Instagram has made changes in recent days that appear to be aimed at attracting TikTok users while the short-video app’s future remains in limbo.

Meta spokesperson Paige Cohen confirmed to The Verge that they launched a Breakthrough Bonus program, in which accepted creators will automatically start earning money through the Content Monetization program — plus up to $5,000 in bonuses to help them “get off the ground” for the first 90 days.

Meta is enticing TikTok creators with up to $5,000 as a way to "jumpstart" growth on Instagram and Facebook.

If you were surprised to see yourself suddenly following President Donald Trump on Instagram and Facebook this week, it’s not because Meta forced you to, the social media company says.

The empowering message one leading tech critic says we should all take away from the ongoing TikTok ban drama.

Drawing on that same article by The Verge, Instagram head honcho, Adam Mosseri, was quoted as saying: ““The vast majority of what is uploaded to Instagram today is vertical”. And as even slightly savvy Instagram users know, portrait-orientation imagery tends to garner the most engagement – something that’s irked photographers in the past.

Social media users braced to lose popular video-sharing app TikTok said their goodbyes ahead of a U.S. ban, only for the app to reappear online as President Donald Trump prepared to take office. Just 14 hours after the platform voluntarily went dark for millions of American users on Sunday,

Meta is offering creators up to $5,000 in bonuses to switch to Facebook and Instagram. The cash incentive depends on the size of their social media footprint and comes days after TikTok went dark in the U.

With a TikTok ban coming soon, what are the alternatives? Here are 5 similar apps to consider, along with the pros and cons of each.

Instagram is making a host of sweeping changes in a bid to attract TikTok users as the future of that app hangs in the balance. TikTok temporarily shut down after the Supreme Court upheld a law that required ByteDance to divest its stake in the company by Jan. 19 or face a national ban.

Meta-owned Instagram has been wooing creators from TikTok as the China-based video-snippet sharing app's future remains uncertain in the United States. - Temporary reprieve - The campaign to get TikTok stars to switch allegiance to Reels comes as TikTok's future in the United States remains unsettled.