B
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43%
43% -- social trend driven purchase rate for Gen Z shoppers (2025)
43% of Gen Z shoppers buy products purely because they are trending on social media.
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Value
43%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
North America
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
SAP Engagement Cloud
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Tier C
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SAP Engagement Cloud
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Methodology
SAP Engagement Cloud brand loyalty research, cited secondhand
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Segmentation
IndustryRetail
RegionNorth America
Channelsocial
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Gen Z shoppers: 43% social trend driven purchase rate. Source: SAP Engagement Cloud (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/genz-social-trend-purchase-43pct
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