⏰ Longer Reels, live streams, and top trends of the week…

Live streaming may be the next big thing, plus the viral trends of the week. Here’s what’s going on:

👋 Weekly Tips & Tricks

⏰ Long-Form Content is back?

Instagram now allows Reels up to 20 minutes long (expanded from the previous 3-minute limit). This is a game-changer for creators who want to post longer tutorials, vlogs, or mini-docs on Reels without splitting into parts.

📖 Read More: What’s New on Instagram in 2025: New Features and Updates

📹 Try Live Streaming

TikTok’s push into live events paid off big with the Tomorrowland 2025 music festival. Over 74 million unique viewers worldwide tuned into TikTok’s live streams of the EDM festival across two weekends, shattering the previous record of 16 million set in 2023. Highlighting that live-streamed content is exploding in popularity.

📖 Read More: Tomorrowland 2025 Sets Record As TikTok’s Biggest Live Event Ever

🥁 CapCut’s Audio Sync

To make editing to music easier, CapCut offers a one-click beat sync feature that automatically aligns your clips or cuts to the music’s beat. This is perfect for creating those satisfying jump-cut montages timed to a song drop or transition

📖 Read More: How to Sync Audio and Video: Explore 7 Offline & Online Methods

 
🔥 Top Social Trends of the Week

⭐️ “Want a picture?”: This is a trend where two people are walking in a scenic area, and one person compliments the other by saying, “you look beautiful.” That person then offers to take a picture of the beautiful person, and that person is very excited about getting their picture taken!

@leahleclerccc

like yes pls!!!! thanks @Nate #relatable #fyp #coupletok

⭐️ Fast Food Trend: This is a delicious trend where two people close their eyes and listen to the audio. Anytime the name of a fast food restaurant comes up that they want to go to, they open their eyes and turn their heads. If they both turn at the same time, they have to eat there!

@supersecretcult

Our dinner #tacobell #chickfila #wendys #mukbang #fyp #fat #viral #trend #lemmegofamous #donttakethisseriously #humongous #biggiebag #nuggets #pigs

⭐️ This Transition: This transition is using a “ding dong” sound, and on the third one, you swipe your hand to reveal your new hair, nails, outfit, or makeup look!

@lauren.mochen

back to dark :)