Social media news – TikTok becomes the most downloaded social media app

by Hannah McKernon

From the continued rise in popularity of social media app TikTok, to the advancing features on Twitter, Clubhouse and YouTube, social media is moving at a rapid pace. We've rounded up the latest new developments for you so you don't have to.

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TikTok stays ahead as most downloaded social media app in June

Despite ongoing content concerns, data safety issues, and other controversies of varying degree, TikTok was once again the most downloaded non-gaming app in June 2021, according to the latest data from Sensor Tower.

Read more at Social Media Today

Social Media Today

WhatsApp adds ‘best quality’ setting for photo and video sending

WhatsApp is working on a new setting to allow users to have the choice of whether to compress photos and videos. This would enable users to save on their data allowance, send photos in the best available quality or let WhatsApp automatically select the optimal level of compression for files.

Find out more at Tech Crunch

Tech Crunch

Clubhouse announces exclusive content deal with TED

Audio social platform Clubhouse has announced that it's partnering with TED to share exclusive content from TED's roster of thought leaders and experts.

Social Media Today

‘New to You’ discovery prompt for YouTube

YouTube is rolling out a new feature called 'New to You' to help users discover content from channels that they've not previously viewed, but are aligned with their interests based on past viewing behaviour.

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Social Media Today

New Twitter test highlights 'Related Fleets'

Twitter is really keen for users to give its Stories-like Fleets a shot and it's working to highlight the best Fleets content, in various forms, in order to entice new users into its mobile-aligned content stream.

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Social media news – TikTok becomes the most downloaded social media app

TikTok stays ahead as most downloaded social media app in June

WhatsApp adds ‘best quality’ setting for photo and video sending

Clubhouse announces exclusive content deal with TED

‘New to You’ discovery prompt for YouTube

New Twitter test highlights 'Related Fleets'

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