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The 10 U.S. Fastest-Growing Instagram Accounts of April 2026

NASA added 5.2 million Instagram followers in April 2026, riding the Artemis II launch on April...

Commentary

Top 10 Highest Revenue TikTok Shops in April 2026

April's top ten tells two stories at once: medicube US Store reaches its highest revenue total...

Platform

Instagram Launches ‘AI Creator’ Labels to Flag Accounts That Regularly Use AI-Generated Content

Instagram has introduced a new account label for creators who regularly use artificial intelligence tools to...

Agency

New York Startup GLORION MEDIA Enters Podcast, Influencer Space With Social Listening-Powered Model

GLORION MEDIA launched in March as a New York City-based podcast advertising and influencer media company....

Commentary

4 in 10 Brands Are Invisible in TikTok Search, Report Finds

Nearly half of all consumers now use TikTok as a search engine, yet four in ten...

Commentary

AI Search Visibility Index: UGC Agencies, May 2026

UGC agencies are increasingly being discovered through AI search, with a small number of firms capturing...

Commentary

Creator Economy Job Radar – May 5, 2026 – Nintendo, 2K Games, and Kraken Lead Hiring as Gaming, Crypto, and Beauty Brands Scale Creator Programs

Creator Economy and Influencer Marketing hiring spans gaming publishers, crypto platforms, talent management firms, social commerce...

Commentary

10 Best-Selling Products on TikTok Shop in April 2026

Shark held two spots, a new skincare launch claimed No. 1 in its debut month, and...

Commentary

Brianna Doe on the One Thing CMOs Should Change About Creator Marketing Right Now 

The Influencer Marketing industry keeps having the same conversations. Creative freedom. Fair pay. Brand control. Brianna...

Strategy

The Creator Economy’s Regulatory Grace Period Is Over 

Australia banned children under 16 from social media in December. The UK launched a formal consultation...

Tech

Nexxen, ADvolution Bring Influencer-Based Voter Targeting to Political Campaigns

Programmatic advertising platform Nexxen and fandom intelligence provider ADvolution have formed an exclusive partnership to make...

Platform

Meta Draws Bipartisan Senate Fire for Pulling Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ads

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark...

Commentary

B2B Influencer Marketing: What Practitioners Are Actually Doing in 2026

Four years ago, almost no one was spending real money on B2B Influencer Marketing. Today, enterprise...

Commentary

AI Search Visibility Index: Influencer Marketing Platforms, May 2026

Influencer Marketing platforms are increasingly being discovered through AI search, with a small number of tools...

Commentary

MENA Live-Streaming Audience Grows 5X in Four Years as Kick Seizes 81% Market Share

Kick has emerged as the leading live-streaming platform across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),...

Commentary

Syracuse University Launches Creator Economy Minor

Syracuse University will offer a minor in the Creator Economy beginning in fall 2026, marking the...

Tech

Tech Company SuperAwesome Becomes Exclusive Ad Sales Partner for Tinkercast’s ‘Wow in the World’ Podcast

SuperAwesome, a data and technology company focused on Gen Alpha and Gen Z audiences, has entered...

Platform

Instagram Bars Content Aggregators From Recommendations to Boost Original Creators

Instagram announced it will no longer recommend content from accounts that regularly repost or primarily share...

Agency

Creator Commerce Agency SuperOrdinary Opens Creator Shareholder Program Ahead of Planned IPO

SuperOrdinary, a Los Angeles-based brand accelerator and creator-led commerce agency, is inviting creators, operators, and partners...

Tech

Upfluence’s Co-CEO Says Influencer Marketing’s Revenue Era Has Arrived

For most of its history, Influencer Marketing lived in the PR department, not the revenue team....