
Behind the Numbers: an EMARKETER Podcast
EMARKETER’s podcast, Behind the Numbers, helps marketers, retailers, and advertisers understand the rapidly changing landscape of digital media. EMARKETER analysts and industry experts come together to analyze a wide variety of critical topics, from the transformative influence of AI to the dynamic world of social media, and the evolving landscape of consumer shopping habits. Stay informed and stay ahead with insights and analysis that matter. Tune in to new episodes published Monday through Friday wherever you find podcasts.
Latest episodes

Jun 11, 2025 • 23min
No Store? No Problem. DTC Tricks for Selling the Unseen with Eyebuydirect's CEO | Reimagining Retail
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how to get folks to buy something they can’t go and see in a store, how D2Cs should be thinking about generative AI, and how one DTC is negotiating the tariff minefield. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Principal Analyst Sky Canaves and CEO and president of Eyebuydirect Sunny Jiang.
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https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-reimagining-retail-no-store-no-problem-dtc-tricks-selling-unseen-with-eyebuydirect-ceo
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Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.

Jun 10, 2025 • 23min
Banks Are Failing Customers — Financial Life Stage Planning Is the Missing Link | The Banking & Payments Show
In today’s episode, we talk about how to be both a product-led organization and a customer-centric one, what fintechs are doing that keeps them closer to customers, and how banks can rethink the customer journey around financial life stages. Join the discussion with host and Head of Business Development Rob Rubin, Analyst Lauren Ashcraft, and Principal Analyst Tiffani Montez.
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Jun 9, 2025 • 26min
How Americans’ Feelings Towards AI Are Getting More Complicated—and the Revolt That’s Simmering | Behind the Numbers
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how Americans’ feelings towards AI have changed this year, the gaps in concern between AI experts and the general public, and the best ways to get started with AI. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Analyst Grace Harmon, and Senior Vice President of Media Content and Strategy Henry Powderly. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-btn-how-americans-feelings-towards-ai-getting-more-complicated-and-revolt-that-simmering
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Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.

Jun 6, 2025 • 23min
Navigating Whiplash: How Real-Time Brand Lift Helps Advertisers Thrive in Uncertainty | Behind the Numbers
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how advertisers have gone from navigating uncertainty to navigating whiplash, and how they can prioritize and get the most out of ad measurement with a limited budget. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Max Willens, and the Director of Product Management at Cint Stephanie Gall. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-btn-navigating-whiplash-how-real-time-brand-lift-helps-advertisers-thrive-uncertainty
© 2025 EMARKETER
Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.

Jun 4, 2025 • 19min
Retail Pulse Check: Inventory Approaches, Price Moves, and What Q2 is Trying to Tell Us | Reimagining Retail
Zak Stambor and Blake Droesch, both Senior Analysts at EMARKETER, dive deep into the current retail landscape. They discuss the shifting dynamics in consumer behavior driven by perceived price increases and how tariffs are reshaping inventory management strategies for major retailers. The conversation highlights the surprising impact of Q1 earnings on Q2 forecasts and the challenges retailers face in navigating economic uncertainty. Listeners will gain fascinating insights into how brands are adapting their pricing strategies amidst changing market conditions.

Jun 2, 2025 • 32min
Google Just Embedded an AI Chatbot into Search — But It Might Not Be Enough | Behind the Numbers
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how Google embedding an AI chatbot into search changes things, why Anthropic’s Claude API could reshape search, and why tech companies might not be the winners of the AI search war. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, and Senior Analyst’s Gadjo Sevilla and Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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May 30, 2025 • 24min
GIFs Are Ads, and How People Interact With Them with Giphy | Behind the Numbers
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss where GIFs came from, how GIF user behavior changes, and which ones work best for brands. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman, Analyst Emmy Liederman, and the Vice President of Client Solutions at Giphy Alix McAlpine. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-btn-gifs-ads-how-people-interact-with-them-with-giphy
© 2025 EMARKETER
Founded in 2013, GIPHY is the visual platform where creators and brand partners make everyday expression a little more moving. Now, GIPHY Ads enables brands to connect with audiences through ads people share, not just see. GIPHY reaches over 1+ billion users daily, serving 14+ billion pieces of short-form content every day. For more, head to ads.giphy.com.

May 29, 2025 • 17min
The Rise of Off-Site Retail Media Advertising | Behind the Numbers Special Edition
On this special edition podcast episode, learn about the rise of off-site retail media advertising with EMARKETER Principal Analyst, Sarah Marzano and Google’s Head of Retail Media, Shawn McGahee. This conversation is from the May 9th EMARKETER virtual summit, Commerce Media Trends 2025. Listen everywhere you find podcasts, or watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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May 28, 2025 • 27min
The Unofficial Most Interesting Retailers List (May) | Reimagining Retail
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of May. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Analysts Arielle Feger and Sara Lebow will defend their list against Senior Analyst Zak Stambor and Analyst Rachel Wolff, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.
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May 27, 2025 • 21min
X Is Trending Again — What’s the Likelihood of a Comeback? | Behind the Numbers
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how much the merger with xAI can move the needle for X, if the social platform can recoup the kinds of ad dollars it was making before Elon Musk bought them, and where X users have migrated to (if anywhere). Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, and Analysts Marisa Jones and Emmy Liederman. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-btn-x-trending-again-what-s-likelihood-of-comeback
© 2025 EMARKETER
Founded in 2013, GIPHY is the visual platform where creators and brand partners make everyday expression a little more moving. Now, GIPHY Ads enables brands to connect with audiences through ads people share, not just see. GIPHY reaches over 1+ billion users daily, serving 14+ billion pieces of short-form content every day. For more, head to ads.giphy.com.