Daily Minute Master Series
June 17, 2026

by Corey Padveen

Threads reaches 500M user milestone

Threads has reached a new audience milestone, with the app now up to 500 million monthly active users.

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LinkedIn adds GIF support

LinkedIn added GIF support within its comments, providing another way to respond to posts.

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Reddit study highlights user purchase behavior

Reddit published a new study, created in conjunction with WPP, which examined how prospective buyers use Reddit insights to inform their purchase decisions. The research also looked at how Reddit communities help shape the consideration process.

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Meta updates its livestream shopping tools

Meta announced a range of updates to its livestream promotion options, which are focused on driving more shopping activity within live broadcasts. The company also announced updates to its artificial intelligence-driven promotions, which are designed to improve audience response.

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Google Must Give Notice Before Significant Ranking Changes

The UK’s CMA introduced two new conduct requirements for Google Search, covering fair ranking of organic results including AI Overviews, and search data portability.

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Google Is Becoming A Personalizing Mirror Before You Even Type A Query

Search has always used basic personalization like location, language, and recent history. But now, Google does not just react to the words you type; the system builds a profile of your habits to change what you see before you search.

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