Weekly Digest #152, 23 Nov 2025
Ad spend in the creator ecosystem in 2025 is expected to rise 26% YoY to $37B, or four times faster than ad spend in media overall, set to grow 5.7% YoY, a new report from IAB found.
Ad spend in the creator ecosystem in 2025 is expected to rise 26% YoY to $37B, or four times faster than ad spend in media overall, set to grow 5.7% YoY, a new report from IAB found.
As tokenization moves into a critical financial market infrastructure, it can signal a similar shift for decentralised content provenance. Platforms and publishers would move from using it as an optional add-on to making it the default plumbing they quietly rely on.
Traditional decision cycles that rely on reports, news coverage, or analyst opinions often result in a delayed response to significant change. The future sends warnings. Those who notice first get ahead.
The digital world is evolving in unpredictable and challenging ways, where visibility is achieved through uncomfortable strategies, trust is a paradox, brand perception is a technical signal, and the very foundation of our shared digital history is crumbling.
If you're a publisher or digital professional, the last year has been a whirlwind of anxiety and confusion, as every available data point shows that they generate almost no click-through traffic to cited websites. What does this mean for our traffic and our SEO strategy?