Industry surveyLinqia, 2026

58% of marketers use AI to come up with ideas for influencer campaigns

Briefing creators

How marketers currently use AI in influencer marketing, by use case (%)

How marketers currently use AI in influencer marketing, by use case (%)
Use case	Share of respondents (%)
Come up with ideas/creative strategies	58%
Write influencer briefs	51%
Streamline workflows	47%
Find creators best suited for our campaigns	34%
Provide deeper performance analysis	30%
Not using AI	26%
Creating AI-generated content	11%
Repurpose influencer content for other formats	9%
Other	2%

Reader Note:: This is a survey of enterprise marketers about current AI use in influencer marketing.
Evidence:: Stated intention
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 over 200 enterprise marketers; selection method and further sample details not disclosed in the provided source text.

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Predicting what people will actually do. Intentions and behaviour come apart.
This comes from a company with a commercial interest in this market, so it is not a neutral source.
The source says how much it looked at, but not how any of it was chosen.

U.S. AI shoppers 55+ penalize hidden sponsorship 20+ points more than labeled; 25–34s react slightly the other way

Extra trust lost from hidden vs labelled sponsorship disclosure, by age group
Age group	Extra trust lost (points)
All AI users	10.5
18 to 24	3.6
25 to 34	-5.2
35 to 44	12.7
45 to 54	15.6

Saying the brand name out loud in sponsored creator content lifts branding by an average of 22 points in Kantar’s model

Branding in sponsored creator content: lift in branding percentile — Creator x Brand interaction elements (points)
Element	Lift in branding percentile (points)	Share of sponsored creator content featuring this element (%)
Brand name in audio	22	49%
Interaction with product	17	77%
Shopping activities in action	15	29%
Using the product	11	58%

Keyword and search strategy for influencer content ranks dead last in self-reported team capability, with a mean rank of 7.14 out of 8

Team capability by area, self-ranked from strongest to weakest (mean rank, 1-8)
Capability	Mean
#1 Influencer discovery and vetting	2.28
#2 Creative briefing	2.97
#3 Content review and quality control	3.86
#4 Consumer research and tribe identification	4.21
#5 Social listening and trend analysis	4.93

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Influencer briefs only include structured keyword strategy for both social and AI/LLM discoverability 13% of the time; most either provide only social search keywords or just general hashtags

Keyword and search guidance included in influencer briefs (% of marketers)
Guidance type	Share (%)
Keyword strategy for social search (TikTok, Instagram)	34%
General hashtag guidance but no structured keyword strategy	34%
Keyword strategy for both social search and AI/LLM discoverability	13%
Leave keyword and caption decisions to the influencer	9%
Have not considered search optimisation in influencer briefs	9%

0.75x

the conversion odds remained when sponsorship disclosure was present

70%

of U.S. consumers feel negative if an influencer fails to disclose being paid or given free product for promotion in February 2025

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