{"id":930,"date":"2026-08-07T09:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiau.com\/3\/socialmediamarketing\/?p=930"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:38:55","slug":"5-social-media-trends-actually-working-in-2026-hubspot-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiau.com\/3\/socialmediamarketing\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"5 Social Media Trends Actually Working in 2026 (HubSpot Report)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RUUAqKg1Fy8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>HubSpot&#8217;s 2026 data reveals 5 social media trends, and why the AI content flood might be hurting your brand. <\/p>\n<p>*Get the full 2026 Social Media Trends Report for free. Real data from 1,000+ marketers on what&#8217;s actually working right now:* \ud83d\udd17 https:\/\/clickhubspot.com\/r485<\/p>\n<p>How to Build Your First AI Agent: \ud83c\udfa5 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YkdAx2XjWDs<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down the social media strategy for 2026 from HubSpot&#8217;s brand-new marketing report, and what to actually do about each one. If your feed feels flooded with AI content that all sounds the same, this is why, and here&#8217;s how to stand out again.<\/p>\n<p>We cover: why everyone using an AI marketing strategy backfired, why brands are ditching AI avatars for real humans, why spreading content marketing across every platform is hurting your reach, why small creators are outperforming big names, and the best social media platforms for business.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Why your feed sounds the same<br \/>\n0:57 Trend 1: Everyone uses AI (and that&#8217;s a problem)<br \/>\n3:16 Trend 2: The robots got caught (AI avatars vs. real humans)<br \/>\n5:37 Trend 3: Stop spreading yourself thin (platform strategy)<br \/>\n7:48 Trend 4: Small creators, big returns (micro &amp; mid-tier creators)<br \/>\n9:53 Trend 5: AI&#8217;s biggest win (nobody is using it)<br \/>\n12:26 2026 State of Social Media<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe for more HubSpot<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd17 https:\/\/clickhubspot.com\/t90m<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcd9 FREE Certification Courses<br \/>\nDigital Marketing Certification:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/clickhubspot.com\/od6<br \/>\nSocial Media Marketing Course:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/clickhubspot.com\/Social-Media-Certification<br \/>\nSEO Training Course:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/clickhubspot.com\/SEO-Training-Course<br \/>\nEmail Marketing Course:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/clickhubspot.com\/Email-Marketing-Certification<\/p>\n<p>About HubSpot<br \/>\nHubSpot is a customer platform that provides education, software, and support to help businesses grow better. The platform includes marketing, sales, service, commerce, operations, and website management products that start free and scale to meet our customers\u2019 needs at any stage of growth. Today, thousands of customers around the world use HubSpot\u2019s powerful and easy-to-use tools and apps to attract, engage, and delight customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f Disclaimer<br \/>\nThe videos on our YouTube channel are for informational purposes only, and are not intended as an endorsement for any of the products or services that we feature.<\/p>\n<p>#HubSpot #SocialMediaMarketing #ContentMarketing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HubSpot&#8217;s 2026 data reveals 5 social media trends, and why the AI content flood might be hurting your brand. *Get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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