Social Media Crossword Puzzles: Free Printable and Online

Dive into the digital world of social media, from trending hashtags to viral phenomena, perfect for modern crossword puzzles.

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Social Media

Easy · 11×11 · 16 words
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  1. 1. A software program for a phone or tablet.
  2. 3. Moving images shared extensively online.
  3. 5. A temporary update shared with followers.
  4. 6. To resend content to your network.
  5. 9. A person with a strong online presence who shapes opinions.
  6. 12. An update about what you are doing or thinking.
  7. 13. An enthusiastic admirer of someone online.
  8. 14. A humorous image or video spread widely online.

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  1. 2. To share something online.
  2. 3. Spreading rapidly and widely on the internet.
  3. 4. A stream of content from people you follow.
  4. 5. To move your finger across a screen, often to see more content.
  5. 7. Notifications about activity on your account.
  6. 8. A private communication sent to another user.
  7. 10. A connection on certain social platforms.
  8. 11. A person who uses a social media platform.

Social Media

Easy · 11×11 · 17 words
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Across

  1. 1. Describes content that spreads rapidly across the internet
  2. 3. Real-time text conversation with another person
  3. 7. Short personal description found at the top of a profile
  4. 9. Internet personality with a large dedicated following
  5. 12. A subject that many people are currently discussing
  6. 14. To attach a favorite post to the top of your page
  7. 15. Text update declaring what you are currently doing
  8. 16. To link a specific person in a photograph

Down

  1. 2. Small icon or picture representing a user account
  2. 4. Person who intentionally posts inflammatory comments
  3. 5. To send someone else's content to your network
  4. 6. Action taken to prevent another user from contacting you
  5. 8. Digital effect applied to enhance a photograph
  6. 10. Scrolling list of updates from connections
  7. 11. The act of adding new information to your page
  8. 13. To hide someone's posts from your timeline secretly
  9. 14. A message or picture published on a profile

Social Media

Medium · 11×11 · 14 words
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  1. 3. Bite-sized vertical video clip.
  2. 6. An unsent post waiting for its moment.
  3. 7. Pound sign functioning as a digital filing cabinet.
  4. 11. Short profile text where you list your hobbies and links.
  5. 12. Comment, share, or react to boost metrics.
  6. 13. Mythical bridge-dweller now found in comment sections.

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  1. 1. Endless stream of digital consumption.
  2. 2. A public declaration of your current state or mood.
  3. 3. Amplify someone else's content to your network.
  4. 4. Observe internet drama quietly from the shadows.
  5. 5. The backend view of your social analytics.
  6. 8. Online identity paired with an 'at' symbol.
  7. 9. Digital alter ego or profile picture.
  8. 10. Humorous image format that mutates as it spreads.

Social Media

Hard · 11×11 · 16 words
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  1. 1. Life story told in just a few characters
  2. 2. Speechless way to selectively ignore someone
  3. 5. Abort a subscription or a person
  4. 8. Math rules dictating your digital diet
  5. 11. Spinning spool of short-form entertainment
  6. 13. Current direction of the digital wind
  7. 14. A yarn spun across multiple posts

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  1. 1. Square defense against toxic users
  2. 2. Self-replicating joke of the internet
  3. 3. Catching a bug gives you this kind of sway
  4. 4. Unwanted meat clogging your direct messages
  5. 6. Shadowy figure watching the chat room
  6. 7. Artificial fan devoid of a heartbeat
  7. 9. What a door and a user have in common
  8. 10. Mythological nuisance causing modern drama
  9. 12. Trough contents for digital consumers

Social Media

Medium · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 1. Send a picture or thought out into the digital ether
  2. 5. Where private digital conversations go down
  3. 6. Put up a permanent digital wall
  4. 9. The mathematical wizard curating what you see
  5. 11. Label a friend to ensure they see a photo
  6. 12. Little bird's digital dispatch
  7. 13. Show appreciation with a double tap
  8. 14. Meta's infinite scrolling video feature

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  1. 2. Doom's companion late at night
  2. 3. Quick elevator pitch about yourself right under your name
  3. 4. Platform known for catchy dances and quick clips
  4. 7. Digital layer added to smooth out a selfie
  5. 8. Connected string of conversational posts
  6. 9. Little picture representing you in a chat
  7. 10. Disappearing narrative lasting exactly one day

Social Media

Medium · 11×11 · 16 words
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  1. 1. Contribute text or media to a timeline
  2. 3. Highly contagious, in internet terms
  3. 6. Witty text accompanying a photo dump
  4. 9. Digital personality with significant online sway
  5. 13. Bite-sized video format found on the gram
  6. 14. Heart-shaped endorsement
  7. 15. Gesture used to judge dating profiles or navigate carousels

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  1. 2. Canned meat, or unwanted promotional junk
  2. 3. Video diary documenting daily life
  3. 4. Digital character representing you online
  4. 5. Early Facebook prompt asking what is on your mind
  5. 7. Clock sound, or the app where dances go global
  6. 8. Move endlessly downward through a timeline
  7. 10. Keep tabs on someone's digital updates
  8. 11. Silently hide someone's updates without the drama of unfriending
  9. 12. Cultural joke that gets remixed and passed around

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Is this Social Media crossword puzzle free?

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Yes. Click Print on any puzzle for a print-ready page with the grid, the clues, and a name and date line, or use Download to save it as a PDF, PNG, or JPEG for photocopying. The PDF download includes a filled answer key on the last page for grading.

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