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72 news carousels about business & marketing beat their creator’s usual likes and comments, with a median of 1.9×. Here are the strongest 12, the first slides they opened with and how the format is put together.

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Top news carousels about business & marketing

  1. First slide of a carousel by @a16z53× usual

    @a16z · 195.5K likes + comments · 10 slides

  2. First slide of a carousel by @calebralston48× usual

    @calebralston · 43.3K likes + comments · 3 slides

  3. First slide of a carousel by @femalefounderworld: PEPSICO ACQUIRES POPPI FOR $1.95 BILLION9.8× usual

    PEPSICO ACQUIRES POPPI FOR $1.95 BILLION

    @femalefounderworld · 20.3K likes + comments · 9 slides

  4. First slide of a carousel by @businessweek: Plus-Size Clothes Are Disappearing at Retailers in GLP-1 Era7.4× usual

    Plus-Size Clothes Are Disappearing at Retailers in GLP-1 Era

    @businessweek · 3.4K likes + comments · 5 slides

  5. First slide of a carousel by @techcrunch: TechCrunch InventWood is about to mass produce wood that's stronger than steel7.2× usual

    TechCrunch InventWood is about to mass produce wood that's stronger than steel

    @techcrunch · 6.8K likes + comments · 4 slides

  6. First slide of a carousel by @incmagazine: Claude Anthropic Is Offering More Than $50,000 in Claude Perks for Entrepreneurs. Here's How to Get Them6.9× usual

    Claude Anthropic Is Offering More Than $50,000 in Claude Perks for Entrepreneurs. Here's How to Get Them

    @incmagazine · 4.3K likes + comments · 9 slides

  7. First slide of a carousel by @beautyinc: BEAUTYINC MAGAZINE How Estée Lauder Cos. CEO Stéphane de La Faverie Is Transforming the Company6.5× usual

    BEAUTYINC MAGAZINE How Estée Lauder Cos. CEO Stéphane de La Faverie Is Transforming the Company

    @beautyinc · 2.2K likes + comments · 5 slides

  8. First slide of a carousel by @businessofbeauty: BOF EXCLUSIVE Why Mikayla Nogueira Chose Sephora The influencer-turned-founder and erstwhile Ulta Beauty employee has selected Sephora for the retail debut…4.8× usual

    BOF EXCLUSIVE Why Mikayla Nogueira Chose Sephora The influencer-turned-founder and erstwhile Ulta Beauty employee has selected Sephora for the retail debut…

    @businessofbeauty · 4.2K likes + comments · 2 slides

  9. First slide of a carousel by @hannagetshired: The hiring freeze is thawing. Employment trends expert explains how you can take advantage of the hiring uptick in 2026.4.4× usual

    The hiring freeze is thawing. Employment trends expert explains how you can take advantage of the hiring uptick in 2026.

    @hannagetshired · 2.6K likes + comments · 10 slides

  10. First slide of a carousel by @businessinsider: BUSINESS INSIDER Coding interviews now encourage the thing they used to ban3.8× usual

    BUSINESS INSIDER Coding interviews now encourage the thing they used to ban

    @businessinsider · 2.9K likes + comments · 4 slides

  11. First slide of a carousel by @anastasia_shtompel: WHAT IS Brand Revolution System3.5× usual

    WHAT IS Brand Revolution System

    @anastasia_shtompel · 3K likes + comments · 12 slides

  12. First slide of a carousel by @brock11johnson2.7× usual

    @brock11johnson · 4.5K likes + comments · 12 slides

How a news carousel is built

A news carousel breaks something that just happened: a launch, a new feature, a platform change. It wins on speed and on explaining why the news matters.

  1. Slide 1: the news in one line (“Instagram just changed…”)
  2. Slide 2: what exactly changed, with a screenshot
  3. Middle slides: who it affects and what to do about it
  4. Last slide: your take, or a prompt to follow for updates

Use it when: Something in your niche just changed and your audience hasn’t heard yet.

First slides that stopped the scroll

The opening slide decides whether anyone swipes. These are the first slides of carousels that beat their creator’s usual, transcribed from the slide.

  • “PEPSICO ACQUIRES POPPI FOR $1.95 BILLION”

    @femalefounderworld · 9.8× their usual · News
  • “Plus-Size Clothes Are Disappearing at Retailers in GLP-1 Era”

    @businessweek · 7.4× their usual · News
  • “TechCrunch InventWood is about to mass produce wood that's stronger than steel”

    @techcrunch · 7.2× their usual · News
  • “Claude Anthropic Is Offering More Than $50,000 in Claude Perks for Entrepreneurs. Here's How to Get Them”

    @incmagazine · 6.9× their usual · News
  • “BEAUTYINC MAGAZINE How Estée Lauder Cos. CEO Stéphane de La Faverie Is Transforming the Company”

    @beautyinc · 6.5× their usual · News
  • “BOF EXCLUSIVE Why Mikayla Nogueira Chose Sephora The influencer-turned-founder and erstwhile Ulta Beauty employee has selected Sephora for the retail debut…”

    @businessofbeauty · 4.8× their usual · News
  • “The hiring freeze is thawing. Employment trends expert explains how you can take advantage of the hiring uptick in 2026.”

    @hannagetshired · 4.4× their usual · News
  • “BUSINESS INSIDER Coding interviews now encourage the thing they used to ban”

    @businessinsider · 3.8× their usual · News

Turn one of these into your own post

  1. Pick the structure, not the subject. Choose a carousel whose shape fits an idea you already have: the hook pattern, the slide count, the way it ends.
  2. Keep what made it work. Note the first-slide promise, how much text each slide carries and what the last slide asks for.
  3. Write it about your world. Swap in your own topic, examples and voice. Credit the creator if you borrow something specific.

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Frequently asked questions

What makes a good news carousel about business & marketing?

A specific first slide, like “PEPSICO ACQUIRES POPPI FOR $1.95 BILLION” (@femalefounderworld, 9.8×), “Plus-Size Clothes Are Disappearing at Retailers in GLP-1 Era” (@businessweek, 7.4×), “TechCrunch InventWood is about to mass produce wood that's stronger than steel” (@techcrunch, 7.2×), then a clear structure: slide 1: the news in one line (“instagram just changed…”); slide 2: what exactly changed, with a screenshot; middle slides: who it affects and what to do about it; last slide: your take, or a prompt to follow for updates.

How many slides should a news carousel about business & marketing have?

Most business & marketing news carousels in the library use 4 slides, and 78% use 2–5 slides. Across all niches, carousels with 11–15 slides were the most likely to double their creator’s usual engagement (28%), and 2–3 slide carousels the least likely (16%).

What is an outlier carousel?

An outlier carousel got more likes and comments than its creator usually gets. Top Carousels divides each carousel’s likes + comments by the median of up to 20 carousels from the same creator posted around the same time, so 3× means three times that creator’s usual engagement.

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