Most of Instagram's ads ran on Reels in 2025, data shows

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Instagram's Reels product saw significant growth in ad usage, with over half of all ads running on the platform in 2025, up from 35% in 2024.

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Expected market reaction

Bullish Confidence 90% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bullish sentiment with 90% confidence.

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Source CNBC
Claim Most of Instagram's ads ran on Reels in 2025, data shows
AI inference Bullish · 90%
Generated 2026-01-20 12:00

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Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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Original source

More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video Reels product in 2025, up from 35% in 2024, according to Sensor Tower.

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Original article published by CNBC on January 20, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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