Social Media Marketing is Dead: Long Live Gaming

Mar 9, 2025

2:30pm – 3:30pm CT

Over half of brands that have ever entered virtual worlds did so in 2024. Brands are waking up to the new reality that Gen Z and Gen A aren't socializing on social, they're hanging out in immersive games - spending more time on Roblox and Fortnite than YouTube and TikTok combined. And brands are capitalizing on this. We'll reveal the 2024-25 data behind a channel that will define brand marketing for the next quarter of this century, from UEFA and Versace's community building and engagement on Fortnite, to Walmart and Paris Hilton's real-world commerce and loyalty enrolment on Roblox.

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