There are a million reasons not to use Instagram, from it taking up too much of your time to not wanting to support Mark Zuckerberg. While the best alternative might be just getting off social network ...

Social media used to be fun. You would get to see what your friends and family members have been up to. These days? These days it has become a game of chasing engagement and manipulating the algorithm ...

Longtime users of Instagram, the photo- and video-focused first cousin to Meta’s Facebook, know it isn’t what it used to be. What began as a simple, fun way to share pictures with friends has turned ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. At a time when established social media platforms are facing criticism and turbulence — from TikTok's temporary shutdown to Meta's ...

After months of testing and a public beta, Foto, the chronological feed-focused photography app that aims to rival Instagram, is now officially available on Android and iOS. Designed from the ground ...

Matthew is the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police. He's been gaming since his first taste of a TI-99 at four years old. Matthew has been an Android user since the HTC Hero and has covered ...

Pixelfed is a decentralized Instagram alternative that ties into the fediverse via the ActivityPub protocol. Following a beta test, Pixelfed has now widely released its official app on Android and iOS ...

Adult U.S. TikTok users spend an average of 54 minutes on the app on any given day, more than Instagram, Snapchat or YouTube, according to research firm eMarketer. If TikTok were to disappear, those ...

Instagram, and social media as a whole, has an AI problem. Not only is the platform tagging real photos as created by AI, but it’s also using users’ creations to train its AI models. This, for an ...

In the world of mobile apps, it’s normal for companies to “inspire” each other, especially when a particular service is extremely popular. ByteDance’s TikTok already enjoys immense popularity on its ...