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Hi!

Just saw some mind-blowing stats that I had to share immediately.

59% of creators are now using AI to grow their businesses.

Let that sink in...

📰 Important News

• 🤖 Meta has launched a standalone AI app that integrates with Facebook and Instagram, offering personalized experiences by blending chat-based AI with social media features.

• 🧠 AI agents are transforming customer relationships by providing personalized, responsive interactions, particularly through messaging platforms like WhatsApp.

• 💼 Microsoft has hired former Meta marketing executive Mark D'Arcy to enhance its Copilot AI, aiming to make it a more relatable and widely embraced digital assistant.

• 📈 Salesforce predicts that AI will bolster its market share by integrating agentic AI capabilities across its platforms to enhance customer service, marketing, and productivity.

• 🛍️ Pinterest is becoming a shopping hub for Gen Z, leveraging AI-enhanced personalization and visual search capabilities to connect users with products.

• 📊 B2B marketers are increasing their investment in AI and social media advertising in 2025.

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How Top Creators Use AI in 2025

While most creators struggle with declining income, the top performers are leveraging AI for everything from content creation to business operations.

59% is pretty low since AI has been around for 2 and half years now!

Here's what the research shows about creators in 2025:

1/ Engagement: 34% use AI to automate follower engagement (saving 10+ hours weekly)

2/ Data: 23% analyze audience data with AI (making smarter content decisions based on data, not feelings)

3/ Creativity: 43% have streamlined their creative process (producing 2-3x more content)

4/ Replacement: Only 33% worry about AI replacing creativity (while the rest embrace it)

But here's the interesting part...

The most successful creators aren't just using AI to write captions or generate images.

They're implementing it across their ENTIRE business.

Let me break down more interesting data:

1/ Content creation & improvement: Research shows it takes 500+ videos to reach 100K subscribers. Most give up after 20 videos... You don’t even need AI. You can analyze your winners manually and then double down on winning content.

2/ Video Editing Automation: Most creators spend 30-60 minutes editing for each minute of final video. AI tools like Descript or Captions cut this by 40-60%. If you can afford it, hire an editor.

3/ Business Operations: The biggest competitive edge comes from automating the business side - emails, scheduling, analytics. For instance, check the video below to see how I use AI for email replying. You can use social media scheduling tools like Ocoya, Buffer or SmarterQueue for content scheduling.

4/ Audience Monetization: AI can analyze which content types drive the most revenue, helping you focus on profitable topics. Just have a chat with the good old ChatGPT and tell it how you’re doing in detail. So many people don’t do this but it’s the best business advisor.

The numbers don't lie: Creators using AI see 55% higher subscriber growth and 86% more views than those who don't.

This is exactly what I focus on inside AI Trendz Academy - not just creating with AI, but building complete AI creator businesses.

All the best,

René

ICYMI👇️