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Live sample coverage from TikTok · United Kingdom · August 12, 2026

Sports Direct. Watched closely.

dig delivers a live read on the forces shaping brands across social, from creator sparks and product launches to cultural shifts and emerging narratives.

Trending narrative
A mum filming a back-to-school shop for her boys pulled 3,172,029 views, more than every other Sports Direct clip in the UK combined. It is a shopping trip, not a campaign asset, and it is the biggest thing on the brand right now.
Trending now · pulled from dig
Narrative intelligence

The stories driving the Sports Direct 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 Sports Direct 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
See the signals before they break.
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 Sports Direct conversation.

Worth knowing where the line sits: the back-to-school layer blends genuine parent hauls with creator partnerships, and several of the biggest August clips tag the brand without an ad label. dig separates the two so the organic number is the real one.

Owned vs. UGC reach · last 30 days
~35%vs~65%
Owned share · UGC share of Sports Direct TikTok reach (30d)
@sportsdirect, @sportsdirectuk and @sportsdirectfootball are excluded from every number on this page, along with the five clips carrying a paid disclosure.
Top 6 creators · last 7 days
See the creators moving Sports Direct's sports retail conversation.
Creator type, narratives, follower counts, and recommended actions.
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The house codes

Back to school, the bargain hunt, the football floor, the giant mug, drop-day queues, replica kit pricing. Tracked.

Each part of the Sports Direct floor with the narrative running underneath it, and the thing a marketing lead would want to know before a store manager or a journalist raises it.

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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