Snapchat Plans Show to Spotlight Top Creator Posts

9:00 AM PST 3/11/2021 by Natalie Jarvey Snap, Inc. ‘The Best Snaps Show’ hosted by Salice Rose and Brent Rivera will showcase posts from Spotlight and Snap Maps. Snapchat wants to shine a light on some of its best user-generated posts. The mobile app is launching a new original series to showcase content from its Spotlight and Snap Map public features. The Best Snaps Show drops on Snapchat’s Discover platform on March 14 and will run for eight episodes, with new episodes dropping weekly. Creators Salice Rose and Brent Rivera are hosting the show, which is produced by Portal A. “We’re leveraging content made from everyday Snapchatters to make the show,” says Snap head of talent partnerships Jim Shepherd, explaining that it allows people to “see this fun, authentic side of our global community.” Snapchat launched Spotlight in November to give users on its platform a more public forum to showcase their snaps. The TikTok-like feature has taken off. Snapchat said in February that Spotlight has more than 100 million monthly active users. The three-year-old Snap Maps feature, which allows users to see public posts by location, has over 250 million users per month. With 175,000 daily video submissions for…
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