2026 Report

The next wave of influence is already here

Bridge the intelligence gap and turn real-time social signals into your enterprise’s greatest competitive advantage. Based on a survey of 705 professionals across the US, UK and Australia — scroll to preview four findings, then view the full report.

93%
call social intelligence important for future growth
98%
say it has driven cross-functional business outcomes
10%
can act on a signal within hours
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The next wave of influence is already here

The signal is there. Act on it.

THE SPEED TRAP

Only 10% can turn a signal into action within hours

The insight arrives in real time; the response does not. For most teams the timeline stretches into weeks or months — long after the moment has passed.

THE COST OF WAITING

86% have already missed opportunities to the lag

Delayed, siloed or underutilised insight has a price. Reacting too slowly to a market shift was the single most-cited miss — and only 14% say they’ve lost nothing at all.

THE SHIFT AHEAD

67% say social will outweigh market research

Two-thirds agree that within three years social intelligence will be more influential than traditional market research — and 71% of directors put that tipping point by 2029.

THE SILO

Just 36% use social data beyond marketing

High-value intelligence stays trapped in a marketing scorecard. It reaches product and R&D teams least of all — the very functions that could act on unprompted feedback fastest.

BI tells you where the business has been. Social intelligence shows you where it's going.
Brittany Hennessy, VP of Social Intelligence Evangelism at Sprout Social

Three shifts reshaping how brands source and partner with creators

1

Close the intelligence gap

86% believe their organization may have missed opportunities to delayed or siloed insight. Move from reactive monitoring to a forward-looking radar that anticipates market shifts before they hit your bottom line.

2

Break down organizational silos

Social data informs decisions outside marketing just 36% of the time. See how to move high-value intelligence into R&D, product and corporate strategy — at the speed of the consumer.

3

Escape the speed trap

Only 10% can act within hours; most teams still take weeks. Learn how top brands use AI and internal governance to turn a morning insight into a midday business pivot.

The signal is there. Act on it.

Get the full 2026 Social Intelligence Report — the survey data, the maturity model and the playbooks for turning real-time signals into action across your business.

  • Close the intelligence gap
  • Break down organizational silos
  • Escape the speed trap
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