In more detail
The For You Page (often shortened to FYP) started on TikTok and now has a version on almost every major platform: Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, and X all use the same idea. Instead of showing posts in order from people you follow, the algorithm ranks content by how likely you are to watch, like, comment, or share it, based on your past behavior. This is why it matters for strategy: the For You Page lets a brand new account reach people who have never heard of it, because reach is decided by the content itself, not by follower count. Getting on the For You Page is how small accounts go viral.
Example
A bakery with 200 followers posts a short video of a cake being decorated. People watch it to the end and save it, so the algorithm starts showing it on the For You Page of users who watch a lot of food content. Within a day the video reaches 50,000 people, most of whom do not follow the bakery yet.
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