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25% -- engagement increase ugc vs branded content for Social Kapture client social media accounts (UGC vs branded content) (2025)
Social Kapture observed a 25% increase in engagement for user-generated content compared to branded content across client accounts.
- Based on a 3-month internal sample of client UGC content
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25%
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2025
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B
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30
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45
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95
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Social Kapture
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Tier A
https://www.socialkapture.com/post/top-5-ugc-categories-for-better-performance ↗
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Top 5 UGC Categories for Better Performance
Top 5 UGC Categories for Better Performance
Updated: Jul 8, 2025
In 2023, user-generated content plays a dominant role in the social media landscape, as users move away from heavily edited, hyper-curated content and toward more authentic, experiential social engagement. With 79% of consumers purchas…
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Social Kapture
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Internal analysis of all client UGC content over a three-month window; compares UGC performance to branded content
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Social Kapture client social media accounts (UGC vs branded content): 25% engagement increase ugc vs branded content. Source: Social Kapture (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ugc-engagement-increase-vs-branded-content
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