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Instagram doesn’t have a plan to pay long-form video creators
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. The Verge is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 28 Oct 2026, 17:10 UTC. The headline in use is “Instagram doesn’t have a plan to pay long-form video creators”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Instagram is testing long-form videos (again) to lure in creatives from YouTube, but the platform hasn't figured out how (or if) it'll actually pay them. After Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced Features on Monday, creators immediately started voicing their complaints on Threads and Reddit about the lack of monetization opportunities…
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- First reported by The Verge
Instagram doesn’t have a plan to pay long-form video creators
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- The Verge