Facebook Business Activity Trends During COVID-19 Crisis

Business Activity Trends During COVID-19 uses the rate that businesses post on Facebook compared to pre-crisis levels to measure how crisis events are affecting different economic sectors each day. The dataset is produced by AI for Good at Meta and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily sector-specific activity trends derived from business posting rates.
• Compare crisis-period activity levels to pre-crisis baselines for each sector.
• Measure the differential impact of COVID-19 across economic sectors using Facebook post frequency.

Strengths

• Provides daily measurements of economic impact.
• Compares activity to a pre-crisis baseline for each sector.

Limitations

• Row count, column count, and geographic scope are unknown.
• Data is a proxy measure (Facebook posting) rather than direct economic activity.
• Specific sectors covered are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

AI for Good at Meta.

Collection Method

Calculated from the rate businesses post on Facebook compared to pre-crisis levels.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.