result.

## 4. Inspect individual posts

```bash
simplified analytics:posts \
  --account 12345 --from 2026-08-01 --to 2026-08-31 \
  --page 1 --per-page 25
```

Review the response before deciding how to rank posts. A reach objective and an
engagement objective may identify different winners. Continue through pages when
building a complete report; `--per-page` supports up to 100 posts.

## 5. Understand the audience

```bash
simplified analytics:audience \
  --account 12345 --from 2026-08-01 --to 2026-08-31
```

Use available demographic breakdowns to inform content and channel choices.
The network may not supply every breakdown for every account.

## Save a report snapshot

```bash
simplified analytics:aggregated \
  --account 12345 --from 2026-08-01 --to 2026-08-31 > account-summary.txt
```

In CLI 1.8.0, analytics output includes a heading before the JSON response. Save it
as text for inspection, or use the [output extraction example](/cli/use-from-an-ai-agent#read-command-output)
before processing it as JSON. Run reports with an explicit teamspace in automated
jobs so their scope does not depend on a saved interactive selection.

> Move from account-level results to the posts and audiences behind them.