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Google and YouTube report an impressive q3, and new CTV features arrive for YouTube

STACKED MARKETER - The marketer's #1 daily newsletter! Can you imagine raking in $100B? Alphabet can. The company saw serious growth in Q3: Google Search ad revenue jumped 15% year-over-year (YoY). YouTube’s ad revenue hit $10B, and its subscription businesses generated $13B. Interestingly enough, YouTube Premium is one of the two leading subscriptions for Alphabet’

Promising Q3 earnings, new Threads ad formats, and Instagram’s algo goes custom

STACKED MARKETER - The marketer's #1 daily newsletter! The Zuck stops here… And apparently, so does everyone else: Meta’s Q3 2025 earnings report tells a compelling story for advertisers. Revenue hit $51.24B—up 26% year-over-year—fueled by a 14% surge in ad impressions. More eyeballs on ads? Sounds great. Of course, that was also accompanied by a 10% jump in average

TikTok announces exclusive Veteran’s Day live event

TikTok continues to highlight its support for American culture and events.

“I’ve got your back”

This is not a promise to be made lightly. It’s not, “I’ve got your back until it becomes difficult or inconvenient for me.” It puts us on the hook, without exception. This is a powerful promise, a commitment that can change the life of both parties. Don’t do it lightly, but do it. It’s worth […]

TfL denies Ricky Gervais stab vest ad rejection claim amid train attack

Transport for London says comedian's controversial vodka ads highlighting knife crime were never submitted, contradicting viral social media claims.

Target layoffs hit almost all corners of the business, from merchants to engineers

The move is expected to have a noticeable impact on the workloads and sentiment of those who remain with the company.

YouTube offers voluntary exit program for U.S. staff amid organizational restructure

YouTube has initiated a voluntary exit program with severance for U.S. employees while reorganizing its product teams to prioritize artificial intelligence development. The Google-owned platform reports no layoffs as part of the restructuring that creates three distinct product divisions reporting directly to CEO Neal Mohan. According to TechCrunch, the video platfo

Streams charts, StreamerDap partner to offer free analytics to Twitch streamers in 2026 deal

Streams Charts and StreamerDap are joining forces to provide Twitch streamers with free access to analytics tools throughout 2026. Twitch streamers who connect their channels to Streams Charts will receive complimentary analytics to track performance metrics and audience demographics. The collaboration supports StreamerDap’s focus on non-intrusive sponsorship opport

VTubing viewership dips in Q3 2025 despite strong creator engagement, report shows

Virtual creator livestreaming sees its first decline after record-setting quarters while independent streamers gain market share. Viewership declined in the third quarter of 2025, with total Hours Watched (HW) falling to 462.5 million, according to a joint report from Streams Charts and VSTATS. This represents a 12.3% decrease from previous quarters, though the repo

Google adds Chrome Web Store user agent

Google added a new user agent to the Google user-triggered fetchers named Google-CWS.

Report: Apple to lean on Google Gemini for Siri overhaul

Apple has reportedly selected Google to power the next generation of Siri through a partnership neither company plans to publicly acknowledge. The post Report: Apple To Lean On Google Gemini For Siri Overhaul appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Facebook will now allow private groups to switch to public instead

A significant change, which could be of concern to some group members.

TikTok announces nominees for the US TikTok Awards

The awards will celebrate the best creators and influencers in the app.

CAA signs beauty vlogger Nabela Noor as her cross-cultural lifestyle brand expands

Beauty vlogger and lifestyle entrepreneur Nabela Noor has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for representation, joining the agency’s expanding roster of digital creators, per The Hollywood Reporter. The first-generation Bangladeshi-American reaches more than 12 million followers across social platforms with content focused on home, beauty, and creativity. He

New Facebook update gives group admins more flexibility while protecting member privacy

We’re giving Facebook Group admins the option to change their group from private to public while still protecting the privacy of members. The post New Facebook Update Gives Group Admins More Flexibility While Protecting Member Privacy appeared first on Meta Newsroom.

More revenue, more users, but chatbots aren’t driving traffic

STACKED MARKETER - The marketer's #1 daily newsletter! People are still the beating heart of Reddit. And these numbers don’t lie: Reddit’s Q3 brought in $585M in revenue, a significant 68% jump year-over-year (YoY), while daily active users climbed to 116M. It’s also now the second most-visited site in the US. Whoa. Reddit has become the go-to for human insights, es

2026 q1 boasts growth, and LinkedIn says engagement is on the up, too

STACKED MARKETER - The marketer's #1 daily newsletter! Looks like Microsoft’s AI bet is paying off. Money printing in progress: The company’s revenue climbed to $77.7B, an 18% YoY jump. Microsoft Cloud revenue hit just over $49B, up 26% YoY, and Azure and other cloud services lifted 40%, too. That’s not just growth, that’s a gold rush fueled by businesses scrambling

WhatsApp launches official Apple Watch app

Now you can keep up with your WhatsApp chats while on the go.

We aren’t chasing rounds, we seek connections.

Reading Time: 3 minutes11 years ago, we were a small team trying to solve a simple but powerful problem: how can brands truly understand and serve their customers in every engagement? Back then, we didn’t know how to build SaaS products or sell them globally. We learned everything the hard way, from long nights writing code to early […] The post We Aren’t Chasing Ro

Bluesky hits 40M users and gets new features (but growth is slow), Instagram adds competitor insights, and Meta’s ad tools are getting weird

STACKED MARKETER - The marketer's #1 daily newsletter! Ever since we watched Gladiator, seeing thumbs down have been pretty scary. And now they’re coming to Bluesky: The platform just announced it’s testing dislikes to improve feed rankings and reply prioritization. It’s also mapping out social neighborhoods to surface more relevant conversations. If you’re building

100+ tasty thanksgiving puns to bake into seasonal promos

Feast your eyes on these Thanksgiving puns, ready to serve your customers and followers. The post 100+ Tasty Thanksgiving Puns to Bake into Seasonal Promos appeared first on WordStream.

Google targets 2027 for space-based AI computing prototype launch

Google unveils Project Suncatcher on November 4, 2025, proposing satellite constellations with TPUs and optical links to scale machine learning compute in orbit.

SXSW 2026 unveils 250+ sessions with major focus on creator economy, AI

South by Southwest (SXSW) plans more than 250 sessions for its 40th anniversary celebration in March 2026, with major focus on the creator economy and artificial intelligence among its core programming tracks. The technology and arts festival, scheduled for March 12-18 in Austin, Texas, is expanding to a full week-long format that consolidates its traditionally […]

Google to remove more search features including practice problems, nutrition facts, nearby offers and more

Google said these features \"aren't being used very often and aren’t adding significant value to users.\"

Snapchat’s bringing Perplexity AI to Snapchatter inboxes

So Snapchat will soon have two AI chatbots in your chat feed.

Threads adds time management options to help manage use time

But you don't have to listen to them, your phone can't tell you what to do.

Snapchat posts strong revenue result, though challenges are coming

Snapchat's also now up to 943 million monthly active users.

YouTube removes pro-Palestinian content after government request

The U.S. government called for the removals, highlighting another case of government censorship.

Here's an update on our efforts to simplify the search results page

We're constantly working to simplify the search results page, so that it's quick and easy to find the information and websites you're looking for. As part of this effort, we regularly evaluate all of our existing features to make sure they're still useful, both for people searching on Google and for website owners.

Internal documents indicate that Meta is earning billions from scam ads

Meta could face big fines for allowing scam ads to run in its apps.