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Creative

Which technology do enterprise and scale-up marketers demand for creative production, testing and brand control?

Europe, Turkey, Middle East and Africa. Updated 25 Sep 2026.

Confidence reflects how broadly independent marketers and sources across all regions support a demand.

Where each demand sits: emerging to mainstream

Left to right, how far each marketing technology has spread among businesses; higher up, how strongly marketers in this list ask for it.

ranked demandscored, not rankedlist mediancolour: emerging to mainstream
Where each demand sits, emerging to mainstream: Creative EMEAScatter plot. Horizontal: adoption stage from innovators (left, emerging) to late majority (right, mainstream). Vertical: Demand Strength; the dashed line is the list median (54.0). Creative localisation and multi-market adaptation, Mature & quiet, score 36.8, not ranked; AI product imagery at scale, Established & in demand, score 74.5; AI creative production decision (AI vs human), Established & in demand, score 74.0; Brand consistency governance for AI-scale creative, Established & in demand, score 68.8; Ad compliance and AI disclosure check, Established & in demand, score 59.4; Creative volume and variant production planning, Established & in demand, score 59.3; AI ad generator (self-serve ad creation), Mature & quiet, score 54.0; Creative effectiveness pre-testing and creative ROI, Mature & quiet, score 30.6.20304050607080InnovatorsEarly adoptersEarly majorityLate majorityEmergingMaturingMainstreamDemand Strengthlist median 54.0Early & in demandEstablished & in demandEarly & quietMature & quietBrand consistencygovernance for AI-scalecreativeCreative localisation andmulti-market adaptationCreative volume andvariant productionplanningAI product imagery at scaleCreative effectivenesspre-testing and creativeROIAI ad generatorAI creative production decisionAd compliance and AIdisclosure checkCreative localisation and multi-market adaptation | score 36.8, not ranked | Market: early majority 33% use | Mature & quietAI product imagery at scale | score 74.5 | Market: early majority 45% use | Established & in demandAI creative production decision (AI vs human) | score 74.0 | Market: late majority 73% use | Established & in demandBrand consistency governance for AI-scale creative | score 68.8 | Market: early majority 33% use | Established & in demandAd compliance and AI disclosure check | score 59.4 | Market: late majority 89% use | Established & in demandCreative volume and variant production planning | score 59.3 | Market: early majority 42% use | Established & in demandAI ad generator (self-serve ad creation) | score 54.0 | Market: early to late majority 50% use | Mature & quietCreative effectiveness pre-testing and creative ROI | score 30.6 | Market: early majority 45% use | Mature & quiet
Not plotted: demands whose maturity is still to be measured and early signals

Maturity still to be measured (scored; an external usage rate or stage is still to come): Creative element analytics, UGC creator sourcing, Creative approval and review workflow.

Early signals (tracked, not yet scored): Dynamic creative optimisation (early adopters), Creative testing design and winner selection (early majority). Maturity still to be measured for: AI likeness and UGC authenticity risk check, Ad fatigue checker, Digital asset management for AI-scale creative, Platform-altered creative audit.

How to read

Horizontal: how far a marketing technology has spread among businesses, from external research only (independent studies and research run by large brands), never from the score. Innovators = under 2.5% of businesses use it, early adopters 2.5-16%, early majority 16-50%, late majority over 50%; a measured usage rate sits inside its band, a stage without a rate at the band centre. Left of the divide is an early market.

Vertical: Demand Strength score. In demand = scoring above the median of this list (ranked and not ranked demands; the dashed line).

Areas in this list, including demands not plotted: Established & in demand · Mature & quiet · Early & quiet · No maturity data yet. The cards use the same area names.

Ranked demands

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1 (1-3)

AI product imagery at scale

Turns one product shot into lifestyle images and format variants for every channel; the platforms now do this inside the ad account.

Medium confidence
Market: early majority · 45% useEstablished & in demand
74.5 Demand Strength
Voice72
Reach91
Momentum99
Intensity26
Budget46

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press and LinkedIn.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solutionpaying
Momentum

rising

+544% search share, last 3 months vs the previous 3 (Similarweb)

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What marketers say

  • paying

    translated from Turkish The brand made a game-changing move in fashion by using AI-based image generation technologies instead of traditional photo production for the collection's image shoots.

    Marka, koleksiyonun imaj çekimlerinde geleneksel fotoğraf prodüksiyonunun yerine yapay zekâ tabanlı görsel üretim teknolojilerini kullanarak modada ezber bozan bir adım attı.

    Marketing Managerscale-up footwear retailer

    Turkey · Trade press · Sep 2025 source

  • looking for a solution
    The AI, though, would make this glimmer silver, or make the glimmer too big, so it was more like speckles and not just a fine shimmer. This is always where it was breaking and it was quite frustrating for us.

    Senior Manager, Gen AIenterprise cosmetics company

    Germany · Trade press · Apr 2026 source

  • looking for a solution
    We wanted the new technology to optimise processes and enable us to test a greater number of creatives across multiple channels more quickly, whilst still leaving room for creative work,

    Omnichannel Marketing Directorenterprise fashion retailer

    Poland · Trade press · Jul 2026 source

  • interest
    Over the past few years we have been implementing generative AI in content at [company]. We have now reached an important milestone where we integrated digital twins into our fashion marketing campaigns.

    Scalable Content and Tooling Managerenterprise online retailer

    Netherlands · LinkedIn · Mar 2026 source withheld

  • interest

    translated from Spanish we don't want to show AI-generated images of our products. We still rely heavily on photography and real images, but it is true that we are using AI more and more to communicate on social media

    no queremos enseñar imágenes de nuestros productos generadas con inteligencia artificial. Seguimos apoyándonos mucho en la fotografía y en las imágenes reales, pero es verdad que cada vez estamos usando más la IA para comunicar en redes sociales

    Marketing Directorenterprise grocery retailer

    Spain · Trade press · Sep 2026 source

Market maturity

Early majority · 45% use today · medium confidence

Sources
  • HubSpot, 2026 State of Marketing Report, 2026 · run by HubSpot · Link
  • WFA, AI labelling research (WFA + ICAS transparency guidance), 2026 · Link
  • EMARKETER, Marketers grapple with ad creative strategies, 2025 · sponsored by TripleLift · Link
2 (1-2)

AI creative production decision (AI vs human)

Tells a brand team, by format and channel, whether AI-made creative performs as well as human-made before the budget is committed.

High confidenceStrong evidence: global
Market: late majority · 73% useEstablished & in demand
74.0 Demand Strength
Voice88
Research73
Reach82
Momentum70
Intensity26
Budget85

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Independent research
  • News momentum
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press, LinkedIn, conference talks and industry research.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA, LatAm and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solutionpaying
Momentum

rising

+394% search share, last 3 months vs the previous 3 (Similarweb)

Research
  • 70% of CMOs say internal marketing processes are not mature enough to implement and scale AI; only 30% report mature AI readiness

    Gartner, Gartner 2026 CMO Spend Survey (press release), 2026 · n=401 · multi-country sample

  • 51% of marketing leaders say their organizations are reducing reliance on agencies as they adopt AI for content and creative work; 66% still encourage experimentation to find the right AI…

    Forrester, The State Of Content Creation And Optimization Solutions, 2026 · global sample

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What marketers say

  • looking for a solution
    We didn't know if AI was actually cheaper (with external talent and agency costs, usually it isn't). We didn't know if the time spent giving feedback to AI artists was more or less than a classic production.

    Creative Directorenterprise online fashion retailer

    Germany · LinkedIn · Apr 2026 source withheld

  • looking for a solution

    translated from French The challenge was twofold: offer a very high-quality product and make it known, in a context of tight budgets. That is what led us to bet on AI.

    L’enjeu était double : proposer un produit de grande qualité et le faire savoir, dans un contexte budgétaire contraint. C’est ce qui nous a conduits à miser sur l’IA.

    Marketing, Product and E-commerce Directorenterprise betting operator

    France · Trade press · Sep 2025 source

  • looking for a solutionreported
    one pilot around image generation, which found a fully synthesised photoshoot was “just as expensive” as the ones it was producing in-house

    Senior Manager, Gen AIenterprise cosmetics company

    Germany · Trade press · Apr 2026 source

  • problem
    I’ll admit it: I’m reaching out less and less to my human creative peers and instead leaning into artificial intelligence (AI).

    CMOscale-up fitness chain

    United Arab Emirates · Trade press · Jun 2025 source

  • interest
    "The winning combination was that AI and human team," he explained.

    CMOenterprise bank

    United Kingdom · Conference talk · Feb 2026 source

Research

  • Gartner, Gartner 2026 CMO Spend Survey (press release), 2026 · n=401 · Link

    70% of CMOs say internal marketing processes are not mature enough to implement and scale AI; only 30% report mature AI readiness

More studies were reviewed for this demand.

Market maturity

Late majority · 73% use today, 86% plan in 12 months · high confidence

Sources
  • BCG, Moving the Agentic Marketing Transformation from Illusion to Reality, 2026 · Link
  • Gartner (via Chief Marketer), 2026 CMO Spend Survey, 2026 · Link
  • HubSpot, 2026 State of Marketing Report, 2026 · run by HubSpot · Link
  • IAB, The AI Ad Gap Widens, 2026 · Link
  • Salesforce, State of Marketing 2026 (10th edition), 2026 · run by Salesforce · Link
  • WARC (via PPC Land), WARC x TikTok AI creative research, 2026 · sponsored by TikTok · Link
  • Deloitte Digital, Human-AI marketing collaboration, 2025 · Link
  • EMARKETER, Marketers grapple with ad creative strategies, 2025 · sponsored by TripleLift · Link
  • Gartner (via Marketing Dive), Gartner GenAI for marketing campaigns survey, 2025 · Link
  • IAB (fieldwork by Advertiser Perceptions and Guideline), 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Full Report, 2025 · Link
  • IAB (fieldwork by Advertiser Perceptions and Guideline), 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Full Report, 2025 · Link
  • Kantar, Media Reactions 2025, 2025 · Link
  • McKinsey (via Generation Digital), The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation, 2025 · Link
  • WFA, GenAI survey, 2024 · Link
3 (2-4)

Brand consistency governance for AI-scale creative

Checks every AI-made variant against the brand kit (colour, character, tone, distinctiveness) before it goes live.

High confidenceStrong evidence: global
Market: early majority · 33% useEstablished & in demand
68.8 Demand Strength
Voice90
Reach71
Momentum68
Intensity10
Budget74

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • News momentum
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press, LinkedIn, podcasts and industry research.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA, LatAm and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solution
Momentum

rising

+259% search share, last 3 months vs the previous 3 (Similarweb)

Research
  • Governance is the top barrier (26%) for UK advertisers not yet live with GenAI

    ISBA, ISBA UK Advertiser Gen AI Adoption 2026 (Gen AI Survey), 2026 · UK sample

  • 58% of multinationals are concerned about AI-driven creative homogeneity ('a sea of creative sameness')

    WFA (with LIONS), Clients and Creativity 2026, 2026 · n=160 · global sample

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What marketers say

  • looking for a solution

    translated from German With [company], [company] is testing how AI can make brand imagery scalable without sacrificing recognisability.

    Mit [company] testet [company], wie KI Markenbilder skalierbar macht, ohne die Wiedererkennbarkeit zu opfern.

    Private Label Division Headenterprise drugstore retailer

    Germany · Trade press · Jun 2026 source

  • interest
    Every asset we ship, whether a human made it or an AI agent did, draws from that same source.

    CMOscale-up B2B SaaS company

    Israel · LinkedIn · Jul 2026 source withheld

  • interest
    we looked to leverage a combination of brand created assets and UGC created assets. I mean, let's do that at different touch points. So upper funnel, you know, we'd maybe do something that talked about what refurbished tech is. …

    Head of Brand and Marketingenterprise refurbished electronics marketplace

    United Kingdom · Podcast · Feb 2026 source

  • interest
    A brand with clear guidelines still drifts in tone over three years. Nobody decided to change it.

    Head of Marketing Communicationsenterprise food and dairy company

    Saudi Arabia · Trade press · Sep 2026 source

  • interest
    Using AI to scale the production of creative assets without losing brand distinctiveness.

    CMOscale-up travel company

    Italy · Trade press · May 2026 source

Market maturity

Early majority · 33% use today, 35% plan in 12 months · low confidence

Sources
  • Adobe (with Advanis), Creatives say AI is helping them meet growing demand for content, 2026 · run by Adobe · Link
  • WARC (via PPC Land), WARC x TikTok AI creative research, 2026 · sponsored by TikTok · Link
  • IAB, AI Adoption Is Surging in Advertising, but Is the Industry Prepared for Responsible AI?, 2025 · sponsored by Aymara · Link
4 (4-6)

Ad compliance and AI disclosure check

Checks an AI-made creative against market-by-market disclosure rules and regulated-category restrictions before it ships.

Medium confidence
Market: late majority · 89% useEstablished & in demand
59.4 Demand Strength
Voice67
Research70
Intensity26
Budget35

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Research
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press, conference talks and industry research.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA, LatAm and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solution
Research
  • 69% of CMOs agree that managing the risk of AI hallucinations makes deployment more complex in customer-facing marketing than in back-office functions

    Salesforce, The A-Shaped CMO (Salesforce UKI CMO research 2026), 2026 · n=100 · run by Salesforce · UK sample

  • Legal uncertainty is a top barrier to AI adoption for 30% (15 of 50)

    IAB Europe, Impact of AI on Digital Advertising Report 2026, 2026 · n=50 · multi-country sample

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What marketers say

  • looking for a solution
    “If the picture isn’t of anything real, you’re effectively scamming the customer, right?” [..] said.

    Brand CEOscale-up DTC fashion brand

    United Kingdom · Trade press · Apr 2026 source

  • looking for a solution
    "Think of the process of approving [campaign] artwork; there's a lot of regulatory, brand [and] legal rules that you need to respect. Those are known in advance, so we built a solution to make sure that is checked automatically."

    SVP of IT and Digitalenterprise consumer health company

    United Kingdom · Trade press · Nov 2025 source withheld

  • interest
    "What we're asking for is transparency about where it's getting embedded because we want to understand how it's being used.

    Global Head of Marketing Strategyenterprise food and beverage company

    Switzerland · Conference talk · Jun 2026 source

Research

  • Salesforce, The A-Shaped CMO (Salesforce UKI CMO research 2026), 2026 · n=100 · run by Salesforce · Link

    69% of CMOs agree that managing the risk of AI hallucinations makes deployment more complex in customer-facing marketing than in back-office functions

More studies were reviewed for this demand.

Market maturity

Late majority · 89% use today, 48% plan in 12 months · medium confidence

Sources
  • IAB, The AI Ad Gap Widens, 2026 · Link
  • IAB, AI Adoption Is Surging in Advertising, but Is the Industry Prepared for Responsible AI?, 2025 · sponsored by Aymara · Link
  • WFA, GenAI survey, 2024 · Link
5 (3-8)

Creative volume and variant production planning

Tells a performance team how many concepts and variants its monthly spend needs and where the brief-to-live bottleneck is.

High confidenceStrong evidence: global
fragile rank
Market: early majority · 42% useEstablished & in demand
59.3 Demand Strength
Voice100
Research100
Reach0
Momentum31
Intensity22
Budget50

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Research
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press, LinkedIn, podcasts, conference talks and industry research.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA, LatAm and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solutionpaying
Momentum

falling

-100% search share, last 3 months vs the previous 3 (Similarweb)

Research
  • 78% of marketers say they need more personalized content than they are able to produce

    Salesforce, State of Marketing 2026 (10th edition), 2026 · n=4,450 · run by Salesforce · global sample

  • 96% of smaller US video ad buyers are not satisfied with their current level of GenAI use for creative ad production; more than four in ten want more proof of performance and easier…

    IAB (fieldwork by Advertiser Perceptions and Guideline), 2026 IAB Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Full Report, 2026 · US sample

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What marketers say

  • paying

    translated from French At the end of the pilot phase, after 400 workshops and 50,000 marketing assets produced, we rolled out six technology platforms to automate the creation, distribution and tracking of content.

    Au terme de la phase pilote, après 400 ateliers et 50 000 contenus marketing produits, nous avons déployé six plateformes technologiques pour automatiser la création, la diffusion et le suivi des contenus.

    Commercial and Marketing Directorenterprise electronics retailer

    France · Trade press · Sep 2025 source

  • looking for a solution
    You know, you’ve got to create quality ads and you need thousands of them.

    CEO and Co-founderscale-up DTC home brand

    United Kingdom · Podcast · Mar 2026 source

  • looking for a solution
    AI can help me bridge the gap between what is required of me versus what the resource is for me - it just makes everything possible.

    Chief Marketing and AI Officerenterprise broadcaster

    United Kingdom · Trade press · Apr 2026 source

  • problem
    On paid ads, we generate and test hundreds of creative variants simultaneously across every platform.

    CMOscale-up fitness chain

    United Arab Emirates · Trade press · Jun 2026 source

  • interest
    Traditional creative processes, built around linear production and scarce hero assets, struggle to keep up with that reality.

    Global Head of Creativescale-up insurtech company

    Germany · LinkedIn · Feb 2026 source withheld

Research

  • Salesforce, State of Marketing 2026 (10th edition), 2026 · n=4,450 · run by Salesforce · Link

    78% of marketers say they need more personalized content than they are able to produce

More studies were reviewed for this demand.

Market maturity

Early majority · 42% use today · low confidence

Sources
  • Adobe (with Advanis), Creatives say AI is helping them meet growing demand for content, 2026 · run by Adobe · Link
  • WARC (via PPC Land), WARC x TikTok AI creative research, 2026 · sponsored by TikTok · Link
  • IAB (fieldwork by Advertiser Perceptions and Guideline), 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Full Report, 2025 · Link
  • Kantar, Media Reactions 2025, 2025 · Link
6 (4-8)

AI ad generator (self-serve ad creation)

Makes ad images and copy without a designer.

Medium confidence
fragile rank
Market: early to late majority · 50% useMature & quiet
54.0 Demand Strength
Voice37
Reach90
Momentum45
Intensity26
Budget79

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solution
Momentum

falling

-49% search share, last 3 months vs the previous 3 (Similarweb)

More

What marketers say

  • looking for a solution

    translated from Spanish [company] lets us automate creative.

    [company] nos permite automatizar la creatividad.

    Head of Advertisingenterprise supermarket chain

    Spain · Trade press · May 2026 source

  • problem
    You have to opt out of each one, individually, every time you post something.

    Founder and CEOscale-up DTC fashion brand

    United Kingdom · Trade press · Feb 2026 source

Market maturity

Early to late majority · 50% use today, 45% plan in 12 months · medium confidence

Sources
  • EMARKETER, Marketers grapple with ad creative strategies, 2025 · sponsored by TripleLift · Link
  • IAB (fieldwork by Advertiser Perceptions and Guideline), 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Full Report, 2025 · Link
  • Forrester and 4A's (via Marketing Dive), Generative AI in US ad agencies survey, 2024 · Link
7 (4-8)

Creative element analytics (winning creative attributes)

Tags every ad by hook, format, persona and message and tells a team which element is actually moving ROAS.

Medium confidence
fragile ranksingle-region voice
Market: maturity unknown
53.8 Demand Strength
Voice51
Momentum89
Intensity15
Budget37

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solution
Momentum

rising

+67% search interest, last 13 vs previous 13 weeks (Google Trends: DE, GB)

More

What marketers say

  • interestreported
    [..] said it’s still more of an ambition than reality, especially given the variety of metrics that might be used to measure AI success

    Chief Digital and Marketing Officerenterprise beauty group

    France · Trade press · Jun 2026 source

  • interest
    We looked at the story arc of some of our creativity, what was performing well. We looked at feedback, we measured our brand awareness, we measured unprompted [awareness],

    CMOenterprise digital bank

    United Kingdom · Trade press · Apr 2026 source

  • interest
    The challenge I see now is [to] have a strong measurement framework across all the different platforms that we are using and track the results from our brand campaigns,

    Media Center of Excellence Directorenterprise technology company

    Italy · Trade press · Jun 2026 source

Market maturity

Stage unknown · 54% plan in 12 months

Sources
  • EMARKETER (via Adweek Wire), EMARKETER creative optimization research, 2026 · sponsored by Perion · Link
  • EMARKETER, Marketers grapple with ad creative strategies, 2025 · sponsored by TripleLift · Link
8 (5-8)

UGC creator sourcing (creator vs AI UGC vs platform marketplace)

Helps a DTC team decide where its UGC volume comes from: real creators, AI UGC or the platform's own creator marketplace.

Emerging signal
Market: maturity unknown
52.1 Demand Strength
Voice41
Reach81
Momentum51
Intensity25
Budget47

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press, podcasts and industry research.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US and EMEA
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solution
Momentum

falling

-36% search share, last 3 months vs the previous 3 (Similarweb)

Research
  • 82% of B2B marketers say creators increase credibility with decision-makers

    LinkedIn, 2026 Global B2B Marketing Outlook, 2026 · n=1,299 · run by LinkedIn · multi-country sample

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What marketers say

  • looking for a solution
    And what that would do is that would almost be like a bit of cocaine marketing. You know, you get a massive spike, they'll then be a drop and the longevity there maybe doesn't really exist. And it doesn't build this threshold of quality and trust that you would want to do because it's a one-off it's, it's a gun …

    Head of Brand and Marketingenterprise refurbished electronics marketplace

    United Kingdom · Podcast · Feb 2026 source

  • problem
    Creators are in more than 60% of brand plans - yet fewer than 40% of marketers can prove the return.

    Brand marketing teamenterprise beauty group

    Global · Trade press · Jun 2026 source

  • interest
    At some point, we are going to have more data and more intelligence, and we’re going to have more trust that is the right thing, but I don’t think we are there yet

    CMO, Beauty and Wellbeingenterprise consumer goods company

    United Kingdom · Trade press · Jul 2026 source withheld

Market maturity

Stage unknown · 75% plan in 12 months

Sources
  • IAB (fieldwork by Advertiser Perceptions), 2025 Creator Economy Ad Spend & Strategy Report, 2025 · Link
9 (9-9)

Creative effectiveness pre-testing and creative ROI

Gives a CMO a defensible number for which creative idea deserves scale, before and after the media runs.

High confidenceStrong evidence: global
Market: early majority · 45% useMature & quiet
30.6 Demand Strength
Voice64
Research0
Momentum31
Intensity19
Budget37

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Research
  • News momentum
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press and industry research.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA, LatAm and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solutionpaying
Momentum

falling

-89% search interest, last 13 vs previous 13 weeks (Google Trends: DE, GB)

Research
  • 47.9% of brands lack a mechanism to measure creative impact; 51.3% say creative effectiveness measurement is challenging

    Marketing Week (with Kantar), The Language of Effectiveness 2026, 2026 · n=636 · sponsored by Google · UK sample

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What marketers say

  • looking for a solution
    The team landed on a brilliant creative idea, and System1 testing helped us refine and optimise it by listening directly to consumers.

    Senior Brand Managerenterprise home appliance maker

    United Kingdom · Trade press · May 2026 source

  • looking for a solution
    We are advocates of pre-testing, especially when bringing bold ideas to market,

    Head of Brand and Marketingenterprise insurer

    United Kingdom · Trade press · May 2026 source

  • interest
    “I believe the ones to blend creativity with the right intelligence and data, translating marketing effectiveness into a good storytelling, will always stay as valuable at the board table.”

    Head of Marketing Strategy and Effectivenessenterprise spirits company

    Turkey · Trade press · Feb 2026 source

Research

  • Marketing Week (with Kantar), The Language of Effectiveness 2026, 2026 · n=636 · sponsored by Google · Link

    47.9% of brands lack a mechanism to measure creative impact; 51.3% say creative effectiveness measurement is challenging

Market maturity

Early majority · 45% use today · low confidence

Sources
  • Marketing Week (with Kantar), The Language of Effectiveness 2026, 2026 · sponsored by Google · Link
  • Kantar, Media Reactions 2025, 2025 · Link
  • Marketing Week (with Kantar), The Language of Effectiveness 2025, 2025 · sponsored by Google · Link

Not ranked (no research, search or momentum signal yet)

Marketers raise these demands, but research, search and momentum signals for this region are still to come. The score is shown; no rank is given.

not ranked

Creative approval and review workflow

Gets a creative through legal, brand and management review in days, not weeks, with decision rights visible.

Medium confidence
no external signal yet
Market: maturity unknown
53.9 Demand Strength
Voice61
Intensity28
Budget73

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press, LinkedIn and podcasts.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in US, EMEA, LatAm and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interestproblemlooking for a solution
More

What marketers say

  • looking for a solution
    We’re piloting content production, approval automation and translation use cases in a highly regulated category, with rigorous compliance controls and strong executive support

    Director of Strategy and Integrated Marketing Communicationsenterprise medical technology company

    Europe, Middle East and Africa · Trade press · Feb 2026 source

  • looking for a solution
    “As we grow into new geographies, we need processes that can keep pace with both regulatory expectations and the unique demands of each market.”

    Marketing Lead, EU Expansionenterprise digital bank

    United Kingdom · Trade press · Sep 2026 source

  • problem
    Cultural moment happens. Brand has the perfect angle. Creative team moves fast, concept ready in 24 hours. …

    Brand Experience Managerenterprise watch brand

    Switzerland · LinkedIn · Feb 2026 source withheld

  • problem
    Too often, when you work with an agency, you get trapped in a slow and slightly absurd cycle: internal stakeholder, then account manager, then creatives, then proposal, then endless rounds of rework.

    CMOscale-up travel company

    Italy · Trade press · May 2026 source

  • interest

    translated from German We wanted to be not only product-first but also content-first, translating relevant topics and trends quickly into our own language and content, without long briefing and approval processes and without losing quality

    Wir wollten nicht nur Product-, sondern auch Content-First sein, relevante Themen und Trends schnell in unsere Sprache und Content übersetzen - ohne lange Briefing- und Freigabeprozesse und ohne dabei an Qualität einzubüßen

    Chief Digital Marketing Officerscale-up cosmetics company

    Germany · Trade press · Feb 2026 source

Market maturity

Stage unknown · usage rate not measured

Sources
  • EMARKETER (via Adweek Wire), EMARKETER creative optimization research, 2026 · sponsored by Perion · Link
  • Forrester, Forrester Analyst Takes For Digital Content In 2026 (State Of B2B Content Survey, 2024 data), 2025 · Link
not ranked

Creative localisation and multi-market adaptation

Adapts one creative to four regions (language, format, cultural cues) and tells you when the platform's free dubbing is good enough.

Emerging signal
no external signal yet
Market: early majority · 33% useMature & quiet
36.8 Demand Strength
Voice45
Intensity11
Budget48

Score combines the signals available for this demand.

Signals behind this score
  • Marketer voices
  • Budget signals

Drawn from trade press.

Where marketers voice itVoiced in EMEA and APAC
Intensity (all regions)interest
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What marketers say

  • interest
    In the Middle East, we’ve also ensured the system flexes for Arabic layouts and regional creative needs, while maintaining the same visual strength and consistency

    Marketing Directorenterprise car maker

    United Arab Emirates · Trade press · Jan 2026 source

  • interest
    Simplicity is key, and usually it is also a challenge to strike on brand and cultural relevance at once.

    CMOenterprise home furnishing retailer

    Saudi Arabia · Trade press · Dec 2025 source

Market maturity

Early majority · 33% use today · low confidence

Sources
  • EMARKETER (via IAB data), Nearly 40% of video ads will use genAI by 2026, says IAB, 2025 · Link
  • Kantar, Media Reactions 2025, 2025 · Link
  • Slator, 2025 Language Industry Market Report, 2025 · Link

Early signals

Demands marketers are starting to raise in this region. They are tracked from quarter to quarter and are scored once enough independent marketers raise them.

DemandStatus
Creative testing design and winner selection
Tells a media buyer how many creatives to test, when a winner is statistically real, and when the platform pre-picked it for you.
early signal
Platform-altered creative audit (Advantage+ / AI Max)early signal
Dynamic creative optimisation (DCO)early signal
Digital asset management (DAM) for AI-scale creativeearly signal
AI likeness and UGC authenticity risk checkearly signal
Ad fatigue checker (fatigue vs saturation diagnosis)early signal