LadBible owner’s profits plunge as social media algorithm changes hit web traffic - LBG Media saw shares plunge by more than ...

Emily is a thought leader in Digital Journal’s Insight Forum (become a member). Social media can make or break a brand. From the potential to go viral and increase brand awareness to the ability to ...

Social media platforms use complex algorithms to decide what content appears on each user's feed. These systems are designed to filter massive amounts of posts and prioritize the ones most likely to ...

A new study from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago offers underlying evidence that the engagement-based ...

Social media platforms didn’t intend to polarize America. They intended to maximize engagement, and polarization was the ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard line on a political issue, and the platform is quick to respond—serving up ...

Major 2026 algorithm updates on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms are prioritizing originality, retention and deep engagement over follower counts and keyword targeting. These shifts ...

Elon Musk said Jack Dorsey was right about social media algorithms. On Wednesday, Musk highlighted a video of Dorsey talking about the free speech debate. Dorsey envisioned “a marketplace of ...

Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. TikTok announced on Jan. 22, 2026, that it has formed TikTok ...

Lizzo said that social media algorithms are messing up her album promo ahead of 'Bitch,' a problem she says is "destroying" the industry at large.