🏆 Tiktok ban postponed again, Instagram rewards, and SEO TikToks

TikTok is sticking around for another 3 months, Instagram is giving big bonuses for Reels and the TikTok algorithm is being optimized for search. Learn more below:

👋 Weekly Tips & Tricks

🕒 TikTok’s Deadline Drama: Third Time’s the Charm?

President Trump has issued a third 90‑day extension to the TikTok ban, pushing the deadline to September 17, 2025, to allow more time to finalize a U.S. ownership deal. The delay comes under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which requires ByteDance to divest or face a ban.

📖 Read More: Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time

🏆 Reels = Reward

Instagram’s feed algorithm continues to reward consistent Reels output (they’re literally pushing trial Reels for that reason) – but they also recently tweaked things to give more visibility to posts from friends and favorites.

📖 Read More: Instagram Says Trial Reels Have Helped Creators Significantly Increase Reach

🔎 Make your TikTok’s Searchable

TikTok’s algorithm, is increasingly incorporating search behavior. This means optimizing your captions and content for searchable keywords on TikTok might help (think: clear text, hashtags, and spoken keywords for what your video is about)

📖 Read More: TikTok World '25: Driving Full-Funnel Growth with AI, Creativity, and Community

 
🔥 Top Social Trends of the Week

⭐️ Ke$ha Duo Here is a trend to do with a partner where one person sings the lyrics and the other sings the background yells! You can do this with any duo!

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⭐️ this transition: This is an easy way to show off your new nails, hair, outfit or makeup!

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⭐️ “you’re 25 years old…”: This is trend poking fun at the things we still do as adults that maybe we are a bit too old for…i mean lego sets are still cool right??

@heyitsmaxieee

It’s me and my Lego succulents against the world #lego #fyp #vlog #dailylife