The rise of TikTok has rapidly revolutionised the world of social media, offering a range of opportunities to its users. Interested in income streams from social media platforms, Cashfloat utilised the latest analytics data from Lickd to establish how many TikTok views citizens from across 43 European countries would need on their account to earn the […]

To expand the social media capabilities of Adobe’s creative tools, the company has entered into an agreement to acquire ContentCal, a social media and content marketing solution. ContentCal lets users focus on creativity by automating social media publishing and reporting tasks. Based in London, the company has built a strong customer base, from individuals and small […]

Lydia Mossahebi is to take up a new leadership role in BBC Children’s & Education. Starting in September, Mossahebi will be head of the teams responsible for producing BBC Children’s & Education websites; games and app content; digital development; social media channels and designing promotional impact plans for key brands across digital platforms and linear […]

Middle-school aged children who use the Internet, social media or video games recreationally for more than an hour each day during the school week have significantly lower grades and test scores, according to a study carried out by the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick published in the Computers in Human Behavior journal. […]

Fewer people claim to be following news on social media than a year ago, according to Ofcom’s annual news consumption report. While TV remains the most popular platform for people to access news (75 per cent), the proportion using social media to keep up with the latest stories has fallen to 2018 levels – from […]

Instagram looks set to overtake Twitter as a news source. The usage of the photo-sharing social media app as a news source has doubled since 2018, according to the 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report. The trend is strongest among young people, with