To say that social media is always changing would be the understatement of the century.

The algorithms are literally changing on a daily basis, and that's not hyperbole.

That's directly from the head of Instagram.

And keeping up with these changes is how we keep our business relevant, how we continue to

grow as a content creator, and how we make sure that we are hosting the right things at

the right time with the right hashtags.

But the unfortunate reality is that most of the time we're playing catch-up.

We're hearing about an announcement and then we're adjusting our strategy.

We're hearing rumors that Instagram is testing something, and so we make a change.

A new feature is announced on YouTube and then we adapt.

And a big part of my job is keeping you up to date,

letting you know about these algorithm date, letting you know about these

algorithm changes and letting you know about the strategies and adjustments that you should make

moving forward with your social media marketing. And so that's why, if you haven't already,

definitely click that subscribe button. But I think it can also be very helpful to give you my

predictions for 2026. And so in today's episode, I'm going to be sharing with you my eight

major social media predictions for 2026. And of course, while I can't guarantee that these

predictions are going to come true, I do have a track record of being pretty accurate most

of the time with my Instagram predictions. And I do have inside Intel from

meta and Instagram staff. And I do have a full-time researcher on my team who literally has a

PhD in strategic communications with an emphasis on Instagram, which is a mouthful, but basically

she's a doctor of Instagram. And she's constantly researching things, running tests, collecting case studies,

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