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16 Aug 2024

The Week in Social

Welcome to ‘The Week in Social’ our team sharing the top stories for you every week on the latest trends, updates and insights in the social-first world! Stories shared by the 1000heads team.

WEEKLY READING LIST 🤓

INSTAGRAM TESTS SHARING FRIEND MAPS

Instagram has launched a live test of its new “Friend Map” feature, which can display the location of your friends on a dedicated display in the app.

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ADVANCED ANALYTICS FOR X PREMIUM USERS

X offers their Premium Users a range of new analytics elements, including info on their audience’s age, gender, and country of origin, among others.

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TWITCH ADDS NEW VIDEO STORIES

Streamers can now film 60-second videos in the Twitch mobile app or upload a video from their camera roll.

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YOUTUBE TESTS LONG VIDEOS IN SHORTS FEED

YouTube is leveraging Shorts’ popularity by promoting longer videos within the Shorts feed.

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TIKTOK ADDS GROUP CHATS AND STICKERS IN DMS

With DMs becoming a bigger engagement element, TikTok is tapping into the same behavioural trend, by updating its own direct messaging features.

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INSTAGRAM UPDATES METRICS TO FOCUS ON VIEWS

Instagram is making ‘Views’ the primary metric across all formats including reels, live, photos, carousels, and stories.

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