Software development companies are 6.93% of @buymeacoffee customers, its largest industry. Tech and internet firms add 6.42%, IT services 5.65%.
Among donation and fundraising tools it has 5.16%, fifth, just behind Ko-fi at 5.69%.
#creatoreconomy #creators
Infrastructure as a service is forecast to grow 24.8% in 2025, the fastest public cloud segment. The market overall: 21.5%.
IaaS growth was 19.1% in 2023 and 21.3% in 2024. Source: Gartner.
#cloud #infrastructure
1,118 active sites make Australia the second-largest market for @tealium, ahead of Canada (468) and the UK (399). The US leads with 12,716.
In tag management overall, Tealium has 0.27%, fourth. Google Tag Manager: 97.9%.
#martech #analytics
30% of marketers said their organization was rolling out its first generative AI projects, pilots included, in October 2024. 27% had solutions in place and were evaluating them. 21% had no formal strategy (Econsultancy).
What holds them back, and what they get 🧵
#AI #marketing
On social media, the benefit marketers cite most is speed. In a May 2024 Capterra survey of marketers using GenAI, 38% named increased efficiency, 34% easier idea generation and 32% reduced costs.
In third among WYSIWYG editors on live sites: @ckeditor, at 20.73%. Froala Editor (30.25%) and TinyMCE (27.67%) are ahead.
Germany is its biggest market after the US, with 1,870 active sites to the US's 6,457.
#webdev #javascript
Ko-fi or Buy Me a Coffee: which creator tip jar is on more websites?
Pick one, then open the reply.
#creatoreconomy #creators
42.9% of social media users in the Philippines follow influencers or experts. In Japan it's 14.4%.
Thailand (32.9%) and Malaysia (32.3%) are next highest in Asia-Pacific.
Source: DataReportal & We Are Social, Q2 2025.
#influencermarketing #creatoreconomy
26,796 US websites run Constant Contact. Canada is a distant second with 1,589, the UK third with 466.
Across email marketing it holds 1.52%, 12th in the category. Mailchimp leads with 21.24%, Klaviyo follows at 16.78%.
#emailmarketing #smallbusiness
Only 13% of marketers fully trusted AI-driven insights in January 2025.
33% trusted them but validated with human review. 35% relied mostly on human judgment. 11% didn't trust them at all.
Source: Ascend2.
#AI #marketing
XenForo has 13.97% of the community and comments category, second to Disqus at 23.11%.
Disqus is a comments widget, which makes XenForo the most-used forum platform: phpBB has 11.61%, Discourse 6.67%, vBulletin 3.82%.
#forums #community
36% of marketers worldwide call Facebook their single most important social platform. Instagram: 27%. LinkedIn: 26%. TikTok: 2%.
Four charts on where marketers put social in 2026 🧵
Source: Social Media Examiner, January 2026.
#socialmedia #advertising
What marketers say social media gets them: increased exposure (83%), more traffic (71%), leads (62%), loyal fans (57%).
Improved sales comes last, at 46%.






















