62.2% of brands used AI extensively in influencer marketing over the past year

Workflow & automation

62.2%

of surveyed CPG brands said they used AI extensively in influencer marketing over the past 12 months

Reader Note:: The number is the share of respondents who said they used AI "extensively" in influencer marketing during the prior 12 months. The article does not define what counted as "extensively." Because every respondent had already used AI, this is not an adoption rate for the wider market.
Evidence:: Self-reported behaviour
Vendor interest:: High — This comes from a company with a commercial interest in this market, so it is not a neutral source.
Sample:: Survey of 189 influencer marketing decision-makers at CPG brands with more than $5M ARR who had used AI in influencer marketing in the past 12 months; conducted in September 2025.

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A rough sense of size and direction, and deciding what to look at first.

Exact numbers, or saying that one thing caused another.
The two groups were not split at random — they picked their own side. The difference may have been there before anything was measured.
This comes from a company with a commercial interest in this market, so it is not a neutral source.
This is an aggregated or average number that covers very different cases. Real results in a particular segment may differ.
The source never says how this number was measured.

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