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Trofimova: Social commerce will grow 14x over the next five years

Anastasia Trofimova · LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!? · Jun 18, 2025 · at 11:46

Anastasia Trofimova, founder of Sundae, pitches investors on The Pitch regarding tailwinds driving shoppable social media recipe content.

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“And the same with the social commerce. I think it grew three X in the last three years, and it's going to 14 X in the next five years.”

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The claim, plainly

Social commerce will grow 14-fold over the next five years.

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Assessment

The claim specifies a 5-year growth window ending around June 2030. As of the evaluation date of September 2, 2026, the 2030 market outcome cannot yet be definitively measured, as only forward-looking market projections exist rather than realized full-year 2030 data. While current consensus forecasts from research firms (such as Grand View Research, Precedence Research, IMARC Group, and Mordor Intelligence) project substantially lower growth trajectories ranging between 1.6x and 5x (10% to 37% CAGR) rather than 14x (~69.5% CAGR), final resolution must wait until actual market sizing data for 2030 is established.

Grand View Research (June 2026) projected social commerce to reach ~$6.7 trillion by 2030 (a ~4.5x increase from the 2025 baseline).
Precedence Research (July 2026) projected ~$7.3 trillion by 2030 (a ~4.5x increase from 2025).
IMARC Group (February 2026) and Mordor Intelligence (August 2026) projected 2030 multiples of 2.6x and 3.6x respectively.
A 14-fold expansion over 5 years requires a CAGR of approximately 69.5%, which exceeds all current industry projections, but the target horizon of mid-2030 has not yet elapsed.

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[1] grandviewresearch.com [2] precedenceresearch.com [3] imarcgroup.com [4] mordorintelligence.com [5] thebusinessresearchcompany.com [6] globenewswire.com [7] dhl.com [8] shortsintel.com

global social commerce market forecast 2025 2030 social commerce market size 2025 2030 Grand View Research social commerce market size 2025 2030 Statista eMarketer

assessed as of 2026-09-03

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⏳ prediction date: 2030-06-18; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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