What needs to be analyzed when conducting a competitor content audit?

• A. Social following and new format adoption
• B. Content length and posting times
• C. Budget and costs
• D. SEO rankings

Answer: (A)

In a competitor content audit, you’re looking at how peers reach and engage their audience and how they experiment with formats. Social following indicates the size of their audience and potential reach, while new format adoption shows which content styles or formats they’re testing and succeeding with on different platforms. This combination reveals the tactics behind audience growth and what kinds of content formats are resonating, so you can borrow effective moves or differentiate your own approach. Other aspects like SEO rankings or the exact content length and posting times can be useful in other analyses, but they don’t by themselves capture the broader story of distribution and format experimentation that this audit prioritizes. Budget and costs relate more to financial planning than to content strategy, so they’re less central to evaluating what makes competitor content work.