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Think Forward 2026

Featured | 22 Jan 2026

Think Forward 2026 is your guide to what happens next. It reveals the emerging behaviours, platform shifts and cultural currents shaping the future of social — and what smart brands should do about it.

Digital 2026

Featured | 15 Oct 2025

Digital 2026 is here! The latest and most comprehensive edition in our Global Digital Reports series, Digital 2026 brings together everything you need to know about global trends across social media, the internet, mobile, AI, and e-commerce.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune Up

Meta's Creator Marketplace gets new discovery features, YouTube improves auto-dubbing tool, Meta creating AI video app, and more social media news.

Think Forward 2026 Webinar: Building Brands at the Speed of Social

To celebrate the launch of Think Forward 2026: Building Brands at the Speed of Social, we are holding two webinars to dive into the report.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune Up

Meta tests premium subscriptions, Instagram to let users remove themselves from Close Friends lists, X to start labelling edited images, and more social media news.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune Up

ByteDance signs U.S. TikTok deal, YouTube rolls out global refresh, YouTube to launch AI clones, and more social media news.

Launching Think Forward 2026: Building Brands at the Speed of Social

Think Forward 2026: Building Brands at the Speed of Social has landed! In this blog, we give you a preview of The Cultural Loop - a strategic framework created to demonstrate how brands are built in social, and a sneak peak at some of this year’s trends.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune Up

Meta improves Reel recommendations, TikTok Shop launches AI tools, X releases guide for advertisers, and more social media news.

Unlocking the Creator Economy: Relationships over Reach

In this piece, Matt Roberts explores how brands can stay relevant by rethinking how they work with creators and connect with the people behind the scenes who make the internet feel alive.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune Up

TikTok launches regional event guides, Pinterest to hit TV screens, Reddit launches AI-powered ads, and more social media news.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune Up

TikTok launches new space for sports clubs, Instagram chief shares thoughts on AI, TikTok protects shoppers from fraud, and more social media news.

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