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TikTok ad spend increased in Q1 despite regulatory woes

TikTok’s appeal is stronger than ever among American teens: 47% ranked it as their favorite social app in an April 2025 survey.

Ramp team

Editor's picks

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The cost of AI is decreasing

In just twelve months, the cost of tokens have dropped 75%. What changed?

Ramp team

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How we built The Ramp AI Index

Our dataset is built by extracting text from billions of aggregated, anonymized transactions from over 30,000 businesses using Ramp Bill Pay and corporate cards

Ara Kharazian

Economist, Ramp

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Introducing Velocity

A new chapter in financial storytelling

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Nic Vargus

Lead Content Strategist, Ramp

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What we’re hearing from businesses about tariffs

We spoke to more than 30 business leaders in the construction, manufacturing, healthcare, and retail sectors about how they expect tariffs to impact their businesses.

Ara Kharazian

Economist, Ramp

Latest stories

TikTok ad spend increased in Q1 despite regulatory woes
TikTok’s appeal is stronger than ever among American teens: 47% ranked it as their favorite social app in an April 2025 survey.
Culture, Data — Apr 22
The cost of AI is decreasing
In just twelve months, the cost of tokens have dropped 75%. What changed?
Culture, Data — Apr 15
Introducing Velocity
A new chapter in financial storytelling
Culture, Data, Finance — Apr 1
Trends in alcohol spending: Businesses, employees cut back
Alcohol spending is declining. Is this shift purely consumer-driven, or is it reshaping the American workplace too?
Culture, Data — Mar 17
How cities are riding, tipping, and going green
Is a city's workplace culture reflected in its rideshare habits? We analyzed transaction data to find out.
Culture — Mar 16
Are businesses actually using DeepSeek?
The Chinese artificial intelligence start-up’s new low-cost AI model triggered a selloff in U.S. tech stocks last month. But for all the commotion, DeepSeek didn’t come close to our list of trending vendors. Ramp’s latest estimate of the top AI vendors shows, as of the end of January 2025, only 0.2 percent of U.S. corporations have used DeepSeek.
Culture, Data — Mar 7