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Snap has launched its $2,195 augmented reality glasses.

Roblox (RBLX) stock rose 12.7% in Monday's session. Two things drew the coverage: a developer conference the Friday before, and a price target raise that came with a neutral rating. The problem management named in July was bookings per hour of play.

Meta is investing further in creator marketing and live streaming. As part of IAB's newfound global creator week, the tech giant announced the launch of its Creator Marketing Hub, as well as the rollout of live video ads on Instagram.

If you bought Meta Platforms (META) for its advertising engine, the engine still runs: revenue rose 28% year over year in the June 2026 quarter, and its Advantage+ automated campaigns keep growing. What has changed is where the cash goes afterward. The question for a holder is whether Meta is still the business you bought.

Pinterest is gaining advertiser demand as AI tools improve campaign performance, but fierce competition and a 45.7% stock decline cloud its momentum.

Reddit's user base is growing faster than ever, yet the stock is sliding while smaller rivals catch a bid. Here is what the divergence between Reddit's operating results and its stock price reveals about where social-media investors are placing their bets right now.

Whether it be online shopping or social media, secular forces are propelling consumer internet businesses forward. These themes have enabled solid growth for the industry, which has posted a 14% gain over the past six months. This return was on par with the S&P 500.

Earlier this month, Snap Inc. announced that Ronan Harris was appointed Chief Commercial Officer to lead global advertising sales and go-to-market efforts, while Chief Business Officer Ajit Mohan plans to depart the company at the end of 2026. Harris brings nearly four years of experience running Snap’s Europe, Middle East and Africa business and more than seventeen years at Google, where he helped build its advertising operations across the region, which may influence how Snap approaches...

The social media giant and Snapchat creator reported a notable insider sale as the stock has struggled in 2026.

Meta Platforms (META) trades about 17% below its 52-week high, and has lost ground over the past year while the S&P 500 climbed. You can be paid now for agreeing to buy the shares well below today's price, whether or not you ever own them. The catch is the reason they have lagged: Meta is spending on data centers almost as fast as the business turns cash.

Markets brace for a packed week of AI, tech and macro catalysts.

Snap (SNAP) closed at $5.68 in the latest trading session, marking a +2.9% move from the prior day.

Reddit (RDDT) stock is down about 35% over the past twelve months. Yet at about $155 it still trades at about 26.5 times trailing adjusted earnings, meaning normalized net income with stock-based compensation added back. The forecast that makes Reddit look cheaper does not need wider margins. It needs advertising to keep growing while search referrals stay volatile.

At about $644.38 a share, Meta Platforms (META) stock carries options that price a range from roughly $418 to $993 for about a year out. The floor of that band would take about a third off a position, and the ceiling would add more than half. Wide as it is, the range carries only a normal premium over how much the shares actually moved in the past year.

TikTok has rejected ads from Meta that call on TikTok and other tech platforms to join Meta in settling with U.S. state attorneys general in a landmark children's safety lawsuit, sources told Axios.

Pinterest (PINS) stock fell 9.2% in its latest session, on September 9, 2026, to about $18.28. Over the past twelve months it lost 51.8% while the S&P 500 returned 18.5%, so that twelve-month decline was not market-wide. The company's last report paired a strong quarter with a slower outlook.

Snap is launching performance tools ahead of the holidays, merging Dynamic Product Ads and Sponsored Snaps while introducing various campaign optimization updates.

Meta Platforms (META) trades at about $653, roughly 16% below its 52-week high, and at 11.3 times operating cash flow against 15.2 for the S&P 500. A discount of this scale on a business delivering 28% top-line growth presents a notable valuation divergence, though one largely explained by the company's surging capital commitments. The cash flow that multiple is priced on is money Meta plans to spend.

Groups run to 200 people, invite-only, with commitments tracked on profiles

Snap (SNAP) has slipped about 10% from its late-August high to around $5.31, and the reflex is to call it an entry point. The company underneath is healthier than the chart implies, but this stock has a long record of sharp falls, and what usually followed them is not encouraging. Snap is also funding Specs, a hardware bet whose payoff management puts years away. Start with the falls.

Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) stock is up 6% to $155.43 in mid-morning Thursday trading, leading the pure-play social names higher on fresh third-party research showing user growth accelerated to the fastest monthly pace of the year in August. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is down 0.4% on the day, so the move stands out against […]

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New ad products follow news that Chief Business Officer Ajit Mohan, who helped facilitate a revamp of Snap’s advertising business, has stepped down.

Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q2 behind us, let’s have a look at Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and its peers.

Today, Sept. 9, 2026, investors are watching whether the autonomous agent can unlock a new revenue stream for the social platform.

Pinterest is bleeding out 8% with no fresh headline to blame, and the social peers barely flinched. Something specific is haunting this stock, and it goes deeper than one bad session.

RDDT's AI push is boosting ad automation, advertiser adoption and monetization as quarterly revenues surge and Max campaigns gain traction.

Evan Spiegel outlined Snapchat's priorities and highlighted the app’s positive association with wellbeing in a staff letter marking the company’s 15th anniversary.

In an annual letter, CEO Evan Spiegel said he intends for businesses to see Snapchat as a sales channel, not just an advertising platform, by the end of next year.

In an annual letter, CEO Evan Spiegel said he intends for businesses to see Snapchat as a sales channel, not just an advertising platform, by the end of next year.