The Instagram Stories - Social Media News

Daniel Hill, The Instagram Stories - Social Media News
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Oct 3, 2025 • 18min

10-3-25 - Instagram Explains How They Keep Teens Safe but there's more to it than that

Today on the show the Head of Instagram explains how they keep teens safe on the platform. However I think we all know that once you hit 3 billion monthly active users, you need to figure out how to get to 4 billion, and teens who don't have Instagram are the perfect potential audience. Also Sarah Wynn Williams, former Director of Policy at Facebook, explains how Meta targets ads to vulnerable teens and it's disgusting. Additionally Ashley Coffey and I get into this week's AI news, including social media apps with feeds that are 100% AI. Links:Instagram: Adam Mosseri on Teens (Instagram)Meta: Sarah Wynn Williams on 60 Minutes (YouTube) AI News:Meta: Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats (TechCrunch)AI apps with social media feeds - Meta AI app gets Vibes and ChatGPT launches SoraSign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Oct 2, 2025 • 13min

10-1-25 - Instagram Says They're Not Spying On You

Do you ever feel like Instagram is listening to you through your microphone? Well, according to the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, Instagram is NOT listening to you. He explains what might be causing the specific ads you're seeing, and explains a new test they're doing on the Instagram app. Also the YouTube team shares what they're working on, including auto-dubbing and lip syncing for videos into other languages. Links: Instagram: Is Instagram using your microphone? (Instagram)Instagram: New Test of First Two Tabs (Threads)YouTube: Gift Goals, Option to Hide End Screens, Channel Moderation Settings, and New Tools in Effect Maker! (YouTube)Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 29, 2025 • 14min

9-29-25 - The Instagram Algorithm Explained In Under One Minute

Today on the show, the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how the Instagram algorithm works in under one minute, how to get captions on Stories, why they rolled out horizontal Reels, why the Instagram iPad app opens to Reels, and a lot more. Links: Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 25, 2025 • 12min

9-25-25 - Instagram Gives the Ability to Control What You See

Today's episode features a clip from the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, about how they've hit 3 billion monthly active users, and explaining how they're rolling out controls to allow you to determine what topics you see content about. Additionally, the YouTube team has some updates, including the ability to turn a live-stream into a Short, and an explanation of what terms you can say on YouTube. Links:Instagram: Instagram is now at three billion monthly active users, and recommendation customization (Instagram)Meta AI: Update from Mark Zuckerberg Introducing Vibes -- a feed of expressive AI-generated videos (Threads)YouTube: This Week at YouTube: Improvements to Studio Comments, Live to Shorts Preview, and Contextual Search (YouTube)YouTube: Your Advertiser Friendly Content Guidelines Profanity Update Questions Answered!  (YouTube) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 22, 2025 • 13min

9-22-25 - The CEO of YouTube talks AI Slop and the Head of Instagram Explains Why No Links in Captions

Today's episode features the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, answering questions about why there are links only in Stories and not in captions or Reels, plus he explains how Stories can impact Reach. Additionally we hear from the CEO of YouTube, Neal Mohan, on how the platform will treat AI generated content - and how creators should think about it.  Links:YouTube: I Asked YouTube's CEO Your Hardest Questions (YouTube)Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 19, 2025 • 11min

9-19-25 - Meta Announces New Glasses with Display!

This is episode 1500! This is a huge milestone for me, and in today's episode, I include some new theme music. Mark Zuckerburg recently did a keynote at Meta Connect. It's long and there were a lot of technical difficulties so instead, Andrew Bosworth, CTO at Meta, explains the new products and their features. Additionally Adam Mosseri explains his favorite features of Instagram DMs, plus both Edits and Threads have some updates. Lastly, if you have never left a review for the show, would you mind taking 2 minutes to do so? Links:Meta: Introducing Meta Ray-Ban Display: A Breakthrough Category of AI Glasses (Meta Blog)Instagram: The Best Features of Instagram DMs (Instagram)Edits: Transitions, trending sounds, and turn clips into overlays (Instagram)Threads: Threads is rolling out the option to allow anyone to send you a DM request (Threads)Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 17, 2025 • 17min

9-17-25 - YouTube's Made On Event brings Collabs and More!

Today we do a deep dive into the YouTube Made On event, sharing updates from the Creator Insider team. We learned that YouTube paid out over $100 Billion dollars to Creators in the past 4 years alone! We also get new features like collabs, A/B testing of titles, and more. Links:YouTube: Creator Insider: Title A/B Testing, Collaborations, AI and Image Stickers, Live Sticker Polls, and New Gifts! (YouTube)YouTube: NEW Made On YouTube Features — Explained! (YouTube)YouTube: Blog: The next 20: Powering the future of entertainment together at Made on YouTube (YouTube Blog) Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 16, 2025 • 9min

9-15-25 - The Head of Instagram Explains Reach for Creators vs. Businesses

The Head of Instagram does a weekly Ask Me Anything and I share his answers on the show. Today we discuss if there's a way to find out which followers are most engaged (there isn't a way!) and how DM groups are different from Broadcast Channels (DM groups allow anyone to reply, Broadcast Channels only allow the person who owns it to post) and if reach goes down if lots of people mute you (reach doesn't go down in that scenario!) Links:Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 12, 2025 • 20min

9-12-25 - Instagram Fixes Stories, YouTube Rolls Out Multi-Language Audio and AI News

Today on the show, the Head of Instagram explains how they've fixed Instagram Stories, and the YouTube team rolls multi-language audio. Additionally, Ashley Coffey and I talk AI news, including an AI Podcast company that's going to make podcasts for $1 and a California bill that would regulate AI chatbots.Links:Today on the show, the Head of Instagram explains how they've fixed Instagram Stories, and the YouTube team rolls multi-language audio. Additionally, Ashley Coffey and I talk AI news, including an AI Podcast company that's going to make podcasts for $1 and a California bill that would regulate AI chatbots.Links:Instagram: Stories Change (Instagram)YouTube: Unlock a world of viewers with multi-language audio (YouTube)YouTube: Multi-Language Audio's Recipe for Reach with Nick DiGiovanni (YouTube)AI News:5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan (Hollywood Reporter)A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law (TechCrunch)Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Sep 9, 2025 • 9min

9-8-25 - The Head of Instagram Explains What Metrics Matter Most on a Reel

Today, the Head of Instagram explains what metrics to focus on for analyzing Reels performance - it's average watch time, then likes. Additionally he explains why it took so long to make an iPad app, and gives some input on other feature requests, like the ability to send a message to everyone's followers.Links:Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: NewsletterLeave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danielhillmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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