Losing Instagram Followers Due to the Purge of 2026
11/05/2026 | 12 mins.
The Head of Instagram explains why you may have lost followers last week, how long a Reel should be, and how to prevent people from leaving your Reels after 5 seconds. He also discusses feature suggestions including a faster, simpler way to organize a carousel, plus Trial Reels being available on desktop (yay!)
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Threads Gets DMs on Web and Adam Savage from Mythbusters Talks YouTube Strategy
06/05/2026 | 13 mins.
The Threads team continues to add features, and this one is important - being able to send DMs from your laptop (or desktop). Now you finally can! Also the Edits team has some new features, including one called "Fuse" that I really like, and we get into Edits features to help you with your workflow. Lastly the YouTube Creator Insider team interviews Adam Savage from the TV show "Mythbusters" all about his strategy.
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Threads: DMs from the Web! (Threads)
Threads: Trending Topics Expands to More Countries (Threads)
Edits: Updates to Captions and New Effects (Instagram)
Edits: Customize Your Edits Workspace (Instagram)
YouTube: Interview with Adam Savage from Mythbusters on Strategy (YouTube)
Wednesday Waffle: Valley Heat (Podcast)
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Memes and Original Content on Instagram, Explained by the CEO
04/05/2026 | 9 mins.
The Head of Instagram does his weekly Ask Me Anything, answering questions like "can I still post memes on Instagram?" and "tips for meme accounts to stay original?". He also talks about the most common traits in successful creators and if Instagram Verification prevents you from having your account suspended.
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Instagram Focuses on Original Content from Creators Plus the CEO of Snap on Stolen Products and Features
01/05/2026 | 14 mins.
The team at Instagram is going to start penalizing aggregators who don't make original content, and just take content from others. Additionally, the team at YouTube is going to stop sending push notifications to subscribers after 1 month of not clicking on them, and will communicate new videos through the YouTube Inbox (the bell!) instead. Also the CEO of Snap, Evan Spiegel, explains what it's like to have Instagram and Meta copy all your ideas.
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Instagram: Everything you need to know about original content (Instagram)
Snap: The AI era has made distribution the most important moat | Evan Spiegel (YouTube)
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Instagram Adds More Insights and Edits Adds Duplicate Versions
29/04/2026 | 10 mins.
The Instagram team has improved insights, making it easier to find the data you need to figure out how your content is performing. The Edits team has added some improvements, including the ability to duplicate videos so you can A/B test content without needing to remake it.
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Instagram: Updates to Insights (Instagram)
Edits: Updates to Edits (Instagram)
Instagram: How To Keep Followers Engaged (Instagram)
Wednesday Waffle:
Hear Me Out - A Night of Wild Takes (Instagram)
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