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Story views
Last updated by The PanelCompare editorial team
Why does story views matter to a buyer?
Two things make this row unusual. First, timing beats price absolutely — a cheaper service that starts in six hours is worth nothing against a twenty-four-hour story, so start time is the only attribute that matters and refill has nothing to attach to. Second, the effective ceiling is your real follower count, because a story view count wildly above your audience size is the most legible artefact of a purchase there is.
The geo cliff on this specific metric is the largest recorded in the dataset: $0.08–$0.32 per thousand worldwide against $24.50 for USA or EU targeting, roughly 300×, with female-targeted stock at $0.70 (PanelCompare domain research, 2026-09-06). That single comparison is the strongest available evidence that country, not quality wording, is what a catalogue actually charges for.
How does story views show up in a price list?
Watch the unit before anything else: story views are sometimes quoted per 100 rather than per 1,000, which is the most common source of error in this category and produces an apparent 10× discount that is not there.
Adjacent story SKUs are priced very differently because they require different actions — story poll votes around $2.50 and story link taps around $22.00 per thousand (PanelCompare domain research, 2026-09-06). A tap is a decision; a view is a render.
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Terminology in this market is set by the panels that use it, and it moves. If a panel uses story views to mean something other than what is written here, send us the listing and we will either correct the definition or record the variant. The process is on the about page.