Coronavirus Update: Social Insights in a Time of Crisis
During this pandemic, ListenFirst is helping by creating a centralized resource of the latest and most relevant social media insights related to the coronavirus.
There have been 1.68 billion Twitter tweets and Reddit posts discussing the Coronavirus between Jan 1 – Dec 10, 2020. On Dec 10, there were 2.6 million Tweets and Reddit posts, down -8.28% from Dec 9. Peak conversation on Dec 10 was between 9:00-10:00am PT / 12:00-1:00pm ET.
5 Social Media Facts About This Thanksgiving
Nov 25, 2020With more than 85,000 coronavirus patients hospitalized nationwide, Thanksgiving this year has been transformed from a beloved holiday into a potentially super-spreading event; turning what already is a public health crisis into an even worse situation.
To help get a better picture of how the social media audience is feeling about the holiday this year, ListenFirst has compiled five social media insights surrounding Thanksgiving 2020.
5 Social Insights Marketers Need To Know About This Holiday Movie Season
Nov 19, 2020It’s safe to say that the holiday movie season is looking unrecognizable compared to past years.
Almost every big budget film has either been pushed into next year or is debuting on a streaming service, and the social media conversation around movies is evolving as well. To help film marketers navigate the new normal, here are 5 social media facts you need to know.
What The Pandemic Changed AND Reinforces About The Need For Social Analytics
Between the COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and the social justice crisis, the world at large has been forced to take a step back to truly focus on what matters—professionally, personally, and societally.
Additionally, now more than ever, brand marketers’ budgets are being scrutinized and picked apart to truly hone in on data-driven strategies that drive ROI and foster brand loyalty. Here are three key areas that are vital for brand marketers to shift their focus to as they adjust to this new, fragile world we live in.
Which Shows Are People Watching?
Week of Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2020
Ranked by largest relative growth in Interest Score from previous 7-day period
Rank | Program | Network | Movement |
1 | Abyss | Netflix | +>10,000% |
2 | MTV Fresh Out | MTV | +>10,000% |
3 | Selena: The Series | Netflix | +1,471% |
4 | Hawkeye | Disney+ | +1,433% |
5 | El Secreto de Selena | Telemundo | +1,253% |
Top Shared News Articles On Social Media
Top Pandemic-Related News Articles by Content Shares on Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2020
What The Movie Industry Can Learn From TV About Social During The Coronavirus
Oct 6, 2020While the film and television industries have faced the exact same setbacks in terms of filming new content, because of the at home distribution model, television has been releasing more content during the pandemic and has gotten a lot more reps at identifying social media best practices during the age of the coronavirus.
Based on those efforts, the ListenFirst social media social listening platform has identified five best practices that movie marketers can adapt in their own social media outreach.
Which Movies Are People Watching?
Week of Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2020
Ranked by largest relative growth in Interest Score from previous 7-day period
Rank | Program | Studio | Movement |
1 | Juno* | Searchlight Pictures | +2,245% |
2 | First Strike | Golden Harvest | +1,288% |
3 | Peppermint | STX Entertainment | +1,253% |
4 | Effie Gray | Adopt Films | +959% |
5 | Selena | Warner Bros. | +690% |
How Social Audiences Feel About Halloween During The Pandemic
Oct 23, 2020Can Halloween still be fun when every other day of 2020 has already been so scary?
To answer that question, ListenFirst examined how the social media audience is responding to Halloween this year, giving marketers an analytics based view of how the holiday will or won’t be different this year, and what Halloween related messaging is still connecting on social media.
TV Report Part I: State of Social TV H1 2020
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Download HereHow Social Distancing Impacted The Democratic and Republican Conventions On Social Media
Sep 2, 2020How did the social media audience respond to the unprecedented decision to hold the Democrat National Convention and Republican National Convention without audiences? Did the format shift benefit one party more than the other? What messages or speakers stood out the most? How much of a lift did the candidates get on social media?
Here are 5 key insights on social audiences’ responses to the two conventions.
The Social Media Conversation Around Going Back To School
Aug 24, 2020Whether students will be resuming with remote learning or suiting up in PPE to take classes in person, there are some unprecedented challenges for students this Fall. That means it’s a great moment to take the temperature of social media, to better understand how the audience is processing these changes.
Here are 5 key insights about how the social audience is responding to the new school year during a pandemic.
Clothing Retailers Driving The Most Social Responses
Top Clothing Retailer Pandemic-Related Posts by Content Responses | Week of Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2020
6 Social Media Insights On Audiences Unfollowing Brands During The Pandemic
Aug 13, 2020We’ve previously documented the huge spike in conversation around Cancel Cultural (which often leads to unfollows), and there’s at least anecdotal evidence that the social media audience is looking to hold brands to a higher standard around social justice issues, and will unfollow brands that don’t reflect their values.
To better quantify the trend of people unfollowing brands, we dug into our social media analytics and here’s what we found.
Top CPG Food Conglomerates Special Report
Aug 12, 2020What people want to eat and when is not what it was 6 months ago, as the pandemic has forced society to reevaluate generations of formed habits around food.
On social media, it’s not enough to understand how these changes are affecting a single brand or even a cohort of competitors. Brands need a bird’s eye of view of how the entire portfolio of all the industry’s major players are being impacted, to understand the bigger picture of what the new normal looks like. We cover this and more in the Social Media Special Report: Top CPG Food Conglomerates.
What to Post on Social Media When You’re in Healthcare
Top Coronavirus-Related Healthcare Posts by Content Responses | Week of Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2020
5 Ways Hospitals Are Using Social Media to Bring Back Non Covid-19 Patients
Jul 28, 2020Hospitals now have both the bandwidth and safety precautions in place to perform elective surgeries and treat non-COVID-19 related illnesses; meaning the challenge for healthcare marketers becomes finding the most effective ways to convey to prospective patients, it’s now safe to come back.
In this post, we’ll highlight the five ways hospitals are most successfully using social media to reassure their communities that it’s safe to return.
5 Key Takeaways From How Brands Celebrated Juneteenth
Jun 23, 2020The killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests advocating for social justice have raised multicultural awareness of Juneteenth to an unprecedented extent this year.
While there’s no pre-existing playbook for what type of messaging around the holiday resonates with audiences we were able to identify 5 key takeaways from what Juneteenth brand content connected the best this year.
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Download HereBeauty Industry Special Report
Jun 8, 2020The current climate has brought shifts in consumer habits that is causing beauty industry marketers to rethink their priorities and strategies. Understanding to what extent brands should be speaking to the current situation on social media, both around the pandemic and social justice issues, is critical for marketers to stand out and ensure they’re meeting their consumers’ needs.
We cover this and more in our new Beauty Industry Special Report: Social Media in the Time of the Coronavirus.
5 Social Media Takeaways Around Brands Posting About #BlackLivesMatter
Jun 9, 2020It’s imperative that brands speak up about social injustice, but there’s still apprehension about not adequately being able to convey empathy, often because brands have fallen short in the past.
This is not a topic that lends itself to easy answers but that said, two weeks after the tragic death of Floyd, ListenFirst has dug into both the brand response around the protests and insights about what’s connecting most with the audience.
Silence Is Not An Option
Jun 2, 2020As a marketer, you’re probably wondering whether now is a good time to promote your brand or whether you should hold back in light of the recent events happening around the country. With the frustration and anger so many people are justifiably feeling right now, is there even a space for brands in the public conversation?
The answer is yes, brands shouldn’t retreat entirely from social media, but at the same time business as usual is not the path forward. Brands can not be silent to the current moment.
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Read MoreHow Is Ralph Lauren Increasing Engagement While Consumers #StayHome?
May 15, 2020By Justin Ashwell, Senior Strategist, Fashion & Luxury
Ralph Lauren Home’s Instagram engagement is up 300% from March compared to April with May showing promising results as well. With many other industries experiencing a decrease in engagements and post volume during quarantine, Home Furnishings and Ralph Lauren Home are the opposite.
Find out how they did it by reading ListenFirst’s latest analysis.
How 5 Home Furnishing Brands Are Increasing Engagement During the Coronavirus
May 15, 2020By Lisa Grant DAmico, Director of Account Management
As has been the case with every industry, Home Furnishing brands have been dramatically impacted by the pandemic, and with people staying home more around social distancing, Home Furnishing products are even more front and center in people’s lives.
ListenFirst conducted an analysis on 157 Home Furnishing brands to measure Average Response per post and answer the question, “What creative sparked more interest among users?”
5 Ways Coronavirus Is Changing Social Marketing for Food Brands
May 8, 2020Social media is more important than ever, and making sure your brand is top of mind for the audience around purchasing is the new status quo.
ListenFirst has created a special report on Food Industry: Social Media in the Time of the Coronavirus to help marketers make sure that they’re armed with the best practices for outreach in this challenging environment. Out of that timely report, here are 5 essential social insights on how to navigate Food industry marketing during the current moment.
7 Ways TV Can Use Nostalgia To Engage Social Audiences
May 4, 2020As we’re waiting for the new content pipeline to be turned on again, more and more TV shows and networks are turning to nostalgia to keep their social media audience engaged. There may not be as much new television content as we’re used to, but the first television drama aired in September 1928, meaning there’s over 90 years of library TV content around for the audience to either revisit or discover for the first time.
Based on findings from our recent analysis, ListenFirst has compiled the top ways TV shows and networks have been using nostalgia to engage the social media audience.
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Download HereWhich Metrics Should TV Networks Monitor During Quarantine?
April 28, 2020TV Networks have officially settled into their new normal and so have consumers. More than six weeks into stay at home orders, we’re starting to learn how consumers have shifted behavior, what heightened social activity was temporary, and what was in it for the long haul.
Based on our recent Television industry analysis, ListenFirst has identified these three key metrics for TV marketers to focus on as quarantine continues:
What Marketers Can Learn From One World: Together at Home
April 22, 2020For marketers, the Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home event was a benchmark to show what the social media impact of a major television event looks like when the production limitations are so restrictive that not even two people are in the same location. ListenFirst analyzed and compiled five things that brands can learn from the social media reception to the event.
5 Tips for Hospitals to Grow Their Instagram Audiences
April 16, 2020By Lisa Grant DAmico, Director of Account Management
Given that hospital employees are putting their own lives on the line to treat victims of COVID-19, it’s no surprise the gratitude for those heroics is translating to people following hospitals on social media at a greater rate. However, while all social media channels for Hospitals brands have experienced a surge in Fan Growth, what is surprising is that Instagram Fan Growth has been up 680%, comparing April 15 to January 1, 2020.
How Can Hospitals Use Social to Help Their Communities?
April 15, 2020In the final week of March, hospitals saw a 273% increase in social engagements compared to the first week in January 2020. With this influx of patients and communities coming to them for help, hospitals need to ensure they’re reaching their social audiences with the right information they’re seeking. ListenFirst leveraged our hospital database to compile best practices on how healthcare networks can use social analytics to keep up with their growing audiences and demand for information.
5 Top Social Insights for Insurance Companies
April 15, 2020Social media audiences definitely want to hear from the insurance industry right now – ListenFirst found that social engagement around 138 Insurance brands increased by 47.14% in March 2020 compared to the previous 31 days.
But what exactly do they want to hear? ListenFirst drilled down into social media analytics around the Insurance industry during March 2020 and pulled together the key findings.
4 Key Social Stats About Alcohol During the Coronavirus Epidemic
April 15, 2020For many people around coronavirus related isolation, there’s nothing left to do but drink. That might be something you’ve had moments of feeling or heard a friend say. However, with ListenFirst’s social media analytics tool, we can actually quantify how many more people are expressing interest in alcoholic beverages thanks to the current over abundance of alone time and the inability to have these types of conversations offline in bars.
Social Best Practices for Media Brands During Upfronts
April 10, 2020Media brands are tasked with figuring out what a non-traditional Upfront looks like, and in this new reality, social media and the data that touts the strength of programs’ social communities is more important now than ever before.
ListenFirst has researched and compiled best practices for how media brands can use social analytics and insights to power what promises to be a very unique Upfronts season.
Luxury Fashion Is Losing Instagram Followers: How To Win Them Back
April 9, 2020By Justin Ashwell, Senior Strategist, Fashion & Luxury
As social distancing continues and consumers settle into their new routines, many luxury fashion brands are finding a declining volume of new followers on Instagram, a platform that, prior to COVID-19, ruled in luxury fashion social media marketing. Since the week of February 23, 2020, there has been an average -21% week over week decrease in Instagram followers for luxury fashion brands. However, there are 12 brands that have managed to gain and retain their followers.
ListenFirst Finds Social Engagement for Media and Healthcare Is Growing
April 3, 2020ListenFirst has released three social media special reports, illustrating how Covid-19 has impacted social media consumption habits. In separate reports for Retail, Healthcare, and TV & Film, ListenFirst examines how the global pandemic has changed consumer behavior and identifies strategies for brands to stay relevant in the long-term while also remaining agile as events unfold.
Social Data Informing Film Strategies for a Box Office Blitz
April 3, 2020By Miranda McWeeney, VP of Client Success
With theaters closed, and theatrical marketers in a holding pattern, research and innovation is at an all time high. ListenFirst’s film database is being leveraged during this downtime to plan bulletproof social and digital campaigns, which will hit the market as soon as the curve is flattened, to fill theater seats globally.
5 Social Tips For S&P 500 Brands Posting About The Coronavirus
April 3, 2020While it may seem like a lifetime ago, it was just February 19, 2020 that the S&P 500 hit the all time high for the index. Now, with everything upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a completely different world. Among the many problems the coronavirus has created for S&P 500 brands, they now have to completely rethink their social media strategy.
Which Food Delivery Service Claims the Social Crown?
April 3, 2020Lisa Grant DAmico, Director of Account Management
Stuck in self isolation, Americans have essentially two choices for their continued survival. They can one; with their extra free time do what people have done for generations which is strap on an apron and prepare delicious home cooked meals for their families or they can two; take the path of least resistance and swipe an app on their phone to make food appear. While there are definitely some people who are cooking more and we’ll cover that more in a future blog post; the social media data indicates a huge lift in consumers opting for food delivery.
7 Social Media Best Practices for Retailers
April 2, 2020For Retail brands, the decision how much to post around during the coronavirus outbreak is a nuanced one. You don’t want to belittle the struggles of those affected are going through (which is at some level everyone at this point), but on the other hand many people are looking on anything else to focus on right now, and people do still need to shop.
Here are some guidelines to help Retail brands navigate which content they should be posting on social media and how often, including around the outbreak specifically.
Social Drivers for Media Publishers
March 31, 2020As we continue further into Coronavirus-induced social distancing, people are turning to digital content to entertain themselves from the comfort of their living rooms.
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Fashion Brands Posting Less on Social
March 31, 2020ListenFirst found that both the level of engagement and the volume of posts shared has progressively gone down.
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Social Beauty Glow-Ups
March 26, 2020ListenFirst found that there’s heightened social audience focus on skincare, hair care and learning new makeup techniques.
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In the News
Article: Furniture World
May 22, 2020Report: Home Furnishing Brands Find Increases In Social Engagement During Quarantine
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Article: Food Dive
May 7, 2020Food Industry Shies Away From Posting About COVID-19 on Social Media, Report Finds
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