THE CURVE is a trends and consumer insights practice focused on what’s ahead in consumer culture. This site contains a curated synthesis of ongoing qualitative and quantitative research about 18-to-49-year-old adults from NBCUniversal’s Content Innovation Agency department.
The trends, experts, data, and films tell the story of what’s influencing consumers today and what’s shaping culture next, and we highlight actionable insights and opportunities for marketers and brands. By bringing consumer culture to life creatively and quantitatively, The Curve is our starting point for ideation, and we hope it inspires fresh ideas for your businesses as well.
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CURVE FILMS is the in-house production arm of NBCUniversal Content Innovation Agency, dedicated to portraying consumer culture in a way that is as entertaining as it is informative. The films use documentary storytelling techniques to convey information and insights from The Curve Report in a way that provides a deep understanding of and connection to the subject matter.
NBCUNIVERSAL CONTENT INNOVATION AGENCY works with you—our advertiser partners—to build innovative and creative marketing campaigns across our vast portfolio of properties. Our work is fueled by a passion for your business, a deep knowledge of our own and, most importantly, an obsession with our shared audiences. It’s what fuels hit television shows and engaging digital experiences and forms the basis of every creative campaign we develop. Simply put, there is no better way to drive real results.
We look forward to working with you to incorporate the insights from The Curve into breakthrough marketing campaigns that resonate with your customers.
The Trends are a thematic selection of what's new and noteworthy in consumer culture.
VIEW ONLY TRENDSThe Experts are leaders in influential fields who inform our insights.
VIEW ONLY EXPERTSA collection of stories told through statistics that say something powerful about consumer culture.
VIEW ONLY DATACurve Films use documentary storytelling techniques to convey trends in consumer culture.
VIEW ONLY FILMSBreaking stories and new information that you need to know.
VIEW ONLY NEWSThe Curve, Volume 4.2, 2015 – Brooke is a model of Gen Y motherhood: Not only is she the breadwinner—working full-time while husband Ryan plays stay-at-home-dad—she’s optimistic, social, entrepreneurial, and ambitious. And she’s documenting it all on social media; her Instagram page alone boasts more than 90 photos tagged with daughter Ruby’s name. But most interesting to us—and indicative of the times—she puts a modern face on old-school American qualities: hustling and focusing on children.
Meet Althea, Kit & Brooke, three women whose diversity exemplifies the new American Woman.
Meet Althea. This explorer navigates her life with natural curiosity.
Meet Kit. Optimistic and successful, Kit’s the perfect example of an Indie Woman.
Meet a rising class of adventurous Gen Y women who are rolling the dice on major life decisions, from career to marriage to motherhood.
The debate about whether or not to have kids heats up among a generation, arguably, primed to be anything except a parent.
Top 10 concerns among Gen Y women struggling to answer the Mother, May I question.
An unpleasant underbelly to the rise of women narrative is popping up in schools, at work, and online.
We interviewed three generations of women from the Wild West about how to strike a balance between modern and traditional.
Forget lipstick and a pack of mints. Here’s a look at America’s new “It” girl’s survival must-haves.
THE CURVE is a semi-annual report about what’s ahead in consumer culture. It’s a curated synthesis of social shifts, industry trends and quantitative and qualitative research that tells a story of what’s influencing consumers today, what’s shaping culture next, and the actionable insights and opportunities for marketers/brands.
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THE CURVE REPORT is a semi-annual trends and insights book about what’s ahead in consumer culture. It’s a curated synthesis of social shifts, industry trends and quantitative and qualitative research that tells a story of what’s influencing consumers today, what’s shaping culture next, and the actionable insights and opportunities for marketers/brands.
Books will be distributed based on availability and at the discretion of NBCUniversal.
The Curve is NBCUniversal Content Innovation Agency’s trends and consumer insights practice. We invest in this work because we believe it will fuel the best ideas for our advertiser partners.
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