This week in 60 seconds…
- It’s finally happened, teens and Gen Z have left their beloved Snapchat and joined the rest of the planet on Instagram, according to a new survey by Piper Jaffray
- Given the evidently fickle nature of platform users, Facebook’s been pulling its finger out recently in an attempt to retain users, starting by putting restrictions on low quality ads
- With 1.2 billion monthly active users to keep happy, Facebook Messenger has had a makeover that’s rolling out this week
- If that wasn’t enough Facebook news, the social giant is working extensively on developing new hardware, including AR glasses
- Speaking of augmented reality, Black Mirror fans should check out Uniform’s new app. It takes us to a design agency 20 years from now and the experience is really quite shocking
A final thought…
We spoke recently about how powerful the spending power of Gen Z will be by 2020, so it’s important to note the sway in preference from Snapchat to Instagram. With Stories replacing Snapchat as the favoured platform, it’s worth re-allocating your resources and budgets to focus on Instagram to hit your target audience more effectively.
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It’s important to keep abreast of where your audiences are talking, as we’ve said countless times before. Whilst Instagram and Snapchat are visited by 85% and 84% of teens at least once a month respectively, only 28% of 15 year olds visited Facebook in Autumn. That’s a 40% collapse in just 2 years. So, if you’re marketing to younger people, it should be fairly obvious as to where you should be spending your money.