Digital Marketing Trends Every Marketer Needs To Know: August 26

Here are the latest digital marketing trends, content ideas, and tech news that every marketer and entrepreneur needs to know on August 26, 2025:

Animated Storytelling Transitions is a popular marketing trend. Post an animated video using something catchy or viral, like “Would you survive falling off this plane?” and then have it transition into an ad for your business.
In The Summertime by Robin Tricker is a trending audio on Instagram. Pair this song with life hacks, fun activities, and hobbies.
When You Randomly Remember… is a popular social media trend. Post a video with a text overlay, such as “When you randomly remember you forgot to turn off the stove”. Share funny, niche-related experiences and memories.
Only {X} Would Understand is a viral TikTok trend. Post a video with a text overlay like “Only marketers would understand”, and share niche-related commentary that only your target audience would understand.
Steal My Blueprint is trending on YouTube. Post a video with a text overlay like “Steal my $20k/mo dropshipping blueprint”. Share valuable insights to help people succeed in your niche.
Pro vs. Average is a viral marketing trend. Post a video like “1 expert marketer vs. 5 newbies” or “Pro bodybuilder vs. average lifting bros”. Film a podcast-like video with experts sharing their knowledge and debating with average people.

University Of Arkansas is trending on Google, with over 100,000 searches in just 2 hours after it was reported that an active shooter was on campus.
FedEx Cup is a trending Google query, with over 100,000 searches in less than a day after Tommy Fleetwood won the PGA tournament and got $10 million.
Cashless Bail is a rising Google query, reaching 20,000+ searches in just 7 hours after Trump signed executive orders pertaining to cashless bail and flag-burning.
SpaceX Launch is trending, with 20,000+ searches in less than a day after SpaceX rescheduled its launch due to a technical problem.
Medvedev is going viral with over 100,000 searches in just 20 hours after Medvedev raged and broke his racket due to his loss at the U.S. Open.
Screwworm is a trending Google query, reaching 50,000+ searches in less than 24 hours after it was reported that this is the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite found in the U.S.

Latest Tech News and AI Announcements

Anthropic launched a higher education advisory board and AI fluency courses.
xAI has open-sourced Grok 2.
JetBrains announced that its AI subscription plans now include a simpler and more transparent model for AI quotas.
Perplexity has launched Comet Plus, a new subscription that gives Perplexity users access to premium content from trusted publishers and journalists.
xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple over the established monopolies in the Gen AI and smartphone markets.
NVIDIA launches Jetson Thor, a new robotics computer that can be a brain for robotic systems.

Poly AI – builds natural-sounding voice agents for customer service.
Sora AI – OpenAI’s text-to-video generation tool that transforms written prompts into short, realistic video clips.
Viggle – brings static images to life by animating them with real motion using AI motion‑transfer technology.
MagicLight – text prompts into fully animated videos with voices and characters.
Grok – xAI’s chatbot that answers questions with real-time data and humor.
Artlist – a creative tool that generates images, videos, and voiceovers from prompts.