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Not Clinically Addictive
Instagram's chief testified under oath that social media is not addictive. The same day, Meta launched a feature where users write letters to the algorithm, ann...

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2026-01-21
CNBC 5 related

Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50%+ of all Instagram ads in 2025, up from 35% in 2024; Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on Instagram in the US in 2025

2026-01-20
CNBC 3 related

Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50%+ of all Instagram ads in 2025, up from 35% in 2024; Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on Instagram in the US in 2025

More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video Reels product in 2025, up from 35% in 2024 …

2026-01-19
TechCrunch 21 related

Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web

A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta's Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk's X on mobile devices.

2026-01-18
TechCrunch 1 related

Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web

A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta's Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk's X on mobile devices.

2026-01-02
Wall Street Journal 1 related

How Meta's Reels became a hit, with a $50B+ annual run rate; Sensor Tower: users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts, and 44 on TikTok

Once a TikTok wannabe, Instagram's video feature is now a hit with users and advertisers.  Can it make the leap to television? X: @meghanbobrowsky . LinkedIn: Meghan Bobrowsky X: Meghan Bobrowsky / @m...

2025-09-24
TechCrunch 3 related

Emergent, which lets non-technical users build apps via AI agents that handle coding errors and more, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $30M

In the last decade, as the camera quality of smartphones improved, platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok rose in popularity for photo and video sharing.

Bloomberg 5 related

Meta says Instagram has hit 3B monthly users and is changing its home screen to prioritize DMs and Reels; it is testing opening directly into Reels in India

Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, cementing the network as one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading …

2025-05-02
The Information

Livestream marketplace Whatnot says it hit $3B+ worth of goods sold through its app last year and viewers spend 80+ minutes per day on average on the app

Livestream shopping, while popular in Asia on apps like ByteDance-owned Douyin and Alibaba's Taobao Live, has been hard for most U.S.-focused startups and creators to crack. X: @anngehan X: Ann Gehan ...

2025-04-12
TechCrunch 6 related

Appfigures: ChatGPT was the most downloaded app globally in March, excluding games, with 46M downloads across App Store and Google Play, its biggest month ever

ChatGPT became the world's most downloaded app in March, excluding games, topping the usual contenders for the No. 1 spot, Instagram and TikTok.

2024-10-31
Wall Street Journal 8 related

Mark Zuckerberg says the company's AI-driven feed and video recommendations have led to an 8% increase in time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram

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Instagram has appeared in 1,636 Techmeme articles since December 2014, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include Hands-on with Threads: fairly basic text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram, no... and Social media addiction trial: Mark Zuckerberg says increasing engagement on Instagram is.... Frequently covered alongside Facebook, Meta, TikTok, Twitter, and TechCrunch. Coverage has shifted toward safety themes and away from consumer, research.

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