User-generated content (UGC) platforms empower brands to capture, track, and manage visual content posted by users on social media for marketing purposes. These platforms search social networks for relevant brand-related content by filtering through hashtags, account tags, keywords, and geolocation, among other techniques. Various teams can leverage UGC platforms for different objectives. Marketing and design teams benefit from these platforms by sourcing and organizing UGC more effectively. Marketing teams can strategize on the best ways to utilize UGC, while design and creative teams can use it to produce marketing materials. UGC-driven marketing efforts foster community engagement, enhancing brand awareness and loyalty. Additionally, product teams can analyze UGC to gauge user sentiment and inform product development. UGC platforms also assist legal teams in securing rights to redistribute content by reaching out to content owners. Overall, these platforms significantly reduce the time marketing teams spend searching for user-generated content manually. By repurposing UGC for marketing, these tools streamline the creation of in-house content while highlighting authentic, real-life use cases. UGC platforms can integrate with digital signage software, e-commerce platforms, and web content management systems to create static or live feeds of user-generated content. Beyond social networks, some UGC tools can extract content from video hosting services. Additionally, many UGC platforms offer features related to online reputation management or product reviews, as well as integration with influencer marketing platforms. To qualify for inclusion in the User-Generated Content category, a product must: * Collect brand-related visual content from users on social media. * Curate and manage user-generated content for resharing as needed. * Provide analytics to assess the performance of UGC-based social content and marketing campaigns. * Integrate with software that facilitates content distribution, such as e-commerce platforms or digital signage. * Offer tools or support for securing media rights from users.