Category: Social Media

Looking to reminisce about the year that was, and get a better understanding of what captured people’s interest in 2025? Google’s annual “Year in Search” overview is here to give you the rundown of the key trends, and help ensure that you know your Labubus from your chicken jockeys, and all that came in between….

Instagram’s trying out another way to help creators get more followers, this time via early access Reels, which will only be viewable by people who follow that user. As you can see in these examples, posted by social media expert Lindsey Gamble, some creators are now being given access to an “early access” Reels option,…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Getting assistance with your issues on Facebook and IG has always been problematic, and it’s almost impossible to get an actual Meta support person on the line to talk you through an issue. Which makes sense. At…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. This has been floating around in the app for a while, but today, TikTok has officially announced that it’s launching its “Nearby feed” of local content and recommendations to users in France, Germany, Italy and the U.K.,…

Meta’s independent Oversight Board has published a new report to mark its five-year anniversary, which digs into the various cases it’s been able to help Meta’s team, and Meta users, deal with, and how it’s also helped the company shape moderation policy, based on objective assessment, as opposed to internal directives. Meta’s Oversight Board was…

Here’s one for all the developers out there looking to get the most out of the various Meta marketing API tools. Today, Meta has announced several updates to the Instagram Marketing API, which will enable third-party management platforms to add in more options to gather relevant engagement data, in order to help inform marketing and…

With the holiday push now moving into the peak phase, have you got all of your marketing and advertising materials in line, in order to maximize all of your opportunities in the season? This “12 Days of Insights” listing from Emplifi could help. Based on Emplifi’s “State of Consumer Branded Social Media Engagement” report, these…

With Facebook Marketplace usage rising, especially among younger consumers, Facebook’s looking to capitalize on the potential of Marketplace for gifting, with a new Holiday Shop activation of curated items. The activation will highlight popular gifts, based on seasonal trends, to help users find relevant listings for potential Christmas surprises. As explained by Meta: “The shop…

Seems like it’s probably not a great time for Snap Inc. With Snapchat’s growth already flat-lining in key markets, and the platform set to lose another half a million users next week due to Australia’s under-16 social media ban, the platform has also now been banned in Russia, due to its reported usage by organized…

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Despite various objections to the process, and after repeatedly seeking to have its platform exempted from Australia’s coming social media access restrictions for teens, YouTube is now alerting Australian users that anyone aged under 16 will be…