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CREATOR ECONOMY

Memes Reign Supreme for NFL Fans on Social Video

NFL Memes retained its lead over the NFL with 49.4 million unique U.S. viewers in February 2025.

The Measure Newsletter

Consumers Notice Mouse House Money Grab

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * Disney Live-Action Remakes Seen As Money Grab * Squid Game’s Long Shorts Game * Chick-fil-A Chows Down On Streaming Ads * Gen Z Uses Streaming To Discover Older Library Content * Amazon Prime Video’s Movie-Centric Makeover * This Week’s

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Don't Miss This Year's TV Disrupt Event

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * Request Your Invite For TV Disrupt 2025 * Top Email Newsletters For Ad Performance * Social Video Takes Over Search * Streaming Knows Drama (TOO Well?) * This Week’s Free Report: iSpot’s Pharma TV Transparency Report Don’t Miss

CREATOR ECONOMY

Dance Videos Trend Downward As Shorts Take Over Genre

While still garnering billions of views per year, dance videos have declined in recent years – at least on YouTube. Data from Tubular Labs shared exclusively with Digiday reveals that dance video views on YouTube declined by 31.4% from 2022 to 2024, from 20.4 billion to 14.0 billion.

TV ADVERTISING

TV Ads Fuel Beauty/Grooming Product Discovery For 54% Of Male Consumers

LG Ad Solutions' Beauty & the Screen report from late 2024 reveals some key information on how consumers shop for beauty and grooming products – with some key differentiators between male and female shoppers. * Overwhelmingly, men reported the top source of discovery for these products was ads on TV (54%

CREATOR ECONOMY

YouTube Shorts Help Slime Break Out (Again)

Back in 2018, slime content was all the rage. Creators were finding new and fun ways to bring back the 1990s trend with DIY videos, and those videos actually leaned on longer watch-times (at the time, Tubular Labs data found that 10-15 minute videos accounted for nearly half of those

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Men Fuel E-commerce Growth

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * Men Fuel E-commerce Growth * Beer Brands Split Ad Strategies * TV Networks’ Social Video Surge * Netflix’s Animation Domination * This Week’s Free Report: Wunderkind’s Digital Commerce Consumer Insights Men Drive eCommerce Growth As Women Cut Back

CREATOR ECONOMY

Sabrina Carpenter Contributes To SNL50 Success

Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special pulled out all the stops to own the weekend and beyond on social video. As discussed here in the immediate aftermath, the anniversary show was cruising toward a billion views on TikTok just days later, and now a little over a week

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Live From –TikTok – It's Saturday Night

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * SNL 50’s Social Video Success * Dramas Win With TV Viewers * Taking Bites Out Of Ad Breakthrough * Pfizer Knocks Out Super Ad Likeability * Does Apple TV+ Need More Variation? * This Week’s Free Report: iSpot’s Super

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Social Super Bowl

This week's newsletter is sponsored by: This Week On The Measure:  * Social Video's 'Super' Success * Mission Impossible’s High-Volume Pre-Game * TSwift A Super Motivator For 25-to-34s * Jeep Sees Success With Ford * This Week’s Free Report: The Measure & MX8 Labs’ 2024 Streaming Platform

SPORTS

ULTA Takes TikTok Title For Super Bowl

TikTok's social footprint was alive and well during the Super Bowl this year, as data from Tubular Labs' reveals. On Feb. 9, U.S. TikTok videos about the Super Bowl generated 600 million views, with nearly 42% of those coming from individual creators * U.S. brand pages

Super Bowl

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift Video Audience Overlaps By Just 8%

With Kendrick Lamar headlining the halftime show and Taylor Swift cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs, the game brings together two fan bases with limited overlap – creating a real opportunity for the NFL, as Tubular Labs data highlights.

SPORTS

TikTok's Biggest Super Bowl Video Is From AJ & Big Justice, And Doritos

Before the Super Bowl plays out on TVs across the U.S., there's another major push occurring on smaller screens, as Big Game advertisers and media partners work with creators to push awareness/buzz.

CREATOR ECONOMY

Social Video Study Reveals Stark Generational Differences

In the decades since YouTube debuted in 2005, video content has become a cornerstone of not just social media, but of the entertainment and advertising world writ large, with its high rates of engagement and ability to influence purchase decisions. And these days, more people than ever — especially younger generations

MARKETING

Targeting, Measurement Top 2025 Media Investment Trends

Omnichannel approaches can present numerous challenges for today's advertisers – but also a multitude of opportunities, provided proper strategies (and partners) are already in place. To kick off the year, Teads recently published a report on five key media trends in 2025, starting with a deep dive into the

CREATOR ECONOMY

New Consumer Survey Shows Who Wins A Post TikTok U.S.

In light of the pending TikTok ban The Measure a research and insights exchange did a survey powered by MX8 Labs, of 1,000+ consumers over the age of 18 about video consumption habits. Here are some of the findings: A Primary Source for 18-24 year olds  * 44% of people

CREATOR ECONOMY

How The Lively-Baldoni Legal Battle Evolved On TikTok

Dueling lawsuits from Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's respective camps have created an ever-evolving PR battle (as Lucia Moses details well on Business Insider). But on social video, the news cycle hasn't maintained the same momentum as the ongoing accusations. Data from Tubular Labs shows that

CREATOR ECONOMY

Netflix After School Gains Momentum As Kids’ Channel

Netflix After School has grown steadily over the course of 2024, with U.S. minutes watched across YouTube and Facebook climbing from 35.8 million to 63.2 million over the last 13 months – according to data from Tubular Labs. * In November, Spellbound drove the bus for Netflix for Kids.

SPORTS

Current College Player Nets Larger Audience Than NFL

Florida Atlantic isn’t the biggest college football program in the country, but the team does have one of sports’ biggest social video stars in Josh Moore, according to new data from Tubular Labs. Leaning almost exclusively into YouTube Shorts, the FAU Owls safety is cultivating a large audience against

SPORTS

Dude Perfect Gets Steph Curry Bump

Trick-shot content aficionados Dude Perfect have been around for years and possess global name recognition. Yet, a celebrity guest star can still provide a welcome bump for video audiences, according to recent Tubular Labs Audience Ratings data.  * Dude Perfect increased their unique viewers across YouTube and Facebook by 74% month-over-month,

SPORTS

Women's Soccer Scores On TikTok

Women's sports have seen steady growth in recent years, but especially over the last couple, as U.S. leagues like the WNBA and NWSL have truly exploded (as has women's college basketball). As part of its extensive end-of-year reporting, Tubular Labs showcases the the most-viewed women&

CREATOR ECONOMY

Video Trends: Creators Cash In On Breakups

Breakups are never fun for those involved, but the separations can also make for some compelling content – and did in 2024. Data from Tubular Labs' end-of-year recap reveals some key insights around the year's buzziest (on social video, at least) breakups, featuring famous faces new and old.

CREATOR ECONOMY

Trump Election Win Fuels Fox News Tune-In On Social

Republican Donald Trump winning the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election was not just a boost for the candidate, but also (conservative-leaning) Fox News as a video publisher. According to recent Tubular Labs Audience Ratings, Fox News’ unique U.S. viewers across YouTube and Facebook soared during the election month. Further

CREATOR ECONOMY

Joe Rogan Scored More Watch-Time Than Any Network Last Month

Joe Rogan didn’t need an election to become popular on YouTube, but it certainly drove an audience surge in October 2024, as Tubular Labs data reveals. * In October, Joe Rogan was the #3 creator by minutes-watched (1.2 billion U.S. minutes-watched) across YouTube and Facebook according to Tubular

CREATOR ECONOMY

Entertainment News Giants Grow Video Audience

Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood have long been titans of entertainment news, but are finding new growth on social video, according to Tubular Labs.  * Audience Ratings data shows that since October 2023, Entertainment Tonight has seen unique U.S. viewers across YouTube and Facebook climb by nearly 41%, while Access