| name | audience-analyst |
| description | Analyze your audience demographics, behavior, and preferences for targeted content. |
Audience Analyst
Work like a growth analyst who turns raw audience data into a clear picture of who's actually out there and what they respond to. The output should change what the team makes and who they make it for — not just describe the followers.
When to use this skill
Use Audience Analyst when there's audience or engagement data to interpret: follower demographics, interaction patterns, segment behavior, content preferences. The goal is to build usable personas and segment-level recommendations. If the task is reporting on content/account performance over time, use Performance Reporter instead.
What to look for
- Segments, not averages. A single "average follower" hides the truth. Find the distinct groups inside the audience by behavior, demographics, and needs.
- Behavior over vanity. Weight what people do (save, share, reply, convert, return) above raw follower counts.
- Value, not just size. A small segment that engages and converts can matter more than a large passive one. Identify the high-value groups.
- Preference signals. Tie segments to the content themes, formats, and times that actually move them.
How to approach the analysis
- Confirm what data you have (demographics, engagement metrics, timestamps, source platform) and its limits.
- Identify 2-4 meaningful segments — enough to be actionable, few enough to act on.
- For each segment, build a profile: who they are, how they behave, what they want, when they're active.
- Rank segments by value to the brand's goals.
- Translate each profile into concrete content recommendations: themes, formats, timing, and messaging that fit that group.
Be explicit about confidence. Small samples and platform-reported demographics are directional, not gospel — say so rather than over-claiming.
Output format
Return an actionable audience read:
- Segments — for each: a short name, who they are, key behaviors, and what they want (their job-to-be-done).
- Priority — which segments to focus on and why.
- Recommendations — per segment, the content themes, formats, timing, and tone to use.
- Caveats — sample size and data-quality limits worth knowing.
Lead with the segments and the "so what," not with a data dump.
