AI-enhanced digital workplace analytics for SharePoint intranets, Viva Engage and M365.
Specialising in businesses with 5,000 to 500,000 employees, we provide insights to measure and improve internal communication and collaboration.
Why SWOOP Analytics?
Seeing how you work, changes how you work.
SWOOP Analytics® empowers employees and leaders around the world with personal and enterprise data to be successful in the digital workplace. We analyse the content and relationships in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Viva Engage and SharePoint intranet to provide organisations with deep collaboration and behavioural insights. We help you adapt behaviours to reach better business outcomes and make informed decisions about collaboration effectiveness. Our solutions are specialised for businesses with 5,000 to 500,000 employees.
SWOOP Analytics® addresses two core areas:
We improve internal communication by measuring impact, reach and engagement. Read more about our analytics for internal social channels Viva Engage and SharePoint intranets.
We improve internal collaboration by measuring online collaboration habits and team collaboration. Read more about our analytics for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams.
We analyse, research and publish our findings continuously in benchmarking reports, on our blog and in case studies. Everything we know is included in Dr SWOOP, our AI-powered genius, embedded in our platform and available 24/7 to help our customers take their internal communication and collaboration to the next level.
Internal Communication and Collaboration analytics for your digital workplace
SWOOP Analytics for
Microsoft 365
Solve the “What Tool When” challenge and guide individuals, business segments and the entire organisation to better collaborate using Microsoft 365.
SWOOP Analytics for
Microsoft Teams
Drive faster adoption by identifying the type of team you’re working with. Measure collaborative performance & adapt behaviours to reach better business value.
SWOOP Analytics for
Viva Engage
Measure the effectiveness of your employee engagement initiatives to drive organisational performance. Analyse collaboration patterns across the enterprise.
SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet
Break down organisational silos, measure and improve employee engagement initiatives including sentiment analysis.
How can SWOOP Analytics help improve your internal communication and collaboration?
Collaboration
BRING COLLABORATION TO LIFE
Analyse collaboration patterns across the enterprise and within business units.
Measure
UNDERSTAND YOUR CONTENT
Measure and improve content including sentiment analysis.
Influencers
KNOW WHO'S WHO
Locate the informal community leaders and influencers in your organisation.
Connections
CATAPULT SUCCESS
Help staff grow their network and develop their careers.
LATEST BENCHMARKING REPORT
SWOOP Analytics’ 2026 SharePoint Intranet Benchmarking Report
Almost every employee now uses the intranet. But far fewer are using all of it – and even fewer find everything valuable.
Explore SWOOP Analytics’ 2026 SharePoint Intranet Benchmarking Report, based on the real-world behaviour of more than 410,000 employees, and discover what truly drives an intranet that works.
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Read about how our customers are using SWOOP to drive business value and engagement with their networks.
Faced with more than 3,000 intranet pages and a 700-person authoring community, this New Zealand financial organisation set out to make critical information easier for frontline employees to find.
By combining content governance, AI-assisted authoring with Copilot, and insights from SWOOP Analytics, the organisation reduced information-finding time by 53% and laid the foundation for future AI chatbot success.
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority transformed its SharePoint intranet into a trusted single source of truth, helping case managers access accurate, up-to-date information when making complex decisions.
Through strong governance, structured content design and insights from SWOOP Analytics, AFCA has built one of the healthiest intranets in the world.
Boehringer Ingelheim transformed a sprawling 60,000-page SharePoint intranet into a healthy, sustainable digital workplace.
Discover how the global pharmaceutical company uses editor training, content lifecycle management, and SWOOP Analytics to govern more than 30,000 intranet pages across 2,000 editors.
phs is using SWOOP Analytics to turn Viva Engage into a real-time organisational listening engine, tracking sentiment, topics and employee behaviour.
Discover how data-driven insights are improving engagement, leadership visibility and internal communication.
The Viva Engage community identified by SWOOP Analytics as the best in the world for 2025/26 is a textbook example of best practices.
It’s led by an engaging, authentic chief executive. People are asking questions and receiving answers. It’s a safe space for people to share their ideas and opinions. And they use data from SWOOP Analytics to monitor engagement and ensure messaging is reaching the right people.
When global industrial technology leader Schneider Electric revamped a Viva Engage community spanning multiple countries and thousands of employees, it went back to basics to learn what people wanted, then tapped into the data from SWOOP Analytics to guide decisions.
The result? A 20% increase in employee engagement across the platform.
At AllPoints Fibre Networks, Viva Engage is the single official news channel. The purpose of channelling news to one single point is to avoid overloading colleagues with endless news and Viva Engage posts.
It’s about ensuring the messaging hits the right people at the right time, without overloading people.
When Medibank announced a $50 million mental health initiative, it mirrored the campaign internally for Medibank employees by creating opportunities for conversation and connection, both in person and via internal communication channels like Viva Engage.
Stories about colleagues or news articles with a “what’s in it for me?” angle receive the highest readership at this New Zealand-based financial organisation.
Boehringer Ingelheim makes every employee feel valued by personalising content and targeting audiences to make intranet news and content relevant to every individual person.
It’s all about providing people with the tools, apps, content and news they need to accomplish their job and have a successful day.
At American film and production company LAIKA Studios made the decision to have a centralised administration for its intranet, meaning a small, dedicated team manages content and oversees the publishing process.
When Australian health insurer Medibank was moving to a brand new office, right from the go-get it got employees involved in decision making through posts, polls and storytelling on Viva Engage.
Are you struggling to get your colleagues engaged on Viva Engage? Do you want to inject some fresh content that leads to conversation starters?
This is the story for you! It’s simple, and one you can emulate today.
See how a simple adoption campaign offering a free coffee can get colleagues flocking to Viva Engage!
When British technology services business Arqiva relaunched its Viva Engage network in March this year, it put in place two governance measures that have resulted in the network’s success.
From getting new leaders to record a video of themselves answering random questions to Lady Whistledown posts, it’s easy to see why Westpac New Zealand ranks as one of the world’s top performing Viva Engage networks.
A stuffed bear has had a major impact at Transport for NSW. It’s responsible for getting people to use Viva Engage, and in doing so, connect people across an entire organisation and state, breaking down departmental hierarchies, and creating measurable business value.
Learn how The NRMA created an enterprise-wide wrap of how leaders and team members are using Viva Engage, and how you can do so too!
If you’re working in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, chances are you’ve been asked why you need Viva Engage when you’re already using Microsoft Teams.
Couldn’t you just have a large team on Microsoft Teams and eliminate the need to switch between the two platforms?
At Aggreko, the intranet is targeted to each and every audience. By enabling audience targeting, specific content is prioritised to specific audiences and it’s been a game changer in getting employees more engaged on the intranet.
If you want to reach every employee at global investment services provider IFM Investors, forget about sending an all-employee email. Instead, post on Viva Engage.
With more than 80 stores scattered across one of the largest countries on the planet, Medibank’s frontline team members are some of the most connected and engaged in the world thanks to their vibrant Viva Engage community.
Aggreko, the global leader in providing energy solutions, has replaced the news feed on its SharePoint intranet with the Viva Engage All Company feed so every employee becomes an editor with the power to share stories.
ANZ was the first large-size organisation to top SWOOP Analytics’ global benchmarking of Viva Engage networks.
We take you on ANZ’s Viva Engage journey, from the start when the CEO led from the front, to today when collaborating on Viva Engage is part of the bank’s everyday culture.
At Christian Aid, almost every employee reads Viva Engage because a decision was made to make it the primary communications tool. Leaders and staff are banned from sending all company emails, and instead must communicate through announcements on Viva Engage.
When the CIO of a major bank made the decision to move away from email updates and embrace Viva Engage for authentic, two-way connections, it took just a month for him to become one of the most influential people in the entire organisation.
There are three key purposes for using Viva Engage at Engage Squared. 1. Showcasing the completion of successful projects and sharing lessons learned. 2. Nurturing a culture of sharing and connectedness. 3. Reward and recognition.
We look at the physical, as well as the digital, needs of successful hybrid work. It’s time to turn your office space into a collaboration, or gathering, space so your employees want to return to the physical workplace, but not fulltime.
Transport for NSW shares how a successful external social media campaign also proved successful as an internal comms campaign on Viva Engage.
Do you question why Viva Engage is needed when you could just have a large team on Microsoft Teams and eliminate the need to switch between the two platforms?
Keep up with the latest from SWOOP Analytics
New SWOOP Analytics research reveals the biggest source of unmanaged content on most SharePoint intranets isn't Content pages or News articles, it's forgotten SharePoint files.
Discover why ageing files are becoming an AI governance risk, and how to identify and prioritise content clean-up activities before your intranet becomes harder to navigate, search and trust.
Have you stopped to consider the path your colleagues navigate to reach the intranet pages they’re searching for?
Our latest product updates reveal the journey people take through your intranet - not just the page they eventually land on.
Almost three quarters of organisations say their employees are drowning in information overload. Not occasionally. Not during busy periods. Constantly or frequently.
We compare Microsoft’s out of the box (OOTB) analytics for Viva Engage and SWOOP Analytics for Viva Engage.
We compare Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics with SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet in an easy-to-see table.
Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics will give you numbers that may not carry a lot of meaning, whereas SWOOP Analytics gives you insights into your employees’ behaviours, and shows you how your people are using, accessing and reading the intranet.
When it comes to communications, what ultimately drives impact isn’t how many people see a message, it’s how people engage with what you post.
We show you how you can help change behaviour to get more people participating, rather than just passively reading.
Announcing the top world’s best performing Viva Engage networks and communities for 2025/26!
Are you among the winners?
We’re thrilled to announce accessibility checks are now live across SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet!
These checks aim to improve the accessibility and usability of SharePoint intranet content by flagging issues such as missing alt text and unclear link labels, helping organisations build more inclusive and compliant digital experiences.
In this third blog post on the ethical use of AI in internal communications, Cai Kjaer explores best practices internal communicators should adopt as they embed the use of AI.
In Cai Kjaer’s second instalment in his series on the ethical use of AI in internal communications, he explores how the need for disclosure increases with the level of AI’s involvement, and the risk of misperception.
While AI can boost efficiency and provide creative inspiration for internal communicators, it raises an important question: When should communicators disclose that content was AI-generated or AI-assisted?
This is the first of Cai Kjaer’s three-part series on the ethical use of AI in internal communications.
In the age of the chatbot, are internal communicators writing for people, or for bots?
The reality is, we are writing for people who might reach our content through a bot. Cai Kjaer explores the evolution of AI and intranets.
Will AI take over the intranet?
The overwhelming consensus is that AI and the intranet won’t work together unless governance measures are in place and content is up to date. Learn how organisations are using AI and the intranet.
If you want to get your intranet AI-ready, think of it like a fresh start when you move house. You need to get rid of the junk, you need to do a good clean-up of the old house and have structures in place in the new house to keep everything organised.
If you have a decentralised intranet, you’ll have loads of content editors. So how do you set them up for success? We’ve got all the hot tips for you!
Our latest product updates mean you can manage your favourites, reduce clutter, and we have accessibility checks coming.
If you’re struggling to get your colleagues using Viva Engage, we’ve compiled tips from world experts to help get your people conversing, connecting and collaborating on Viva Engage.
Using data to show leaders the impact of their efforts is often the silver bullet to get them spending a few minutes each day listening to, and engaging with, their employees on Viva Engage.
It sounds simple, and it can be.
How does your Viva Engage network compare with other organisations? Are the numbers you think look “good” from your communities really “good” compared with other organisations?
The only way to really know is to compare your data with others to see where you’re ahead and where you’re behind.
We are often asked what difference there is between Microsoft’s Advanced Analytics for Viva Engage and SWOOP for Viva Engage. Remember that Microsoft’s Advanced Analytics for Viva Engage is only available for those who have bought licences for it.
If you are predominantly looking to boost analytics, then SWOOP for Viva Engage is a very cost-effective way to get extensive analytics only investing a small fraction compared to the C&C bundle.
We’ve interviewed the world’s champion Viva Engage community managers to get their tips for how to create and manage successful communities.
We share their real life examples of creating and nurturing Viva Engage communities.
A bit of juicy gossip, a chance to help others, news from leaders, feeling appreciated for a job well done and future business plans - these are five things people want to hear about on Viva Engage.
If people care about the content, they will engage with it.
We’ll show you how to save up to 95% of the cost of Microsoft’s Advanced Analytics for Viva Engage - and you’ll receive a better product with more features!
How do you turn passive observers into active contributors on Enterprise Social Networks?
SWOOP Analytics developed the 1-2-3 rule - a simple but effective way to encourage participation.
The key differentiator between Viva Engage and other internal communications channels is that Viva Engage allows for two-way conversations.
Employees can provide feedback, ask questions, share their opinions, connect with leaders, and engage in meaningful conversations in an informal way.
We’ve made some enhancements to how we report on data from public and private Viva Engage communities.
These changes mean you will have a more accurate reflection of activity across your Viva Engage network, while sensitive information remains protected.
The core business case for Viva Engage is that it gives every employee a voice. That’s what makes Viva Engage unique - it allows for two-way conversation and gives every person an equal voice.
We announce the world’s top performing Viva Engage enterprises and communities for 2024/25 and the results might surprise you!
SWOOP Analytics has successfully completed our SOC 2 Type 2 compliance examination, one of the world’s most rigorous cybersecurity auditing standards designed to protect customer data.
We explain the importance of navigating the data of internal communications and the value it offers to enhance your strategy, refine your messaging, and improve the overall employee experience.
How does your online collaboration compare with other M365, Microsoft Teams, Viva Engage networks and SharePoint intranets?
See how your organisation compares in our free benchmarking reports
SWOOP Analytics®has benchmarked almost 200 organisations, 1.2 million+ employees, 30 million+ interactions, across 12 major industry sectors. Our FREE benchmarking reports allow you to compare how you rate with other Microsoft Teams, Viva Engage networks, SharePoint intranets and show what best practice looks like.