Sectors
Social media and digital advertising
Not on the starting list: Claude named it and a second pass merged look-alike labels into it.
- Episodes
- 24
- Share
- 2.3%
- Shows
- 24
- Net sentiment
- −0.20
Up from 1.9% of episodes in the weeks before; net sentiment was −0.12.
Bullish 5Mixed 6Neutral 4Bearish 9
2 weeks
Share of each week's episodes, and net sentiment.
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Sep 21Sep 28
Net sentiment
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Sep 21Sep 28
The episodes behind it
Why each one was bullish, bearish or in between. Most time on the theme first.
Bullish 5
- Conversational context lets ads be personalized and delivered at the right moment, creating a strong opportunity.Season 7, Episode 35: OpenAI's advertising ambitions (with Asad Awan) · Mobile Dev Memo Podcast · Sep 29
- Guests argue creators, live selling and founder-led content offer low-cost customer acquisition.McDonald’s & Walmart: Dynamic Pricing? | Best Buy x TikTok Shop | Braze Sues Frost Buddy · Ecomm Cowboy · Sep 30
- TikTok Shop's Spanish business grew about 150%, with content driving most seller revenue.Amazon Wants to Run Every Marketplace, AI Gets the Keys & Holiday Spending Hits $275B · Selling on Giants: The eCommerce Marketplace Podcast · Sep 29
- Rule-based bidding with a target ROAS set above current levels can lower ACOS for many brands.Alibaba intros secret agentic weapon for sellers · Billion Dollar Sellers · Sep 28
- Streaming platforms are adding clickable commerce during games, which hosts see as the future of media.Playbooks and Portfolios: Sports Media, Alternate Markets, and Protect College Sports · Playbooks & Portfolios · Oct 1
Bearish 9
- Speakers argue social media algorithms have degraded the product and enabled manipulation, a negative for platforms.Resisting Enshittification w/ Michael from Systems of Human Performance: Ep. 563wsasdaw · The J. Burden Show · Oct 2
- Safari blocking TTD ad serving threatens programmatic revenue and clients, with cause and duration unclear.Episode 193: Adam Epstein on Muse & Agentic Commerce, Plus TTD Blocked on Safari and Amazon UnBoxed · Marketecture: Get Smart. Fast. · Oct 2
- Organic reach on Meta and social platforms keeps declining while paid costs rise.The New Marketing Playbook: How HubSpot Is Winning in the AI Era with Kyle Denhoff · Adspeak · Sep 29
- Facebook knew its products harmed teens yet chose not to launch fixes that reduced engagement.AI Safety with a Facebook Whistleblower & A $110B Media Merger 10/2/26 · Squawk Pod · Oct 2
- Argues social media has harmed kids, politics, truth and social interaction over two decades.The Philosophical Debate About Superintelligence · The Josh Bersin Company · Oct 3
- Digital communication flattens relationships, encourages negativity and erodes trust, the speakers argue.Why Modern Convenience Feels So Inconvenient · The Art of Manliness · Sep 29
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- Speakers say social platforms feel toxic and low-value for users.We Gave Away $2,000,000 To 5 AI Builders | MOONSHOTS Live · Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Sep 28
- Controversial ad campaigns used to promote sports betting to young men are criticized.How America Got Hooked On Sports Betting · Prof G Markets · Oct 3
- Agents could erode ad-based revenue, which hosts argue could hit the advertising share of app businesses.Cambridge’s AI Safety Proposal, Instinct CEO on Invest Like the Best, Zuck Hires MongoDB CEO | Diet TBPN · TBPN · Sep 29
Mixed 6
- McDonald's entering commerce media is promising given its reach, but the ad space is crowded and difficult.Target's Isaac Mizrahi Employee Apparel Line, McDonald's Media Network, and More | Reimagining Retail · Behind the Numbers: an EMARKETER Podcast · Sep 30
- Retail media networks expanding into McDonald's, Best Buy and Kroger are seen as both crowded and promising.Amazon vs. Meta: Who Controls the AI Shopper? · RETHINK RETAIL · Oct 2
- Best Buy entering TikTok Shop is promising but unproven, with creator engagement and margins still uncertain.Costco's $33B Online Lesson, Toys R Us Returns and Best Buy on TikTok Shop | Five Things Friday US, Week 40 · The Retail Podcast · Sep 30
- Ad revenue from big platforms grew strongly, but hosts doubt the sustainability of that momentum.AI, Ad Spend & the Amazon–OpenAI Deal: What Advertisers Should Watch| E42 · Media Monitor · Sep 30
- Reddit's data value and user growth are weighed against Meta's new competitor and the risk to Amazon's ad business.AI Is Running Out of Human Data. Here’s the Trade. · Dumb Money Live · Sep 29
- YouTube and creator-led content are gaining scale while traditional platforms weaken.Black-ish Creator Kenya Barris On Turning Down A $100 Million Netflix Deal, The Cost of Success & Curiosity As A Superpower With Malcolm Gladwell · The Rich Roll Podcast · Oct 1
Neutral 4
- Discussion of outrage marketing, clicks and brand awareness from the Sweeney ad, with no clear investment verdict.Sydney Sweeney’s Playbook, Are We Building Brands for Robots?, and How Nobody Reads the Article · Branded Assets with Kate Bouchard · Sep 28
- Discusses owning search results via YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn and other channels to shape brand perception.Google's AI Overviews Now Tell Customers Why to Avoid Your Brand (w/ Ann Smarty) · The Edward Show · Oct 3
- Submissions embed X and YouTube content and discuss building a social annotation network.Jason’s Put a $5K Bounty on His Dream Chrome Extension | E2338 · This Week in Startups · Sep 28
- TikTok and livestream platforms popularized card opening and resale content during and after the pandemic.Pokémon trading cards are their own economy · The Vergecast · Sep 29
Around it
Companies named
Shows that covered it most
- Billion Dollar Sellers1
- Branded Assets with Kate Bouchard1
- Moonshots with Peter Diamandis1
- This Week in Startups1
- Adspeak1
- Dumb Money Live1
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