Jackson Olson might be the next cast member to join season 35 of Dancing With the Stars. DWTS judge Derek Hough has interacted with Jackson’s posts, leading fans to believe he’d be the third person to ...

Meta‘s Instagram wants to make it easier for marketers to buy ads that tap into viral moments on its short-form Reels videos. Instagram announced that it is expanding Reels trending ads (RTA) ...

More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video product Reels in 2025, up from 35% in 2024, according to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The shift ...

In brief: After years of experimentation and algorithmic fine-tuning, Reels has emerged as Meta's most promising growth engine. For a company that spent years trying to catch up to TikTok, the next ...

Meta’s Reels has become a $50 billion business. Above is the launch video for the product from 2020. META Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced on an October earnings call that ...

Instagram is expanding Reels-viewing beyond mobile, the social network announced on Tuesday. The company is piloting IG for TV, a new experience that lets you watch Reels on TV, starting with Amazon ...

Meta is giving Instagram users a rare glimpse into why certain posts are showing up on their Reels, the platform’s feed of algorithmically curated videos. Starting today, users will now see a list of ...

Paige Spiranac is an influencer who is known for her golf-related content. Recently, she shared glimpses of a few stylish outfits on her Instagram profile. Spiranac uploaded a video on her Instagram ...

Instagram and TikTok’s apps might look even more similar before long. Instagram just announced a test rolling out to “a small group of people“ that makes Reels the default tab view when you launch the ...

Does alcohol enhance one’s foreign language fluency? Do West African lizards have a preferred pizza topping? And can painting cows with zebra stripes help repel biting flies? These and other unusual ...

I don’t spend a lot of time on IG reels if I can help it—TikTok is my go-to platform for mess and random Bea Arthur sound bites, thank you very much! But I can’t help but notice that the men’s workout ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...