Go back

The Daily Carnage

july 30, 2025

Ask Reddit 💭

It’s how people search.

Be in The Know

🍩 Dunkin’ now faces backlash over genetics reference in new ad.

🤖 YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI.

📱 TikTok expands its “Out of Phone” ad program.

☀️ And in Europe, TikTok launches a more positive version of the app.

💍 Pizza Hut wants a slice of wedding season with “After Pizza Cakes.”

Why Brands Use Reddit

Thanks to a $60M+ content licensing deal with Google, Reddit now dominates SERPs, particularly for high-intent keywords across nearly every category.

In fact, Reddit is the #2 most visited site via search traffic in the U.S., second only to Wikipedia.

Why Reddit matters in 2025:

  • 🧠 LLM influence: Reddit is training the AI tools your audience uses.
  • 🔍 SERP dominance: Reddit ranks for 5.7M+ commercial keywords.
  • 💬 Real buyer conversations: Threads trigger real purchase intent, even without links.
  • 🔁 Underrated retargeting: Reddit’s ad tools let you follow up with high-intent lurkers.
  • 📈 B2B growth: Subreddits like r/Marketing, r/Sales, and r/SaaS are shaping deal cycles.
Spend some time with the full guide by FoundationSign up

Smash or Pass 👍/👎

Bentley tightens up their logo (right).

Bently Logo

Psst! You need to be a Daily Carnage subscriber to participate in this poll.

Enter your email below to subscribe or verify your existing subscription

Subscribe to The Daily Carnage

Get a daily curation of marketing news, insights, tools, and culture—delivered straight to your inbox.

ChatGPT Study Mode

Study Mode is here.

Instead of jumping straight to a solution, ChatGPT can help you actually learn material now, using techniques like Socratic questioning, active recall, and scaffolding.

Built in collaboration with educators and experts, it adapts to your skill level, offers interactive prompts, and breaks down complex topics into digestible sections.

It also includes knowledge checks and personalized feedback to help you retain and apply what you’ve learned.

It’s now available to all logged-in users on Free, Plus, Pro, and Team plans.

Try ItSign up

Spicy, But SFW

Doritos Goggins

Doritos parodies retro adult films in a spicy new campaign full of innuendo for its Golden Sriracha flavor.

Walton Goggins stars in Rethink’s “A Spicy, but Not Too Spicy Plumber,” which debuted at NYC’s Slipper Room and anchors a 360° push across digital, OOH (including Times Square), and Instagram’s broadcast channels.

WatchSign up
Ads From the Past

Ads from the Past

Kool-Aid, 1954

Kool-Aid, 1954

Read more

Get the best daily marketing newsletter in your inbox