Here are the top 5 new digital marketing trends, content ideas, tech updates, and AI news on December 18, 2025:
Social Media Trends and Content Ideas
- Stop Doing This is a trending topic on social media. Post a video with a text overlay like “Stop doing this in marketing”, sharing valuable tips and information.
- 2 Different People is a buzzing TikTok trend. Post a video with a text overlay like “2 Decembers, 2 different people”, sharing past and present clips of yourself.
- Jon Hamm Meme is trending on TikTok. Post a relatable video, sharing wholesome wins and moments, leaning back, and then cutting to the viral John Hamm club scene.
- Lessons I’ve Learned This Year is a rising social media trend. Post a video with the text overlay “Lessons I’ve learned this year”, sharing key moments and reflecting on the past year.
- Say The Word On The Beat is a viral social media trend. Post a video of yourself or of your team members saying a bunch of words synced to the beat, tailoring it towards your niche.
Trending On Google Search + Amazon Bestsellers
- The Voice Winner 2025 is a trending Google query, with over 50,000 searches in just 22 hours after it was announced that Aiden Ross won the award.
- Trump is buzzing, reaching over 20,000 searches in just 1 hour after it was reported that Donald Trump ordered a total and complete blockade of oil tankers going in and out of Venezuela.
- Ice Cream Recall is a viral search query, rising 100% in just one hour after the FDA ordered a recall of nondairy ice cream due to reports of small stones appearing in the product.
- Bestseller: The Atomic Habits Workbook by James Clear is filled with exercises, trackers, and guided prompts. This workbook helps readers apply the principles of habit formation to build a better life.
- Bestseller: Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne challenges the traditional view of business competition. Instead of fighting in a bloody “red ocean,” the authors argue for creating “blue oceans”, untapped market spaces ripe for growth.
Breaking Tech News and AI Developments
- Google has introduced Gemini 3 Flash, a new AI model that delivers frontier intelligence with high speed and low latency.
- OpenAI has partnered with the American Journalism Project and The Lenfest Institute to launch the OpenAI Academy for News Organizations, a learning hub designed to help journalists and publishers integrate AI into their reporting and operations.
- Warner Bros. Discovery has unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance’s hostile tender offer, advising shareholders to support the previously agreed merger with Netflix instead.
- Snapchat launches Quick Cut, a new iOS tool that instantly creates beat-synced videos from Memories and the Camera Roll, streamlining in-app content creation.
- Coinbase announced a comprehensive platform expansion today, introducing US stock trading, prediction markets, and Solana DEX integration to its main app.
Trending AI Tools
- WalterWrites – an AI writing tool designed to “humanize” AI-generated text, rewriting it to bypass AI detection systems and improve natural flow.
- Giga – an enterprise AI platform that deploys autonomous agents to handle complex customer support queries and business workflows in real-time.
- Question AI – a homework assistant and math solver that allows users to scan or type questions and receive instant, step-by-step solutions.
- Otter – a meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes audio conversations in real-time for better note-taking and collaboration.
- PolyBuzz – an AI character chat platform where users can roleplay and converse with millions of user-created AI personas.
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