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  "meta": {
    "report": "The State of Paid Social Media Growth 2026",
    "reportUrl": "https://howsociable.com/reports/social-media-growth-2026",
    "publisher": "HowSociable",
    "datePublished": "2026-06-10",
    "license": "https://howsociable.com/editorial-policy",
    "methodologyUrl": "https://howsociable.com/methodology",
    "attribution": "HowSociable, https://howsociable.com",
    "methodology": "Services are assessed editorially from public data, vendor-advertised terms, published user reviews, and hands-on checks of signup and checkout. Retention figures are vendor-reported or editorial estimates, except our hands-on 30-day pilot of 5 Instagram follower services, which is measured first-hand. Delivery, refill terms, and price reflect vendor-advertised terms; category benchmarks are per-category medians from the editorial dataset.",
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    "quarter": "Q1 2026",
    "quarterEndDate": "2026-03-31"
  },
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    "serviceCount": 28,
    "medianRetention30dPct": 84.5,
    "retentionRangePct": [
      75,
      98
    ],
    "retentionSpreadPct": 23,
    "topQuartileMedianRetentionPct": 95,
    "bottomQuartileMedianRetentionPct": 78,
    "servicesWith90PlusRetention": 9,
    "refillGuaranteePct": 75,
    "refillServiceCount": 21,
    "packagePriceRangeUSD": [
      0.99,
      3.99
    ],
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    "categoryCount": 9,
    "totalObservations": 309
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      "slug": "likes-io",
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      "startingPrice": "$2.97",
      "pricingModel": "package",
      "delivery": "Instant",
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        "Instagram",
        "TikTok",
        "YouTube",
        "Twitter",
        "Facebook",
        "SoundCloud",
        "Twitch"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "slug": "buzzoid",
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        "Instagram",
        "TikTok",
        "YouTube"
      ],
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    },
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        "Instagram"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "slug": "stormlikes",
      "name": "StormLikes",
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        "Instagram"
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        "Instagram"
      ],
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    },
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      "slug": "kicksta",
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        "Instagram"
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    },
    {
      "slug": "goread-io",
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        "TikTok",
        "YouTube",
        "Twitter",
        "Facebook",
        "Spotify",
        "SoundCloud",
        "Twitch",
        "LinkedIn",
        "Pinterest"
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      "slug": "famoid",
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        "Instagram",
        "TikTok",
        "YouTube",
        "Facebook"
      ],
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    },
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      "slug": "media-mister",
      "name": "Media Mister",
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        "Instagram",
        "TikTok",
        "YouTube",
        "Twitter",
        "Facebook",
        "Spotify",
        "SoundCloud",
        "LinkedIn",
        "Pinterest",
        "Twitch"
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        "Instagram",
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        "YouTube",
        "Twitter",
        "Facebook",
        "Spotify"
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        "TikTok",
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        "Facebook"
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        "YouTube",
        "TikTok",
        "Instagram"
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        "Instagram",
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        "YouTube"
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      "slug": "socialplug",
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        "Instagram",
        "TikTok",
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        "Twitter",
        "Spotify"
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        "Facebook"
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        "Instagram",
        "TikTok",
        "YouTube"
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      "slug": "bulkoid",
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        "Instagram",
        "TikTok",
        "YouTube",
        "Twitter",
        "Facebook",
        "Spotify"
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      "slug": "twesocial",
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        "Twitter"
      ],
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      "slug": "tokturbo",
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      ],
      "bestFor": "TikTok Specialist"
    },
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      "slug": "upleap",
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        "TikTok",
        "YouTube"
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