Instagram’s Reels-First Push: Because Who Needs Stories Anyway?
Instagram is rolling the dice in India and South Korea with a bold, new Reels-first UI, shoving short videos front and center like an overeager middle child craving attention at a family reunion. These two nations, chosen for reasons nobody can quite put a finger on (maybe because TikTok is banned in India and K-pop fans can't get enough short vids in Korea?), are test labs for Instagram's pint-sized film festival takeover. Forget your cozy Stories and traditional feeds; Instagram’s making it clear: if you don’t dance, you don’t advance. It's a classic tech power move masquerading as a cultural gift wrapped in 15-second parcels of content chaos.
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Instagram’s new strategy in India and South Korea: making Reels so prominent you’ll forget the app had anything else. Because who needs variety when you can double down on three-second clips endlessly looping your attention span into oblivion?
In case you thought Instagram cared about original feeds, guess again. India and South Korea get Reels shoved down their scroll-hole first because nothing says cultural sensitivity like test marketing your attention capture device.
Instagram testing a Reels-first UI is like a fast food chain publicly declaring 'salads are optional'—but only in select countries. Because jam-packed video junk food is safer when served internationally first, apparently.
Source: Techcrunch | Published: 9/29/2025 | Author: Ivan Mehta
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