Most popular social media automations 2025

Social media is a great tool whether you use it for yourself or for your business. It allows you to share content, reach new audiences, and talk to the people you love. Sharing pictures and posts allows us to build relationships with people all over the world, bringing global connectivity to new levels every day.

At IFTTT, we know that connectivity exists between the services in your life too. Using our most popular social media Applets, you can leverage the power and flexibility of your favorite social platforms. This can reduce the time you spend doing manual, repetitive tasks, make social media more accessible, and allow you to tailor your usage to your preferences. We have made a quick roundup of our most-loved Applets.

To take your social media scheduling and automation a step further, check out the Applets from Hopscotch.

YouTube

Share new video to social

Streamline your YouTube publishing and promotion by enabling this Applet that will share to your social channels when you have added a new video to YouTube. You can specify which channels you would like to announce your latest video to as well as edit the text that will accompany your link.

LinkedIn

The professional social network now has a dedicated service. Share your latest professional content and articles automatically with the post action.

Instagram

Add Instagram photos to Twitter, Tumblr, and LinkedIn

One of our most popular Applets of all time is to connect Instagram to Twitter. Enable this Applet and every photo you share to Instagram will be natively shared from your Twitter account as well. Similarly, you can send your posts from Instagram to LinkedIn or Tumblr, making your social sharing simpler with consistent triggers.

Send Instagram photos to album

This Applet provides the option for users to send any Instagram photos they share directly to a web album, such as DropBox, Google Drive, or Evernote.

Twitter

Share news

Twitter can be a great way to take part in trending conversations and be at the forefront of information as it is released. Automatically share recently released studies or breaking news by automatically tweeting when there is a new post in an RSS feed that matters to you.

Track a hashtag or account

If you are interested in following a specific account or topic, automatically have the latest tweets sent to a Slack or Telegram channel. This can reduce the amount of time you spend scrolling, while keeping you in the know with the information that matter to you.

Facebook

Save all of the pictures that you are tagged in by friends and family on Facebook by sending them directly to a Dropbox, Google Drive, or iOS Album. This can be a great way to make sure you get everyone’s photos from an event or when making a scrapbook for a friend. Or, share posts between different social platforms.

Reddit

Get notification for a post in a Subreddit

Stay on top of the Subreddit that matter to you by getting a notification based on your Subreddit preferences.

Tumblr

Post stories you recommend

Share the stories you recommend on Medium with your Tumblr followers with this handy Applet.

Twitch

Post to social media when you go live

Never forget to share when you are live on Twitch with this popular Applet. Customize the text in your social posts, and IFTTT will help you notify your community the next time you are live.

Create your own

Social media works better with IFTTT. Customize your own powerful Applets using the nearly 700+ IFTTT-enabled services.