There are four key trends shaping contemporary consumer behaviour, according to a major global study carried out by media agency UM. Wave X Remix Culture tracked social and digital media usage and motivations from more than 56,000 active internet users across 81 countries and found that the four key behavioural trends (and underlying findings) are: ‘Resist’ – Six […]
Faster than expected uptake of 5G has led to telecoms firm Ericsson predicting that there will be 1.9bn 5G subscriptions globally by the end of 2024, an increase of 400m on its previous forecast. The speed at which mobile network providers are introducing 5G around the world means coverage is set to reach 45 per cent of the world’s […]
People around the world will spend an average of 800 hours using the mobile internet this year – that’s equivalent to 33 days without sleep or pause, according to Zenith’s Media Consumption Forecasts, published on June 10. By 2021 the total will rise to 930 hours, or 39 full days. This is the fifth edition of […]
Despite being a part of the world’s most dynamic digital economy, U.S. consumers have the least amount of trust in businesses and a greater propensity to protect their data, per The Digital Society Index 2019: Human Needs in a Digital World. The global study, released by leading advertising and digital communications group Dentsu Aegis Network, polled […]
You’re browsing on eBay and you see a pair of shoes that catches your eye. You like them, but you want to explore your options. Now it’s easy to discover more of what you like with a tap. eBay’s latest feature lets you use words and pictures in a new way to shop, discover and […]
Stronger-than-expected internet advertising will drive 4.7% growth in total global adspend in 2019, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on March 25. That’s substantially ahead of the 4.0% forecast made in the previous edition of the report, published in December 2018. Zenith forecasts 4.6% growth in both 2020 and 2021, ahead of previous forecasts […]
One in five internet users have made a booking for travel or leisure activities after receiving a link or recommendation via private messaging apps – such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger – according to new research from GlobalWebIndex and socially-led creative agency We Are Social. The study, which looked at more than 3,000 internet users […]
For global businesses working across multiple markets and languages, balancing the voices of individual brands and products, and covering cultural and language nuances, has always been a complicated process. Social media has taken this complexity to a whole new level. According to research by global social media agency, The Social Element, many global brand leaders feel […]
The number of video streaming subscribers worldwide overtook cable customers for the first time in 2018, according to The Motion Picture Association of America. Its newly released data shows that subscriptions to online video services hit 613m last year, an increase of 27% on 2017. This was enough to leapfrog cable custom which dropped by […]
AppsFlyer, the global leader in mobile attribution and marketing analytics, released its latest Performance Index, providing marketers with the most comprehensive report to date on the evolving mobile advertising industry. Covering activity in the second half of 2018, the report draws on 370 media networks to examine 20 billion app installs, 11,500 apps, and 39 […]