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Social Media Weekly

Social Media Weekly

By Virtual Peddlers

The weekly podcast where we compile the latest social media news from around the world and dissect them.
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SMW S01EP12: 24 Jul 2018

Social Media WeeklyJul 25, 2018

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Social Media Weekly 9 March 2022

Social Media Weekly 9 March 2022

TikTok Prevents Stops New Posts and Livestreams in Russia, Facebook Testing New Desktop Layout, Twitter May Be Building Support for Podcasts, Meta’s NPE Releases a To-Do App, and Snapchat Turns Off Heatmap on Ukraine.

Mar 10, 202221:59
Social Media Weekly 23 February 2022

Social Media Weekly 23 February 2022

Meta’s Horizon Worlds Sees Increase in Users, Snapchat Lets Users Change Their Usernames, YouTube Ramps up Misinformation Fight, Meta Restricts Profile Image Frames, and Survey Shows Users Don’t Like Unsolicited DMs on LinkedIn

Feb 24, 202226:55
Social Media Weekly 16 February 2022

Social Media Weekly 16 February 2022

Twitter’s Users Grown by 6 million in Q4, LinkedIn Tests Switching Off Political Posts in Feed, Snapchat Tests Slotting Ads mid-roll, Likes Come to Instagram Stories, and Twitter Testing Variable Speeds on Videos and Audios.

Feb 17, 202222:40
Social Media Weekly 9 February 2022

Social Media Weekly 9 February 2022

Facebook Lost 1 Million Daily Active Users, Instagram Adds Features to Reels, Twitter Testing Article Length Posts, YouTube raked in $28.8 Billion in Ad revenue, and Snap May Be Working on a Selfie Drone.

Feb 10, 202230:28
Social Media Weekly 26 January 2022

Social Media Weekly 26 January 2022

Meta Gets into NFT space, Messenger Kids Launches Digital Literacy Program, Instagram Will Reduce Reach of Hate and Bullying Posts, Meta Integrates WhatsApp into Workplace, and TikTok Brings Back Creepy Function

Jan 28, 202227:08
Social Media Weekly 19 January 2022

Social Media Weekly 19 January 2022

Snapchat Blocks Adults From Connecting With Minors, Instagram Continues to Grow in India, Meta’s NPE Team Focuses on Global Markets, TikTok Still Believes in Stories, and This is How Meta Plans to Monetize the Metaverse.

Jan 20, 202214:35
Social Media Weekly 12 January 2022

Social Media Weekly 12 January 2022

Twitter Tests Ability to Respond to Tweets with Videos, Instagram Rolling Out ‘Profile Status’, LinkedIn Launches Its Own Clubhouse Clone, and TikTok testing New Sharing Option to View Clips and Follow Profiles.

Jan 12, 202221:11
Social Media Weekly 5 January 2022

Social Media Weekly 5 January 2022

Social Commerce Expected to Grow to US$1.2 trillion by 2025, Twitter Sells MoPub for $1.05 billion, Facebook Removes Some Sensitive Targeting Options, and Snapchat Pays Over $250 million to Spotlight Creators

Jan 07, 202223:35
Social Media Weekly 29 December 2021

Social Media Weekly 29 December 2021

TikTok is Being Sued by Its Content Moderator, Clubhouse Launches Saved Replays, Meta Updates Ad Objectives, Giving Us Fewer Options, TikTok Testing ‘Repost’ Option, and Here are Instagram’s Plans for 2022.

Dec 29, 202121:28
Social Media Weekly 15 December 2021

Social Media Weekly 15 December 2021

Meta Makes Horizon World Creation and Interaction To More Users, Instagram Lets Us Reply to Comments with Reels, Instagram Brings Chronological Feed To Us But Not Exactly What We Expected, Meta Gives More Users Access to Simplified AR Creation Tools, and WhatsApp Lets Us Preview Voice Messages Before Sending.

Dec 17, 202118:51
Social Media Weekly 1 December 2021

Social Media Weekly 1 December 2021

Snapchat Launches Holiday Shopping AR Experience, Instagram Testing Longer Stories Videos, Twitter CEO Steps Down, TikTok Tests Business Account Registration, and YouTube Lets Us Re-Use Video Details.

Dec 02, 202127:46
Social Media Weekly 24 November 2021

Social Media Weekly 24 November 2021

Instagram Shuts ‘Threads’ App, Clubhouse Rolls Out Auto Captions, Meta Delays Encrypted Messages to 2023, TikTok Brings its App to the TV in the US, and Twitter Joins the Live Shopping Hype.

Nov 25, 202127:13
Social Media Weekly 17 November 2021

Social Media Weekly 17 November 2021

TikTok Releases Trends That Make Posts Viral, Twitter May Show NFT Profile Photos in a Special Shape, Facebook Will Remove Thousands of Ad Targeting Categories, Reels Adds Text-to-Speech, Then TikTok Upgrades Theirs, and Lite Version of Creative Apps Available Within Facebook Stories.

Nov 17, 202116:37
Social Media Weekly 10 November 2021

Social Media Weekly 10 November 2021

Pinterest Kept Losing Users, Clubhouse Adds Support to 13 Languages, Snap Launches New Certification Cours, Twitter Lets non-users Tune Into Spaces, Meta May Open Retail Stores.

Nov 10, 202120:52
Social Media Weekly 3 November 2021

Social Media Weekly 3 November 2021

Facebook is Now Meta, Twitter Brings Super Follows to iOS, LinkedIn Continues to Grow in Size and Revenue, Instagram Brings Links to all Stories Users, and Facebook Launches New Coursera Courses.

Nov 04, 202115:58
Social Media Weekly 27 October 2021

Social Media Weekly 27 October 2021

Facebook May Change Its Name, Clubhouse Adds Pinned Links, Everyone, stop Dry Scooping, Instagram Enables Desktop Posting of Videos and Images, and Former US President Launches New Social Media.

Oct 27, 202118:41
Social Media Weekly 20 October 2021

Social Media Weekly 20 October 2021

2022 Prediction Specials: Top 10 things we think will get more attention next year

Oct 21, 202126:03
Social Media Weekly 13 October 2021

Social Media Weekly 13 October 2021

These are Facebook’s Post-Facebook Files Improvements, Twitter Officially Launches Ability to Remove Followers, Instagram Releases Two New Features, Clubhouse Adds Link-Sharing to Rooms, and Twitter Adds New Features to its Paid Tier.

Oct 13, 202126:56
Social Media Weekly 6 October 2021

Social Media Weekly 6 October 2021

Instagram Tests Likes on Stories, Clubhouse Adds Universal Search, Snapchat Pushes AR Adoption with WPP, Instagram Retires IGTV, and Facebook Always Choose Profit over Users.

Oct 07, 202126:33
Social Media Weekly 29 September 2021

Social Media Weekly 29 September 2021

Facebook Reacts to ‘Facebook Files’ Reveal, Clubhouse Lets Us Wave at Friends to Start a Room, Instagram Shelves Kidstagram, TikTok Reaches 1 Billion Users, and LinkedIn Plans Paid Events.

Sep 29, 202123:34
Social Media Weekly 22 September 2021

Social Media Weekly 22 September 2021

WhatsApp Finally Allows Encrypted Cloud Backup, YouTube Launches Own Podcast, LinkedIn Invests in the Creator Economy, Facebook Announces AR Glasses, and Instagram Wants to Convert Our Stories into Reels.

Sep 22, 202123:18
Social Media Weekly 1 September 2021

Social Media Weekly 1 September 2021

Instagram Will Require Us to Enter Birthdays, Clubhouse Adds Spatial Audio, YouTube Opens a Theater in Los Angeles, TikTok Getting into VR, and LinkedIn Closing Down Stories.

Sep 02, 202125:04
Social Media Weekly 25 August 2021

Social Media Weekly 25 August 2021

TikTok Expands Marketing Partner Program to SEA, Instagram Stories Swipe Up Link Going Away, A Standalone WhatsApp iPad App Coming Soon, Twitter Adds Subscribe Button Directly to Revue, and Facebook Brings Reels to Its Main App.

Aug 26, 202115:51
Social Media Weekly 18 August 2021

Social Media Weekly 18 August 2021

TikTok Works with Vimeo and Canva, Twitter Hit With Another Verification Hiccup, End to End Encryption Comes to Messenger, WhatsApp Tests Chat Import Between iOS and Android, YouTube Releases a Few New Features.

Aug 19, 202111:26
Social Media Weekly 11 August 2021

Social Media Weekly 11 August 2021

LinkedIn Adds Its Own Video Meeting, Instagram Tests Ads in Shop Tab, TikTok Tests Stories Format, IG Scammers Profit From Banning Accounts, and Twitter Testing Feature That Removes Followers.

Aug 11, 202118:09
Social Media weekly 4 August 2021

Social Media weekly 4 August 2021

Snapchat Launches Global Ad Campaigns, WhatsApp Drops 2 More New Features, Clubhouse Sees Increase in Usage, Zoom Fined $85 Million, LinkedIn is a $10 Billion a Year Biz

Aug 04, 202124:27
Social Media Weekly 28 July 2021

Social Media Weekly 28 July 2021

YouTube Working on Livestream Shopping, Clubhouse Moves Out of Beta, Spotify partners with GIPHY, Snap Announced Best Quarter in Four Years, and Instagram Testing TikTok-Style Explore Section

Jul 28, 202121:34
Social Media Weekly 21 July 2021

Social Media Weekly 21 July 2021

Twitch Creators get Some TikTok Action, Clubhouse Rolls Out Backchannel Chat, WhatsApp Working on True Multi-device App, LinkedIn Says Data Scraping Not a Hack, RIP Twitter Fleet.

Jul 21, 202117:49
Social Media weekly 14 July 2021

Social Media weekly 14 July 2021

YouTube Releases ‘New To You’ Discovery Function, Clubhouse Collaborates with TED, TikTok: Unplugged is a Live Session with Top Creators, and Higher Resolution Images Coming to WhatsApp.

Jul 14, 202116:16
Social Media Weekly 7 July 2021

Social Media Weekly 7 July 2021

Longer TikToks Coming To All, Facebook Launches Bulletin Beta for Podcasters and Writers, Facebook Tests Threads on Posts, and Instagram Announces Major Transformation.

Jul 07, 202120:01
Social Media weekly 30 June 2021

Social Media weekly 30 June 2021

Introducing our new Cohost Jay! We talked about YouTube's guidelines for building an audience, Facebook expanding use-case for Stories, Instagram may let us post from desktop, and more.

Jun 30, 202120:11
Social Media 23 June 2021

Social Media 23 June 2021

Spotify launches Clubhouse rival, Clubhouse builds chats, Instagram brings ads to all Reels, and more

Jun 24, 202115:02
Social Media Weekly 16 June 2021

Social Media Weekly 16 June 2021

Instagram explains its algorithm, Facebook Watch coming next year, TikTok gets positive, YouTube bans alcohol, gambling, and political ads on its Masthead placements, and more.

Jun 16, 202118:19
Social Media Weekly 9 June 2021

Social Media Weekly 9 June 2021

Visual tracking on the rise, YouTube expands Shorts to more countries, WhatsApp bringing new features, Clubhouse on Android gets more updates, and more

Jun 09, 202113:28
Social Media Weekly 2 June 2021

Social Media Weekly 2 June 2021

Twitter releasing subscription plan, Instagram lets us remove Like and View counts, Twitter relaunch verification requests a few times, and more

Jun 02, 202111:17
Social Media Weekly 26 May 2021

Social Media Weekly 26 May 2021

Clubhouse gained 1 million new Android users, Twitter releases monetized Spaces, Snap Spectacles ready for AR, and more

May 26, 202108:56
Social Media Weekly 19 May 2021

Social Media Weekly 19 May 2021

Social Platforms Block Palestinian Content, Clubhouse Aims for Global Android Release, Twitter Asks Us to Turn on Tracking, and more

May 20, 202110:52
Social Media Weekly 12 May 2021

Social Media Weekly 12 May 2021

Spotify enables podcast sharing by timestamp, Clubhouse finally launches on Android, Kidstagram pushes ahead, and more.

May 12, 202112:16
Social Media Weekly 5 May 2021

Social Media Weekly 5 May 2021

Facebook Wants Us to Follow Interests, Snap expands AR power with Pixel8Earth, Facebook pushes ahead with E2E on Chats, and more

May 07, 202115:32
Social Media Weekly 28 April 2021

Social Media Weekly 28 April 2021

Special episode to dive deep into iOS 14.5's App Tracking Transparency, and its implications on Digital Marketing

Apr 30, 202116:58
Social Media Weekly 21 April 2021

Social Media Weekly 21 April 2021

Facebook wants to do more with Spotify, Clubhouse Raises Series C Funding, Estee Lauder Builds AR Campaign with Snapchat, and more.

Apr 22, 202113:43
Social Media Weekly 14 April 2021

Social Media Weekly 14 April 2021

Germany wants to stop WhatsApp from sharing data with Facebook, Twitter wanted to buy Clubhouse, and was Clubhouse Breached? That and more.

Apr 15, 202108:33
Social Media Weekly 7 April 2021

Social Media Weekly 7 April 2021

WhatsApp Pay Gets Greenlighted in Brazil, Another Data Leak in Facebook, Discord Builds Clubhouse Copycat, and more.

Apr 08, 202112:60
Social Media Weekly 31 March 2021

Social Media Weekly 31 March 2021

Twitter wants to add emoji reactions, Slack wants to copy IG Stories, TikTok Remix gets copied, and more.

Apr 02, 202110:01
Social Media Weekly 24 March 2021

Social Media Weekly 24 March 2021

Facebook Reveals Concept Wrist Watch, No Light at the End of Clubhouse's Tunnel, Kidstagram Coming Soon, and more.

Mar 25, 202111:09
Social Media Weekly 10 March 2021

Social Media Weekly 10 March 2021

Undo Button Coming To Twitter, Facebook Lets Us Block Political Ads, Instagram Lets Us Hide Likes, and more

Mar 14, 202112:17
Social Media Weekly 24 February 2021

Social Media Weekly 24 February 2021

Facebook's Scuffle with Australia, WhatsApp's Scuffle with Users, Clubhouse's Scuffle with Hackers, and more.

Feb 24, 202114:44
Social Media Weekly 17 February 2021

Social Media Weekly 17 February 2021

Facebook Builds a Clubhouse Competitor? You Bet! That and more this week

Feb 18, 202113:56
Social Media Weekly 10 February 2021

Social Media Weekly 10 February 2021

Twitter diversifies monetization, Clubhouse banned in China, EU may lose Google access, and more

Feb 10, 202118:42
Social Media Weekly 3 February 2021

Social Media Weekly 3 February 2021

Instagram Plans to Stop Us from Sharing Our Own Posts to Stories, TikTok Finds a new Advertising Partner and more.

Feb 03, 202110:43