05/09/2026
Your followers are not necessarily your audience.
And your next customer, employee or stakeholder may never follow you before seeing your content.
Social platforms are increasingly organised around interests rather than connections. TikTok accelerated the shift, while Instagram, YouTube and other platforms increasingly recommend content based on what people watch, search for and engage with.
For brands, this changes an important assumption.
Having followers does not guarantee attention. At the same time, strong content can reach people who have never encountered your organisation before.
So perhaps the question before the next post shouldn't simply be: “What do we want to say?”
It should be: “Why should our audience care?”
In our latest blog, we look at the rise of the interest media era, what it means for corporate content and why brands need to think beyond filling the content calendar.
Social media is increasingly driven by interests, not followers. Discover what this means for brand content, audience attention and smarter social media strategy.