The year in review: 17 biggest digital trends of 2018

2018 was another big year for digital marketing, with the rise of voice search, AI going mainstream and Walmart buying FlipKart. This was the year that Spotify went public, Huawei overtook iPhone and a video game sparked a dance craze. In this special report, we’ve identified 17 of the biggest trends of the year.

Mary Meeker’s Internet trends: the 2018 ‘privacy paradox’

There’s a “privacy paradox” surrounding data collection for profit, where data needs to be used to enrich people’s experiences without betraying their trust, according to the annual report from digital guru Mary Meeker.

US Facebook use declines for the first time

The percentage of the US population over 12 Americans aged 12 and older using Facebook has dropped 5 percentage points to 62% this year, marking the first decline in a decade, according to new research.

The year in review: 17 biggest digital trends of 2017

2017 was another big year for digital marketing, with the rise of Blockchain, voice search going mainstream and AI getting (scarily) smarter. This was the year that Facebook went VR, Android overtook Windows and a virtual cat craze nearly broke a cryptocurrency market. In this special report, we’ve identified 17 of the biggest trends of the year.

Mobile ad blocking trends: frustration key motive

Ad blocking continues to be a controversial subject, but only half of US users are aware of filtering software, according to a new report. This special report in collaboration with Adblock Plus, The State of Mobile Ad-blocking in 2017, takes a deep-dive into the...

US uses social media for TV discovery

The way US consumers watch TV is changing, with social media and mobiles affecting how they discover what to what to watch next in the living room, according to new research. American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017...

Netflix subscribers overtake DVR users in US

More US households now have the Netflix streaming service than a digital video recorder, according to a recent study. The study, from Leichtman Research, indicates that 54% of U.S. adults said they have Netflix in their household, while 53% have a DVR. The findings...