Why Strava, Letterboxd, Beli, and other niche social media apps are having a moment

The apps serve as both a personal diary and a tight-knit social network that some users prefer over larger sites networks that they believe have grown toxic.

How a Los Angeles startup’s ‘clipping’ fuels some of the biggest names in social media

The emergence of clipping shows just how much social media has changed since the early days as a platform for user-generated ...
Barron's

Robinhood Wants to Be the Go-To Social Media App for Traders

The company aims to transform its customers into a tight-knit community with Robinhood’s social platform as their meeting place to talk shop and share verified trades. If you build a social-media ...

A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world

The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,” Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content ...
The Conversation

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from ...