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Friday, April 4th
Top Creator News, Stories & Tips
Paul Boulet
April 03, 2026
Hey, marketers & entrepreneurs,
It’s Paul from Click Analytic 👋
Welcome to our 52 new subscribers, who are joining a community of 57,000+ marketers & founders building with creators every day.
This week, let’s talk about:
→ Alix Earle selling $5M of skincare in one afternoon. Yes, really.
→ The influencer who faked attending an event with AI
→ BIG updates on Instagram
→ And which brands actually won April Fools with creator marketing 👇👇
🗓️ Quick Recap:
And more…
Estimated read time: 2 minutes or less
📊 Did You Know?
A new study shows 79% of Gen Z trust creators, and brands are seeing 2.3x higher ROAS vs traditional social ads
(Google Reports, 2026)
❌ What NOT to do
This might be the worst AI creator content ever made 👇️
An influencer faked attending the Miami Open by swapping her face onto another creator's body.
The original photo? From the US Open (and another creator). Two years ago 😅
The original creator spotted it on Threads instantly → 2.8M views overnight.
Oh, and she forgot to erase her wrist tattoo…😭
She deleted everything and disappeared.
Here's the thing → AI content isn't the villain. Bad AI content is.
Lil Miquela has deals with Prada and Calvin Klein. AI campaigns are winning awards. But the internet will always find the tattoo 🕵️
→ AI influencer market expected to hit $6.9B by 2030
→ 60% of Gen Z are fine following AI creators, as long as they know they're AI
Own it. Don't sneak it.
🔔 Top Creator Stories
🚀 Alix Earle goes from influencer to founderReale Actives hit $1M in sales in under 5 minutes and $5M by end of launch day. Two years in the making, VC-backed, dermatologist-developed. This is creator-product-market fit at its peak |  |
🎭 The brands that won April Fools 2026IKEA x Chupa Chups dropped a meatball lollipop. Dyson teased a pet Airwrap. Dunkin' gave away 1M+ free coffees that required Rewards sign-up. The winners treated April 1 like a real creative brief. |  |
📱 TikTok + Cameo: a new creator revenue streamCreators can now send personalized video messages through Cameo — without leaving TikTok. New revenue stream, deeper platform lock-in |  |
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📱 Social Snapshot
📲 TikTok adds in-app Cameo integration creators can now send personalized paid video messages
🌐 Flipboard launches 'social websites' for creators new open-web distribution layer
💰 Snapchat expands Creator Subscriptions Snap+ at 25M paying subscribers
💎 Instagram tests new subscription package anonymous Story viewing
🛍️ Instagram Reels get shoppable with Amazon, eBay & Temu Meta goes all-in on affiliate commerce
📣 TikTok unveils new high-impact ad solutions going after Netflix & HBO Max budgets
🤖 TikTok tests a micro-drama feed featuring AI zombies and gorillas in bikinis 💀
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That's it for this week 🦁
More insights, case studies & campaign breakdowns coming next Thursday!
Until then → keep building, keep testing, and create moments worth sharing.
— Paul from Click Analytic