Brand Impact Score
A Brand Impact Score is a single composite metric that fuses reach, engagement, sentiment, and creator authority into one number, calibrated against a brand category cohort. Sentia ships its own version as the Calibrated Impact Score (CIS) in 2026, computed across IG, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook. The score matters because raw engagement rates lie when read in isolation and a calibrated composite shows whether a brand is actually moving relative to peers.
What it is
A Brand Impact Score collapses several signals into one number so analysts can rank, compare, and trend brand performance without juggling four charts. The typical inputs are reach, engagement, sentiment, and authority of the source. Implementations differ in how they weight each input and whether they calibrate against a peer group.
Why it matters
Single metrics are vulnerable to gaming. A 12% engagement rate sounds great until you learn the brand has only 800 followers. A composite with calibration handles that case automatically: a tiny brand competing against tiny brands gets a fair read, and a large brand is held to large-brand standards.
The marketing team uses the score for cross-brand comparison, week-over-week trend tracking, and as the headline number in monthly reports. The detail metrics live one click below.
How Sentia uses it
Sentia ships the Brand Impact Score family as six calibrated scores: CIS, PPS, AIS, CPS, CVS, and PAS. Each is calibrated against the cohort of brands that match yours by category, size, and primary geography. The math runs in app/lib/scoring/ and refreshes when underlying engagement, reach, or partnership data changes.
A green badge means the brand is above its cohort. A red one means below. The judgement layer is in the score; the actions are still on the team.
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