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The one place the creative industry actually trusts

Since 2009, Creative Boom has been more than a magazine – we've been the beating heart of the global creative community. Founded by Katy Cowan, our editor, what began as a side project has grown into one of the most trusted independent platforms in the industry, reaching over a million creatives every month.

If you want to reach the creative industry, this is where you need to be. Our audience doesn't just scroll. They listen, engage, and act – because they know and trust us. We are a daily habit for them.

And this is the experienced end of the creative world: 80% hold a degree or higher, 60% have more than 10 years' experience, and over half are self-employed or running their own studio. The design leads, studio founders, and decision-makers whose choices your brand actually needs.

We're not a faceless media brand. We're a team of professional journalists, travelling the world to uncover the stories that matter most to creatives. Human, approachable, and proudly independent, with an ear to the ground and a finger on the pulse of the industry. Partner with us and your campaign doesn't just gain reach; it sparks connection with a loyal, highly engaged community.

The Creative Boom Ecosystem

We meet creatives wherever they are, across a multi-channel ecosystem that's proven, powerful, and still growing fast:

• Creative Boom Magazine – our online home for news, inspiration, and industry insight, with 332,000 monthly visitors and 605,000 page views.
• The Creative Boom Podcast – a top-5 UK design podcast with a five-star Apple rating, now past one million downloads and 40,000+ listens a month. Guests have included Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, Oliver Jeffers, Annie Atkins, Gail Anderson, and Malika Favre.
• Our Newsletter – landing in 55,000 inboxes every Tuesday, with a strong 32% open rate.
• The Studio – our private community, over 8,000 members strong, with a 67% retention rate, more than 70,000 visits a month, and daily conversations that matter.
• Creative Boom IRL – our grassroots movement, bringing creatives together for casual networking at meet-ups in 14+ cities, from Brighton to Belfast, New York to Glasgow.
• Social media – more than 635,000 followers and, in the last 12 months, 10.8 million impressions and 247,000+ engagements across Meta, X, and LinkedIn.

Add it all up, and it's over a million creatives a month, with a genuinely global reach – 29% in the US and Canada, 25% across the UK and Ireland, and 19% in Europe.

We've partnered with Microsoft, Adobe, BBC, Disney, Meta, Samsung, Canva, and Canon, among many others. But what sets us apart is how we work: every collaboration is tailored to fit naturally into our world, so it feels authentic and valuable to our audience.

Why Creative Boom?

Because the old trade media model is breaking, search traffic is collapsing, and social platforms are saturated. Creatives are harder than ever to reach.

Creative Boom is thriving because we're already built for what's next: human-led, community-driven, personality-first. We understand creatives better than anyone else... because we are creatives.

Partner with us, and you don't just buy visibility. You earn trust, attention, and loyalty from one of the most influential creative audiences in the world.

Let's talk. Contact our Partnerships Director, Jon Everall, at [email protected].