Billy Boulia, vice president and group director of social strategy at Digitas, talks about about the value of social in-stream advertising and the challenges ahead.

Long-form video is spreading across social media. Some marketers are placing pre-roll and mid-roll ads in social shows, but the audiences are small and the measurement capabilities are limited.

The amount of time individuals spend with social networks continues to increase, especially with the proliferation of newer platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. US adults averaged approximately 51 minutes of daily time with social networks in 2017. eMarketer has curated this Roundup of articles, insights and interviews to help you reach social media users effectively.

Frank Amorese, senior media director of Heineken USA, discusses his discoveries and best practices in digital video advertising.

Instagram’s user base in Switzerland has almost tripled since 2015, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast. More than half of social network users in the country, or 1.9 million people, will access the platform regularly in 2018.

Twitter continues to reign supreme in Japan, with almost 64% of the country’s social network users, or 34.0 million people, logging on to the platform this year, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast.

Lauren Sanborn, director of social media at Schafer Condon Carter, discusses the organic ways brands can use social location features to gain exposure.

Instagram is widely accepted to be the leading platform for most brand-influencer collaborations. But that isn't the case in every country around the world—at least not yet.

Influencer marketing is mainstream, but the way in which marketers work with influencers varies from country to country. Here are the platforms, paths to purchase and regulations for 13 key countries and regions.

Marketing to millennials is a top priority for many brands, but treating the demographic as a single group misses the opportunity for precise targeting.

eMarketer digs into the latest data on usage and advertising, three months after the Cambridge Analytica revelations.

Younger baby boomers are not a digitally clueless bunch, but a marketer cannot assume that they are as digitally active (and as mobile in their usage) as millennials and Gen Xers. Rather, they have their own distinctive ups and downs with digital.

All the social stats you need to know for 2018 and beyond. Bookmark this StatPack page to keep these key estimates handy throughout the year.

The share of consumers using mobile devices for retail purchases is lower in France and Germany than in several other nations in Western Europe. Yet together, the two countries will account for over $45 billion in mobile sales in 2018.

Are users fleeing? Will advertisers cut spending? How will ad targeting change? eMarketer takes a deep look at the questions surrounding Facebook as it faces intense pressure over its data practices.