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Streaming Promos Jockey For Position

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * The Streaming Promo Horse Race * Pakman Gobbles Up Watch-Time * 60% Of Smart TVs Solely Streamed Content In Q2 * How Do Audiences Like FAST Ad Breaks? * Holiday Shopping Starting Earlier In 2024 * This Week’s Free Report: Q2

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Gridiron Gets Watch-Time Win Versus Debate

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * Debate Goes Head-To-Head With Football * Streamers Win With Earned Media Value Retention * Gaming Content’s Steady Rise On YouTube * NFL-Themed Ads Score More With Fans * Independents Lean Heavier Into Streaming * This Week’s Free Report: Q2 2024

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There's No Debate: Football Is Back

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * Watch-Time, Fueled By Football * Meet Truthset’s Chip Russo * How Sports Betting Ads Stack Up YoY * TikTok Categories With Major Audience Growth * Celebrity Haircare Products’ Splashy Competition * Are Streaming Shows Catering Too Much To Gen Z Audiences?

CREATOR ECONOMY

Gaming Content's Steady Rise On YouTube

Gaming content keeps gaining steam on YouTube, as data from Tubular Labs' new H2 social trends report showcases. Despite its long-term popularity on the platform, it appears there's still plenty of room to run as YouTube's gaming content continues to see views growth year-over-year. * Viewership

CREATOR ECONOMY

Which TikTok Video Categories Are Seeing Major Audience Growth?

Certain TikTok categories have been blowing up this year, as data from Tubular Labs' recent H2 trends report reveals. Understanding categories experiencing significant growth can help both publishers and brands direct investments according to hop into trends that maximize reach. * Beauty, already one of TikTok's top categories,

CREATOR ECONOMY

Uploads For 30-60 Second YouTube Videos Up 39% YoY

Even though short-form video content has been all the rage in recent years, other video lengths have found areas of growth. And as social video competes with traditional TV for eyeballs, audiences are seeking more substantial (longer) content on various platforms like YouTube – as data from Tubular Labs' new

CREATOR ECONOMY

Big News Month Fuels Double-Digit Audience Growth

Major items like the Donald Trump assassination attempt, Joe Biden not pursuing reelection and the Olympics powered double-digit audience growth for the likes of ABC News, Fox News, NBC News, CNN and MSNBC.

CREATOR ECONOMY

SpongeBob’s 25th Birthday Bubbles Up Big Watch-Time Increases

U.S. minutes watched for SpongeBob SquarePants’ official Facebook and YouTube pages grew to 462.2 million in July 2024.

CREATOR ECONOMY

Deadpool, Hot Ones Serve Up Big Month For First We Feast

First We Feast, the home of Hot Ones, saw U.S. minutes-watched surge 53% month-over-month to a one-year high of 266 million minutes.

CREATOR ECONOMY

Olympics Score YouTube Spike For NBC Sports

The Olympics are always big for NBCUniversal, and that goes for double for NBC Sports and its digital properties. On YouTube, specifically, Olympic content fueled more views between July and August than the channel had in all year before that – as data from Tubular Labs shows. * Between July and August

CREATOR ECONOMY

MLS Wins Sponsored Facebook Video Views In July

Facebook video remains a busy place for publishers to get in front of viewers, and sponsors are happy to jump in on the audience reach. Data from Tubular Labs shows which U.S. media & entertainment pages delivered the most sponsored video views in July – a list led by Major

CREATOR ECONOMY

Kamala Harris Gets TikTok Engagement Bump

Since United States President Joe Biden opted to step out of the race and endorse Kamala Harris, the vice president has earned significant buzz – including on TikTok, as recent data from Tubular Labs reveals. * Engagement with the U.S. VP has surged on TikTok. Her 27 million engagements in the

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The TikTok Special Edition

This Week On The Measure:  * Exclusive Interview With TikTok's Jorge Ruiz * The Biggest Brands On TikTok * TikTok, iSpot Provides Audience Measurement Solution * Longer Video Uploads Creep Upward For TikTok Creators * This Week’s Free Report from CreatorIQ and TikTok – The Power of Authenticity Meet Jorge Ruiz, TikTok'

CREATOR ECONOMY

Longer Video Uploads Creep Upward For TikTok Creators

TikTok is primarily known for short-form video. And while that hasn't fundamentally changed in recent months and years, there's also a growing trend where creators are uploading more videos that are at least 15 minutes in length, as new data from Tubular Labs shows. * After longer-format

CREATOR ECONOMY

TikTok Measurement Shows Unique Ad Reach Beyond TV

iSpot is now TikTok's first audience measurement solution made generally available, providing an even more comprehensive video investment for advertisers. Within iSpot's Unified Measurement solution, advertisers will now be able to independently measure and verify cross-media reach on TikTok relative to linear TV. * Recent analysis using

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Google Won't Let The Cookie Crumble

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure: * 3P Cookies And Google's Latest Decision * RNC Helps Deliver Fox News To No. 1 * Big 4 Primetime Bucks Bigger TV Trends in H1 * Video Watch-Time Surges For Late Night Shows Post-Strikes * Are Disney+ And Hulu

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Watch-Time Surges For Late Night Shows Post-Strikes

Data from Tubular Labs reveals that The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert have all seen dramatic bumps in watch-time.

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Creators Playing Long Game On YouTube

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This week On The Measure: * Long Videos Get Longer Legs On YouTube * Popular Teams Build Audience Quicker * Fox News Rises On Weekend Watch-Time * LGBTQ+ Content Fuels Streaming Loyalty, Usage * Olympic-Sized Bet On Subscriber Loyalty * This Week’s Free Report, From Samsung Ads:

CREATOR ECONOMY

Long Videos Getting Longer Legs On YouTube

Short videos are still extremely popular among social video creators. But these individual influencers are actually uploading more YouTube videos that run 20 minutes or longer. Tubular Labs recently shared data with Digiday’s Tim Peterson showcasing the steady growth of longer-form videos. * Creators have uploaded increasing numbers of videos

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Summer Of Sports In Full Swing

This week On The Measure: * MLB, Tennis Action Hit With Audiences * How Close Games ‘Defy Gravity’ For TV Ad Reach * Mexico’s Presidential Candidates On Social Video * Are Paramount+ and Peacock Complementary? * Back-To-School TV Ad Season Heats Up? * This Week’s Free Report, From iSpot: The Case for Precision in

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How Mexico's Presidential Candidates Performed On Social Video

In June, Claudia Sheinbaum was the first woman to win the presidency in Mexican history, defeating (fellow woman) Xóchitl Gálvez at the polls. But interestingly, social video viewership didn't net the same result, as data from Tubular Labs shows. * TikTok accounted for 75% of overall viewership about the

Big Data Brains

Spanning The Lobe

In Big Data Brains: Episode II, Media Cartographer Evan Shapiro chats with Tim Sovay from CreatorIQ about how brands should navigate the Creator Economy and seeking universal truth on social media. Evan Shapiro: Hi this is Evan Shapiro, your Media Cartographer. I'm coming to you from Cannes Lion.

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Harbor Freight Builds Audience of Over 60 Million Via Social Video

Harbor Freight doesn’t seem like an inherently “social” brand on paper, yet the tool brand used video ads throughout May 2024 to significantly expand its reach. Data from Tubular Labs Audience Ratings data found that:  * Harbor Freight videos were seen by nearly 61 million unique U.S. viewers across

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Every Second Counts In Sports Advertising

This week On The Measure: * Spot-Level Measurement For Sports Ads * Debate Coverage Nets TV Watch-Time Win * Seniors Set On More MSNBC Social Video Viewing * AI Creators Set Course For Marketing’s Future * Yellowstone Checks Every Streaming Box * This Week’s Free Report (From iSpot): The Case for Precision in Modern

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Seniors Sitting For Millions Of Hours Of MSNBC Social Videos

The 55+ age bracket is plenty tech-savvy, it seems – or at least tech-savvy enough to watch over 10.6 million hours of MSNBC videos across Facebook and YouTube, as new data from Tubular Labs shows. * In May 2024, U.S. audiences over 55 years old tuned into more minutes of