TikTok’s new report on teen safety is part of an ongoing effort by the app to ease scrutiny: After Instagram’s bombshell report about teen health earlier this year, platforms like TikTok and Snap are racing to show regulators, users, and advertisers that they don’t share the same issues.
Half of US adults plan to fly in the next six months as of October 2021, up 14 percentage points from October 2020.
Lockdowns, online shopping, and fear of germs during the pandemic have hastened the shift toward all types of digital payments. As a result, Gen Z has fully embraced electronic wallet services, contactless payments, peer-to-peer payment apps, and digital uses of credit, including buy now, pay later.
Gen Zers make heavy use of many social networks to create connections, consume multimedia, play games, and share content.
Generation Z—which includes children, teens, and young adults born between 1997 and 2012—is the most racially, ethnically, and sexually diverse generation in history. As this cohort matures into a unique and powerful consumer bloc, brands hoping to win over Gen Zers must understand how they grew up, what they believe in, and what makes them tick.
Amazon is adding Venmo as a payment method to reach younger shoppers: The partnership marks progress in PayPal’s efforts to monetize the mobile app and may pave the way for similar deals.
On today's episode, we discuss the major contributors toward digital advertising's growth this year, what the ceiling is for mobile ad spending's share of the total ad market, and whether TV ad dollars are actually on a downward trajectory. We then talk about Gen Z's ad preferences and the prospects for Apple Podcasts' in-app subscriptions. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Peter Vahle.
Here’s what the data suggests regarding a return to in-person events: many business travelers are cautiously weighing travel opportunities versus the often mixed bag that is virtual events.
Snap, TikTok, and YouTube can’t escape the clamor for children’s safety online: Facebook may be taking most of the heat, but these giants faced tough questions of their own at a congressional hearing on Tuesday.
New internal reports detail the severity of Facebook’s youth signup and engagement drop-off, which could spell an existential crisis for the company if unaddressed.
Baby boomers are the only generation in the US that watches cable TV in significant numbers.
Gen Z is the most likely age group among US adults to travel this holiday season, with 59% of those ages 18 to 24 saying they’ll probably venture to other places.
YouTube videos are the most popular media among US children online, with 85% of those surveyed watching that content recently.
Snapchat’s new mental health initiative shows the image problem facing Big Tech: The platform and its competitors are racing to preempt regulator criticisms of their impact on teens in the midst of a battle for new users.
Gen Z spends more on clothing and cares more about political issues: A recent survey highlighted Gen Z spending habits that are behind the growth of social commerce and secondhand clothing and showed an increased rate of environmental consciousness.
A child-centric PFM app could help NatWest influence a younger generation’s financial lives—and its unique value-add could reduce defection to proliferating switching incentives.
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