
Content Trends Report: February 2021
Welcome to our new Monthly Trends Report series!
Each month we’ll be taking a bit of a data dive through historical and emerging trends to help you plan your content and marketing efforts for the month ahead.
When you stay flexible to pivot and meet your readers’ needs and interest at the right time, you’re perfectly poised to reap increased traffic and ad revenue!
Heading into February, we’ve identified seven major trends that we expect to be popular with searchers and readers:
- Love in the time of coronavirus
- A mid-pandemic Super Bowl
- Three growing trends for the home
- Presidents’ Day deals
- Building healthy habits at home
- Emerging self-care trends
- Increased spending on pets
1 ) Love in the time of coronavirus
February is a month dedicated to love!
It’s Creative Romance Month, National Weddings Month, ...
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