Industries

Industry findings provide unique insights into the performance of brands within a specific category and overall category trends. Discover how each brand ranks, how competitors stack up, and what archetypes matter most.

Industry Rankings

The tech & telecom industry ranks first, followed closely by retail, automotive, and media & entertainment. Eight of our twenty-two sectors performed above the cross-industry average of 25.1, including automotive luxury, a newly added category.

Industry Findings

1

Deeper relationships

26.3% of consumers are in one of the three stages of intimacy, up from 23% in our previous study.

2

New wheels

Automotive luxury is a new addition to the industries. Ranking 8th, the industry also ranks first among 22 for the nostalgia archetype.

3

Crypto tanks

The crypto industry underperforms, dropping 14 places to rank last among the industries.

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Explore data from the most comprehensive AI-powered study of brands based on emotion. View brand rankings, performance scores, brand family analyses, and head-to-heads, and follow as new insights are released.

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