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Dan Whateley

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
51 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

And now the most popular thing, I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, Sydney, is Instagram Reels.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

People are mostly watching videos on Instagram.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

We also see similar trends happening on YouTube.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

YouTube Shorts, I believe, gets 200 billion views a day.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

And so the rise of short form video really, I think, is the sort of pivot point in terms of these types of stars growing.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

these kind of megastars disappearing.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

And it's not that TikTok wasn't making megastars.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

It's just that there are so many people now making videos that it's way easier to create the sort of personalized feeds for users.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

Yeah, we are seeing the top 1% stay the top 1%.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

The top 10 most subscribed to YouTubers this year are the same as that list last year.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

And on TikTok, we're also seeing not a lot of mobility in terms of the top folks who are followed on that app.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

And so yeah, if you made it big early, like you're set.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

And a lot of those creators are acting more like traditional celebrities now.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

They're launching brands.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

They're like starting in TV shows.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

They're basically celebrities in the same way that a Hollywood talent would be considered a celebrity.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

So, yeah, they're set.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

I think the ultimate goal is to keep us watching videos.

The Last Show with David Cooper
The Social Media Jackpot, Harder Than Ever

And if the videos feel personalized or they're directly tied to what we care about, we're going to stay on the app longer.