Most young teens in the US visit social media platforms, including TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, at least once a day, ...

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The new tool is first rolling out for the Reels tab, and users will see an icon for it in the upper right corner when ...

Instagram may seem like the perfect app for staying connected, but it's not all pretty filters and viral memes. The platform comes with hidden pitfalls that could affect your mental health, privacy, ...

If you’re dating and haven’t found any success on the endless dating apps in the App Store, you may want to consider joining the group of singles using Instagram as a replacement. DMing (direct ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

The addiction label for Instagram use is often misleading, reducing users' control and increasing self-blame, despite rare ...

Meta is launching a new unified support hub across Facebook and Instagram designed to make account recovery far less painful.

From the #ShotOniPhone challenge to your favorite Instagram model’s description of their latest photo shoot, hashtags help guide those who would absolutely love your content straight to your page. Let ...

Instagram is using AI to proactively find teens using accounts with adult birthdates. Credit: Jeffrey Hazelwood / Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Instagram It's an open secret that some teens ...

Are you spending all your time on Instagram to figure out who unfollowed you? Or maybe it's just those never-ending reels that are keeping you there. Whatever the reason, Meta-owned Instagram has ...

In a reel shared to Instagram on February 14, an account identifying itself with a group called The 13th Northeast Guerillas put out a call to prospective recruits in Vermont and New Hampshire. What ...