Christmas is simply days away, and even now, the elves at Instagram HQ are nonetheless working to replicate TikTok’s core features within the hopes of bringing seasonal cheer to their Meta masters, through improved utilization stats and new engagement figures which present that Instagram continues to be cool, and nonetheless the main platform of their eyes.

Which it isn’t. All of the reported utilization numbers present that Instagram utilization is in decline amongst youthful audiences, whereas TikTok continues to go from strength-to-strength. Which freaks the Meta chiefs out – however simply as a enjoyable, seasonal reminder, right here’s a glance again at a number of the many ways in which Instagram has sought to stunt TikTok’s progress over the past 12 months via replication and copycatting of its options, which has labored to some extent, however hasn’t actually slowed TikTok’s progress.

I current to you – the 12 methods of Insta-Tok.

On the primary day of Insta my real love despatched to me, a reproduction of TikTok to a tee.

On the second day of Insta my real love despatched to me, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the third day of Insta my real love despatched to me, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the fourth day of Insta my real love despatched to me, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the fifth day of Insta my real love despatched to me, Superbeat.

A brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the sixth day of Insta my real love despatched to me, an ‘Add Yours’ sticker, Superbeat, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the seventh day of TikTok my real love despatched to me, textual content to speech results, an ‘Add Yours’ sticker, Superbeat, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the eight day of Insta my real love despatched to me, longer clips in Tales, textual content to speech results, an ‘Add Yours’ sticker, Superbeat, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the ninth day of Insta my real love despatched to me, auto-sync for music, longer clips in Tales, textual content to speech results, an ‘Add Yours’ sticker, Superbeat, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the tenth day of Insta my real love despatched to me, Reels replies in feedback, auto-sync for music, longer clips in Tales, textual content to speech results, an ‘Add Yours’ sticker, Superbeat, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the eleventh day of Insta my real love despatched to me, an audio tab for Reels clips, Reels replies in feedback, auto-sync for music, longer clips in Tales, textual content to speech results, an ‘Add Yours’ sticker, Superbeat, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

On the twelfth day of Insta my real love despatched to me, live-stream purchasing, an audio tab for Reels clips, Reels replies in feedback, auto-sync for music, longer clips in Tales, textual content to speech results, an ‘Add Yours’ sticker, Superbeat, a brand new remix possibility, restricted attain for re-posted TikToks, a vertical feed, for my duplicate of TikTok to a tee.

As you may see, Instagram is de facto, actually eager to point out that something TikTok can do, it may possibly do higher. Whether or not it truly can – and whether or not audiences truly care – stays to be seen, however you may safely wager that Insta will hold making an attempt, with TikTok projected to succeed in 1.5 billion customers within the subsequent yr, doubtlessly overtaking IG for because the second greatest social app on this planet.