The Great Migration of Death: How Instagram Reels Became Where TikTok Trends Go to Die
If you’ve been watching the platform wars unfold over the last few years, one pattern stands out with painful clarity: viral trends that explode on TikTok often
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If you’ve been watching the platform wars unfold over the last few years, one pattern stands out with painful clarity: viral trends that explode on TikTok often
TikTok’s “For You Page” (FYP) has become shorthand for overnight virality — but it also creates spectacular flops. A clip that silently dies on TikTok can somet
If you're watching the platform wars like a spectator at a slow-motion car crash, Instagram Reels is one of those wrecked sedans everyone keeps poking. Meta bui
Think of Instagram in 2012: clean grids, filtered sunsets, polished selfies and the quiet hum of a community obsessed with images. Fast-forward to 2025 and the
Call it salvage, call it recycling, call it the place where your TikTok never quite gets the encore it deserves: Instagram Reels has been framed by many creator
If you’ve ever had a TikTok go viral, you’ve probably tried the obvious next move: upload the same video to Instagram Reels and watch the same magic happen. Exc
In the platform wars, few phrases have stuck like “TikTok makes it. Instagram remixes it.” Over the last few years, Instagram Reels has evolved from a defensive
Call it the sandbox shuffle or, more bluntly, the retirement migration: a growing number of established creators — the ones who built careers on viral loops, tr
If you’ve spent the last three years obsessively tweaking vertical videos, riding trends, and cross-posting your best short-form content across TikTok and Insta
Call it migration, call it exile, call it a cold landing zone — the past few years have seen millions of short-form videos and creators cross-platform like refu