Replace Reels With More Carousels
The Posts ER is 4.87% versus the Reels ER of just 0.78% — a 6x performance gap that signals the audience responds far more to static or carousel content than video.
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Industry benchmarks show carousels average 0.55% ER versus Reels at 0.52%, but the data for Chinatown Legacy Tours makes the case even stronger: shift at least 70% of the publishing schedule to carousel posts to capitalize on what is already working. Audit the last 28 posts and identify the top 5 carousel performers by likes and comments, then reverse-engineer their format, caption length, and topic for the next content calendar.
