Only six seats remaining

Secure your place at the Digiday Media Buying Summit in Nashville, March 2-4

REGISTER

How VidCon’s Gen Z attendees see TikTok vs. Instagram Reels vs. YouTube Shorts

TikTok continues to be the predominant short-form video platform among the teens, tweens and twentysomethings who attended this year’s VidCon, the annual convention for the creator economy. But the gap to Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts isn’t that far off, as covered in the video below.

In addition to laying out of the pros and cons of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels vs. YouTube Shorts, the attendees highlight how their use of the short-form video platforms mirrors the channel-surfing behavior of traditional TV audiences.

More in Future of TV

Future of TV Briefing: WTF is server-guided ad insertion?

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at server-guided ad insertion, a newish method for inserting ads into streaming video on the fly.

Future of TV Briefing: CTV identity matches are usually wrong

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at a Truthset study showing the error rate for matches between IP and deterministic IDs like email addresses can exceed 84%.

A red-toned GIF of a TV screen with shifting static in pink, yellow, and red, representing the evolving landscape of biddable CTV and its dynamic, data-driven ad opportunities.

Future of TV Briefing: How AI agents prime TV advertising for ‘premium automation’

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how agentic AI can enable TV networks to automate the sales of complex linear TV ad packages.