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Each week in our newsletter we share the latest info we find.
This post collates those for the year.
- 30% of consumers believe that paid content is higher quality than free content, while 10% say free content is higher quality.
- 25% of consumers have more trust in publications that require a subscription, while 13% trust publications that are free to access more.
- [On creator content] An average lift of 5 points in brand familiarity, 9 points in brand affinity, 6 points in brand consideration, and 7 points in purchase intent was observed across campaigns and verticals.
- Bustle publisher revenue drops 10% as CPG and parenting brands falter.
- 86% of consumers say they’re open to paying for content produced by brands.
- 63% of respondents said they would be open to paying for TV, video, and film content produced by brands.
- 53% said they would consider paying for live event content.
- 43% of consumers trust brand content more when it’s created by professional journalists, and 42% trust it more when it clearly discloses who it’s funded and created by.
- One third of consumers trust content published by brands more than traditional media organizations.
- According to Nielsen. 150 million+ people are watching YouTube on CTV screens every month in the U.S.
- Shorts now average over 70 billion daily views and are watched by over 2 billion signed-in users every month.
- Consumers are 5x more likely to view advertising within non-premium content as low quality.
- Stacker shares what brand stories are getting picked up in the last month.
- 41% of audio ads generated positive brand recall compared to 38% for video ads.
- Long form posts on X are now at 3b views per day and rising.
- 71% of senior business technology decision makers are disappointed with B2B marketing content.
- Research commissioned by TikTok found creative elementsthat feel native to the platform generate longer watch time: featuring real people (+9%), remixing a TikTok trend (+14%) and crafting a creative story (+16%).
- Time taken to capture 80% of ad impact, 2s for ad recall and 2.5s for awareness. -TikTok
- There are now 3.1m different podcasts for consumers to choose from.
- [Dentsus Global CMO report] 38% Of CMOs say they have already invested in ‘branded content’ as an entertainment marketing tactic. 37% have invested in TV Programming, 34% in Influencer partnerships, 33% in Publishing, and 32% in Entertainment Platforms, and IP.
- Linkedin users shared 41% more content on the network than they did in the same period in 2021.
- 61% of fans enjoy seeing brands sponsoring/creating content for their fandoms.
- There is high trust in content made by generative AI.
- LinkedIn’s latest B2B Marketing Benchmark Report, CMOs (n=376) say #martech and data mastery is 2nd most valuable skill for their role today.
- There are now 100m podcast listeners on Spotify. Consumption has grown more than 1,400%.
- MorningBrew has used SwapStack sponsorships to drive over 100,000 subscribers.
- Creators can earn between $500 and $1,000 for 1 million views on instagram.
- TikTok Creators can earn $700 per 500,000 videos using their custom filters.
- In Australia, 81% of influencers posts may be in breach of advertising rules.
- Consumers exposed to ads longer than 15 seconds are 23% more likely to purchase the advertised product, compared to 14% for shorter ads.
- The majority of Americans (55%) say they trust news from podcasts as much as the news they get from other sources.
- Insights from Vidmobs video ad report. +54% lift in engagement rates with 7-15 sec video duration. +102% lift in view through 25% with high text contrast. +175% lift in view through 25% when showing a person in the opening quarter. +33% lift in click through rate when offer includes ‘Get a Quote’. +17% increase in click through rate when featuring brand logo in the opening 2 sec.
- ^ From the same. Branding. It is crucial to feature your brand’s logo or name consistently throughout the marketing funnel, including during conversion stages. A notable 17% increase in click-through rate has been observed when incorporating the brand logo within the initial two seconds of content.
- 69% of marketers reportedly set to increase spend on content in 2023.
- Brand recall and enjoyability are the top two key attributed that determine the success of brand campaigns.
- People are spending more time streaming YouTube on TV than any other streaming platform.
- There is a direct correlation between the amount of content produced by a brand and the ROI. Around a third (34%) of teams that produce more than 20 pieces of content a month report a significant increase in ROI, compared to only 5% who are producing five or fewer pieces of content.
- Fox’s free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service, Tubi, reached 64 million monthly active users.
- A strong content-lead in increased engagement by 62%.
- A Taboola & Kantar study. Brands that used native advertising consistently met and often exceeded critical KPIs across the board—significantly outperforming industry benchmarks.
- ^ Some other highlights from the same study: Brand favorability lift was 15%, 4x higher than the industry average. Consideration lift was 7%, 1.5x higher than the industry average. Message association lift was 87%, 8x higher than the industry average. Awareness lift was 10%, in line with the industry average.
- #1 challenge for content marketers is linking content creation to business outcomes.
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You might also like:
- Content Marketing Insights, which has all the datapoints from over the years.
- Content Marketing Stats 2023
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