Monday, July 1

Today's Essential Marketing News & Tips

Welcome to July! A friendly reminder that most of us in the U.S. will only be working Mon-Wed this week because of Independence Day on Thursday. Ourselves included. 😎

📊 Stat Of The Day 📊

65% of Gen Z fans consider themselves to be “creators” themselves. (Source: YouTube)

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⚡️ Today’s Headlines ⚡️

😬 HubSpot had some kind of cybersecurity incident on Friday

🤖 Meta’s enabling creators to create AI chatbot versions of themselves

💸 Apple’s expanding its 30% advertiser fee to more regions

🫥 Threads is testing a disappearing posts feature

☁️ Bluesky’s new feature allows to curate accounts and feeds

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💡 Today’s Insight 💡

🗞 TL;DR - VidCon 2024 was last week, and YouTube published a fandom trends report to overlap with the event to highlight the importance of building community in the app. The 10-page guide includes insights into the rising value of fandom and niche communities.

💡 Insight - Some notable stats from the trends report:

  • 85% of people online aged 14-44 describe themselves as a fan of someone or something

  • 80% of those fans use YouTube to consume content about the person or thing they’re a fan of at least weekly

  • 42% of Gen-Z users define themselves as a ‘casual fan,’ those who just consume media, while only 8% identify as a ‘professional fan,’ the highest level of fandom, those who earn money from their creation

  • 47% of Gen Z report belonging to a fandom that no one they know personally is a part of

  • 66% of Gen Z Americans agree that they often spend more time watching content that discusses or unpacks something than the thing itself (like fan breakdowns of artist media)

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