Digital payment methods continue to displace cash and checks in the US payments ecosystem. But after a pandemic-driven crest, growth is moderating amid economic uncertainty, resetting the stakes for share of wallet.
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On today's podcast episode, we discuss Facebook turning 20 years old. We look back at how Facebook got started, its most significant highs and lows over the years, and predict what the social media giant will look like at age 30. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jasmine Enberg and Minda Smiley.
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| Feb 8, 2024
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| Nov 14, 2023
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| Nov 14, 2023
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| Nov 14, 2023
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| Nov 10, 2023
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TikTok’s premium ad placements get Disney’s stamp of approval: The app will host a monthlong Disney content hub.
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| Oct 17, 2023
The grand final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Liverpool, UK, on May 13. Attracting a Super Bowl-sized audience, tourists, and viewing parties, the competition’s global reach will provide marketers and retailers with a notable opportunity to drive brand awareness and sales.
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| May 11, 2023
On today's podcast episode, we discuss how Snapchat+ is getting on, how much of a focus AR will be for the company going forward, and why user growth is doing just fine ... but revenue growth is not. "In Other News," we talk about the differences between the terms "influencer" and "creator" and what to make of LinkedIn's significant 1-billionth-member milestone. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Jasmine Enberg.
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| Nov 6, 2023
The region trails North America, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa in time spent watching traditional TV, but the showing is strong. The UK and France have an especially powerful broadcast TV tradition. Hence, Western Europe has been slow to transition from broadcast to streaming TV.
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| Oct 20, 2022
North America and Western Europe top one category each, while Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa lead in two apiece. Internet users in Latin America are also among the heaviest users of podcasts and online TV/streaming. The region ranks second and third in those respective areas. Latin America’s lead in music streaming goes hand in hand with its close second place in podcast listening.
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| Oct 20, 2022
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The Middle East and Africa was closest in this metric, at 10.6%. Streaming of both audio and video in Southeast Asia is very high compared with most regions. VOD viewing was reported by 96.0% of respondents in the region in H1 2022. That penetration rate trails only Latin America’s globally. In the Asia-Pacific region, the rate was 86.7%.
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| Oct 20, 2022
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what the hell happened—and is happening—to online ads, whether the video streaming boom is officially over, the next big wearable category, what happens when the First Amendment collides with social media, what the world would look like if there were only 100 people, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and analysts Ross Benes and Blake Droesch.
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| Mar 8, 2024
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what happens now that the actors strike is over, how the Super Bowl is fundamentally changing, whether live sports need new shorter content, what's next for WhatsApp, why people immigrate to the US, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, forecasting analyst Zach Goldner, and director of forecasting Oscar Orozco.
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| Nov 17, 2023
On today's podcast episode, we discuss why Amazon is pulling back from "Just Walk Out" technology, how the Atlantic magazine turned things around, what will ignite TV shopping, whether LinkedIn testing TikTok-like videos is a good move, what science says about how to be happy, and more. Tune into the discussion with vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti.
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| Apr 19, 2024
As of 2023, however, only the Middle East and Africa will see high rates of increases (14.7% growth). That said, the viewer base is high almost everywhere, so even small increases mean a lot. For instance, the 5.2% global expansion next year will equate to a hefty 100.2 million new viewers.
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The Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Central and Eastern Europe, where Facebook posted double-digit gains in 2020, will all see their growth fall into the low single digits this year.
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| Jan 18, 2022
Facebook is most popular in Latin America and the Middle East and Africa—where 84.1% and 86.9% of social network users, respectively, will use it at least once a month. However, the overall global trend is negative, with the platform expected to see penetration of 51.5% by 2027. Its user base is still growing in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa, but it’s declining elsewhere.
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| Jun 29, 2023
Consumer device and behavior trends are affecting payment providers’ strategies across retail, P2P, B2B, disbursement, and cross-border channels. Here’s what that means for the payments ecosystem.
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| Feb 28, 2023
Generative AI (genAI) has come to work. “Half the people who are using genAI are in what we consider prime working years,” said our analyst Max Willens on a recent webinar. “This diffuse adoption of a technology, especially one as momentous as this one, really doesn’t have much precedent.”
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| Sep 13, 2023
And most growth is happening outside of North America, with the Middle East and Africa growing at 22.4%. CNN plus or minus? Zucker, who was also thought to be close to Zaslav, was a strong supporter of CNN and CNN+. It’s unknown how committed Licht will be to the strategy laid out by Zucker. With Warner Bros.
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| Mar 4, 2022
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what "Dr. ChatGPT" is most likely to help with, how close it is to replacing your physician, and why it might not be ready for the patient exam room just yet. "In Other News," we talk about the US government's efforts to bring down prescription drug costs and the prevalence of health-related misinformation on social media. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Rajiv Leventhal and Lisa Phillips.
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| Sep 19, 2023