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We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #659

Instagram 'Flipside' profiles, TikTok adds new 'cutout' feature, Meta are rolling out tighter teen messaging limitations and more in our weekly roundup.

Digital Culture Review: What 2023’s fringes will mean for 2024’s mainstream

Until now, our Digital Culture Review has looked at the previous year’s most viral content, and used it to predict the coming year’s flow. That would be pure masochism today, given that last year’s biggest moments have been talked to death, worn smooth by the worry-beading of trendspotters and futurists. Luckily for us, it’s not always the biggest waves that dictate the current – and no one loves a swerve tsunami like the internet. Online, it’s often the unvarnished edges of yesterday that shape tomorrow’s mainstream. So for this year’s Digital Culture Review, our Global Director of Cultural Insights, Mira

Avatars x Generative AI is going to bring your brand to the next level in 2024

Initially designed as digital alter-egos in virtual worlds, today, avatars are seamlessly integrated across various platforms, from social media and virtual reality experiences to mainstream pop culture.

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #658

Instagram launches custom stickers, TikTok is experimenting with AI song feature, Instagram introduces new 'nighttime nudges' for teens and more in our weekly roundup.

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #657

Snapchat introduces new parental controls, WhatsApp launches custom sticker maker on iOS, Meta to restrict teen accounts and more in our weekly roundup.

Global trends shaping marketing in 2024

It’s been yet another unforgettable 12 months in the world of social media and marketing. We’ve seen AI dominating conversations, increasingly outlandish ‘fake OOH’ stunts, the continued growth of TikTok and much more. What 2024 has in store still remains to be seen, but as per our annual tradition, members of our global leadership team are kicking off the year with their thoughts about what’s around the corner.

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #656

Facebook rolls out Link History feature to all Android and iOS users, Instagram introduces new Collections feature, the stars of Recess Therapy hit the Golden Globes red carpet and more in our weekly roundup.

We Are Social’s Top 10 Blog Posts in 2023

It’s been another busy year in social media. As always, we’ve been hard at work keeping our 65,000 blog subscribers from all over the word updated with the latest news, trends, platform updates and more. As the year draws to a close, we’re sharing our top 10 best read blogs of the year (Lemon8 anyone?!) to see what captured our readers’ attention in 2023.

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #655

Instagram introduces new features, Meta reveals AI that clones voices and generates sounds, Snapchat nows lets subscribers share AI-generated snaps and more in our weekly roundup.

Think Forward 2024: Attention Layering

Yesterday, we held a LinkedIn Live to discuss Attention Layering - the first trend of our recently released report, Think Forward: The Social Reckoning. Having reached peak stimulus, content is finding more nuanced ways to hold people’s focus - to hear more about the trend, click here to watch Mira Kopolovic, Global Director of Cultural Insights, and Gabe Noble, Associate Cultural Research & Insights Director, discuss the meaning of Attention Layering, and its significance in shaping social in 2024.