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Creator Trend Report is your weekly read on the creator economy — what's trending, what to pitch, and why. One timely pitch idea, five posts worth stealing, and three headlines that put the week in order.

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CREATOR TREND REPORT
WEEK OF JUNE 22, 2026 · Nº 07
This week:  broke boys & hoodie szn Steal this pitch:  the back-to-school comfort play 5 trending posts worth stealing inside
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Four things, every week — no noise, no doom-scroll.

A ten-minute read, built to be acted on
This week in the creator economy

One line on where the week is going

The teaser that sets the week — then what's trending, what to pitch, and why, in a ten-minute read.

One line · sets the week
From Nº 07 · this week The teaser
“broke boys & hoodie szn.”
Here's what's trending, what to pitch, and why.
Trending

5 trending posts worth stealing

The format, one line on why it's working — and the URL, so you can watch it work before you shoot it.

Five every Tuesday · with the URL
From Nº 07 · this week The swipe file
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Things Worth The Money
TikTok · 4k views
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“Plain-skin” GRWM
Instagram · 1.8M views
Steal This Pitch

One timely pitch idea, every week

The moment worth pitching against, which categories are buying into it, and how long the window stays open.

One per issue · timed to the moment
From Nº 07 · this week The window
⚡ This week's window Closes early Sept

Cozy loungewear UGC is the back-to-school play right now — comfort-fashion and campus brands are buying it before Q4 briefs eat the budget.

The Read

Three headlines that moved your business

The week's creator-economy news, each with a one-line take on what it changes for you — and a link to the full story.

Three headlines · two minutes
From Nº 07 · this week The read
Digiday
A third of influencer budgets is moving into whitelisted UGC
Tubefilter
TikTok opens 60-minute uploads to everyone
The monthly benchmark

What brands are paying creators this month

Refreshed monthly — one benchmark that holds across all four weekly reports.

UGC · per video
$322
▼ 20.3% vs July
Micro · per video
$1.1k
▼ 35% vs July
Macro · per video
$5k
▲ 67% vs July
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Issue Nº 01 · Post 01 of 05 TikTok · Reels

Things Worth The Money

List 5 products you stand behind, the client's product as one of the five, delivered straight to camera with a numbered overlay.

Hook “affordable things I think are worth the money”
✦Also inside Nº 01 · 4 more posts · the pitch window · the read

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The average trend stays hot for just 11 days.

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