Here are the top 5 digital marketing trends, viral content ideas, and technology news going into January 2026:
New Social Media Trends and Content Ideas
- Final Boss is a funny social media content idea. Post a video with a text overlay like “The marketing final boss”, sharing satirical and relatable content with your audience.
- Why Did You? is a popular TikTok trend. Post a video with a text overlay like “Why did you set the Target CPA bid so high?”, sharing relatable or motivational content.
- Things I Regret This Year is a trending topic on social media. Post a video with the text overlay “Things I regret this year”, and share your list.
- Episode Content is buzzing on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts. Post a video with a text overlay like “Episode 1 of my road to $100k”, inviting your viewers to tag along the journey.
- You Need To Become Obsessed is trending on social media. Post a video with a text overlay, such as “You need to become obsessed with the journey,” and share motivational content tailored to your niche.
What’s Trending On Google + Amazon Bestsellers
- Silver is trending on Google, with over 50,000 searches in just 11 hours after it was reported that silver crossed an all-time high, reaching $77.
- Breeze Airways is a trending query, rising 75% in less than a day after the company redesigned its Breezy Rewards program going into 2026.
- Travis Kelce is going viral, with over 500,000 Google searches in just 23 hours after he acknowledged a possible retirement.
- Bestseller: The Great Mental Models, Volume 1 by Shane Parrish with Rhiannon Beaubien serves as the opening book in a multi-volume series on better thinking.
- Bestseller: Rich as F*ck by Amanda Frances explores money beliefs, financial behaviors, and mindset shifts designed to change how you think about earning and managing money.
Breaking Tech News and AI Developments
- Google is reportedly rolling out a feature that allows users to change their Gmail address without losing data, with the old address remaining as an alias.
- Groq and Nvidia signed a non-exclusive deal for Groq’s inference technology, with key Groq leaders joining Nvidia while Groq continues independent operations.
- Sanofi agreed to buy Dynavax, adding an adult hepatitis B vaccine and an early-stage shingles candidate to its pipeline.
- New York will require social media platforms with algorithmic feeds and infinite scroll to display mental health warnings about potential harm to young users.
- Samsung will operate an independent exhibition hall at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, highlighting an AI ecosystem experience and hosting tech forums and product demos.
- Samsung outlined how AI, hardware, and software updates are being utilized to enhance the reliability and durability of its home appliances, including the provision of long-term support.
Trending AI Tools For Business and Marketing
- GPTZero – an AI detection tool that analyzes text to estimate the likelihood that a large language model wrote it.
- Grubby AI – a web-based tool marketed as an “AI humanizer” designed to rewrite robotic text generated by models like ChatGPT into more natural language.
- Giga – an advanced AI platform designed to automate enterprise customer support by deploying autonomous agents that can handle complex workflows with high accuracy.
- Jobright AI – helps job seekers find and track roles by using AI to match resumés with openings and assist with applications.
- Delulu.Stream – an AI-powered web tool designed to reframe everyday text inputs into exaggerated, confidence-driven narratives.
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