I’ve been exploring a controversial idea in a paper I’m working on:
Under certain conditions, Instagram Reels behaves like a delayed version of TikTok.
What’s interesting is that this isn’t just cultural but it emerges from the structure of the algorithms themselves.
@saen_dev I agree with that and this is a very imporant point a lot of people ignore. My favorite thing about SF is the vibe btw, people build things and put everything into their dreams and work.
That mindset is fundamental in every field, especially this one
A trend appears on TikTok →
The same trend often reaches Instagram 2–3 months later.
TikTok spreads content through interest clusters, so trends propagate extremely fast across unrelated users.
Instagram relies more on follower graphs which slows propagation down.