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2.4x -- ugc authenticity ratio vs brand content for Shoppers (UGC vs brand-created content authenticity perception) (2026)
Shoppers consider user-generated content roughly 2.4 times more authentic than brand-created content.
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2.4x
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2026
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95
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Nosto (formerly Stackla)
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https://autocloz.com/afflio/statistics/ugc-creator-statistics ↗
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UGC Creator Statistics (2026): Market Size, Rates & Impact
UGC creator statistics (2026)
User-generated content is a fast-growing niche: Grand View Research valued the UGC platform market at about $4.4 billion in 2022, growing near 29% a year toward $32 billion by 2030. UGC creators typically charge $100 to $500 per video, campaigns featuring UGC see around…
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Nosto (formerly Stackla)
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Shoppers consider UGC roughly 2.4x more authentic than brand-created content (baseline = brand-created content), per Nosto (Stackla) research as cited.
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Shoppers (UGC vs brand-created content authenticity perception): 2.4x ugc authenticity ratio vs brand content. Source: Nosto (formerly Stackla) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ugc-authenticity-vs-brand-content
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