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Get social media industry trend reports to shape your marketing strategy in 2023

Spot industry trends and benchmark yourself against the market & your rivals

Discover top social media industry trends reports to build a strong strategy

Industry trends help you guide your brand towards virality. By following social media trends, you will be able to remain relevant and catch users’ attention. From our list of industries, the one which has the highest number of posts in its Halloween campaign is Magazines & journals.

The top 3 social media events which are of great interest for brands in several industries are Christmas, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The highest number of posts in 2023 for the Christmas campaign was in the Retail section, being closely followed by the Magazines & journals industry.

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To spot social media industry trends, you have to know everything about content performance for each social media platform. On Instagram, the type of post which is used by the majority of industries is photo, recording the highest posting popularity for the Restaurants & cafes sector.

On Facebook, industries like Airlines, Alcohol, Arts & crafts, Automotive, Beauty, Beverages, E-commerce, Education global, Fashion, Fashion influencers, FMCG Food, Home & living, Jewelry, NGOs, Restaurants & cafes, Retail, Telecom and Travel mostly post photos. On Twitter, the content type which gained the highest posting popularity is status, with 74.42% for the Beverages sector.

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Airlines
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Alcohol
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Beverages
E-commerce
Education Global
Fashion
Fashion - Influencers
FMCG Food
Higher Education UK
Higher Education US
Home & Living
Hotels & Accommodation
Jewelry
Luxury Fashion
Magazines & Journals
Media House
NGOs
Personal Care
Restaurants & Cafes
Retail
Sports & Outdoors
Tech & Electronics
Telecom
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Airlines Social Media
Airlines

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

1.07%

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Arts & Crafts Social Media
Arts & Crafts

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.72%

4.77%

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Appliances Social Media
Appliances

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.09%

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Automotive Social Media
Automotive

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.70%

3.62%

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Alcohol Social Media
Alcohol

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.80%

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Beauty Social Media
Beauty

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.35%

1.80%

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Beverages Social Media
Beverages

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.84%

6.49%

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E-commerce Social Media
E-commerce

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.49%

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Education Global Social Media
Education Global

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

1.41%

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Fashion Social Media
Fashion

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.29%

1.86%

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Fashion - Influencers Social Media
Fashion - Influencers

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.70%

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FMCG Food Social Media
FMCG Food

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.90%

5.15%

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Higher Education UK Social Media
Higher Education UK

Engagement Rate per Post

1.68%

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Higher Education US Social Media
Higher Education US

Engagement Rate per Post

9.20%

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Home & Living Social Media
Home & Living

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.48%

2.22%

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Hotels & Accommodation Social Media
Hotels & Accommodation

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

3.39%

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Jewelry Social Media
Jewelry

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.38%

9.55%

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Luxury Fashion Social Media
Luxury Fashion

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

3.45%

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Magazines & Journals Social Media
Magazines & Journals

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.61%

3.28%

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Media House Social Media
Media House

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.58%

3.28%

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NGOs Social Media
NGOs

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

1.09%

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Personal Care Social Media
Personal Care

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

1.01%

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Restaurants & Cafes Social Media
Restaurants & Cafes

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.79%

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Retail Social Media
Retail

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.45%

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Sports & Outdoors Social Media
Sports & Outdoors

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.21%

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Tech & Electronics Social Media
Tech & Electronics

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.01%

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Telecom Social Media
Telecom

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.64%

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Travel Social Media
Travel

Worldwide Q2 2023

Engagement Rate per Post

0.86%

11.08%

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SOCIAL MEDIA INDUSTRY TREND REPORTS FAQs

1.How can social media industry trend reports help digital marketers?

With the use of social media industry trend reports, you get insights into industry data, competitive analysis, and tips about audience behaviour and preferences. These can help you with forecasting and also crafting your future marketing strategies, while also making data-driven decisions.

We update our industry trend reports twice a year, at the end of Q2 and at the end of Q4, always adding fresh data that can help digital marketers prepare their social media strategies for the year to come.

Our social media industry trend reports include data about top 22 industries, revealing social media trends and practices, including data about platform-specific trends, data analytics and insights, and predictions about future trends. All this can inspire you to build your own digital marketing strategy.

The industries with the highest number of active users are technology, entertainment and retail.