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Live sample coverage from TikTok · United Kingdom · August 11, 2026

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Trending narrative
ITV News put an Imperial fellow's evidence in front of 784,919 viewers without the college posting anything. Imperial's research travels inside other people's broadcasts, which is reach the communications team never books and cannot steer.
Trending now · pulled from dig
Narrative intelligence

The stories driving the Imperial College London conversation.

Narratives, not hashtags. dig surfaces the meaning behind each clip, ranking the stories by momentum and breaking them down by generation.

Trending now · last 7 days

What people really think about Imperial College London right now.

Pre-crisis radar · for comms

The narratives that haven't hit yet.

Early negative signals that give comms a head start before the story spreads.

Emerging signals · last 14 days
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The accelerating narratives, who's driving them, and why they matter. Visible only to dig customers.
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Owned content vs. UGC

Who's actually calling the Imperial College London conversation.

Two separate conversations run in parallel: newsrooms quoting Imperial science, and students describing what it costs to study here. They almost never touch.

Owned vs. UGC reach · last 30 days
~8%vs~92%
Owned share · UGC share of Imperial College London TikTok reach (30d)
The college's own account is dwarfed by @itvnews, @bbcnews and current students, who between them decide what Imperial means to anyone under twenty-five.
Top 6 creators · last 7 days
See the creators moving Imperial College London's higher education conversation.
Creator type, narratives, follower counts, and recommended actions.
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The house codes

Climate research, medical research, engineering, the Business School, careers, student experience. Tracked.

Each strand of the Imperial conversation with its live sentiment, and the read a university communications or recruitment lead would want before an open day.

Portfolio signal · last 30 days
See every franchise in the house.
Each product line's top narrative and the surprise signal comms may not see coming yet. Visible only to dig customers.
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From signal to next move

The actions your team can take this week.

The creator to engage, the narrative to get ahead of, and the talking point that needs to be ready before the story moves.

Your next moves.
The creator to seed, the narrative to boost, and the talking point to sharpen this week.
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