Do agencies think engineering Reddit mentions is risky?
81%
81% of agency owners say deliberately engineering organic Reddit mentions is risky for a brand.
n = 1,002 marketing agency owners in the US and UK · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Measures stated perception.
What it means
Read alongside the 47% who would consider paying for it, this is an industry that knows the risk and is weighing it anyway.
Methodology
- Sample
- 1,002
- Population
- marketing agency owners in the US and UK
- Country
- United States and United Kingdom
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Reddit, AI visibility and the coming backlash
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Do agencies think engineering Reddit mentions is risky?" Survey of 1,002 marketing agency owners in the US and UK, United States and United Kingdom. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/is-engineering-reddit-mentions-risky
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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