Sponsored Holiday Shopping Posts Rise On Instagram
With the holiday shopping season in full swing, influencer marketing platform CreatorIQ did an analysis of brand-sponsored creator posts on Instagram, to understand the role that content creators are playing in advertising. Notably, Black Friday and Cyber Monday brand-sponsored creator posts on Instagram were up 51.9% year-over-year.
In total, Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw 57K sponsored posts on Instagram, from 30K influencers.
One of the top brands utilizing influencers was Amazon, which leveraged more than 460 creators on Instagram including Awaz Darbar, Bretman Rock, Charlie D'Amelio, and Dixie D'Amelio.
Categorically, fashion brands dominated the Black Friday and Cyber Monday social content with 2.3K influencers, making up 44% of total activations. Beauty brands had the 2nd most activations (18% of total), with brands like Charlotte Tilbury and Sephora leading the pack.
In addition to the IG uptick, CreatorIQ also saw a 124.97% YoY increase in brand-sponsored posts from creators on TikTok.