May 2026
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Sprout Social's release notes are a great way to keep up-to-date and make the most out of new feature functionality released in the Sprout platform.
Get a breakdown of new features and updates below. Each section gives you a quick sneak peek of the update and what it can bring to your social team.
Released this month
- May 28, 2026 - TikTok Ad Comments
- May 20, 2026 - Trellis Performance & Engagement Expansion
- May 20, 2026 - Trellis Studio
- May 14, 2024 - New Case Management Report Drill-Downs
- May 13, 2026 - YouTube Shorts Post Type Filter in Reporting
- May 13, 2026 - Advanced Subreddit Capabilities in Listening Query Builder
- May 12, 2026 - Boost Published LinkedIn Posts from Calendar Link
- May 12, 2026 - Canva Design Importer Integration in Compose
- May 4, 2026 - Exact Match in Listening Query Builder
May 28, 2026
Manage Your TikTok Ad Comments in the Smart Inbox
Say goodbye to missed connections! We are thrilled to announce that Sprout users can now authenticate TikTok Ads Accounts directly within our platform. This integration brings your dark TikTok ad comments right into the Smart Inbox, giving you total control over every conversation and making ad management smoother than ever before. Learn more here.
May 20, 2026
Unlock-Cross-Channel Answers in Minutes with Trellis integrated across Publishing, Smart Inbox, Reporting and Social Listening
We are excited to launch the new Performance & Engagement Expansion in Trellis Chat, your AI assistant for powerful, cross-channel insights.
This new expansion eliminates the manual effort of searching across fragmented reports. It combines data from multiple domains—including Publishing, Inbox, Listening, Reporting, and Care—to produce richer, contextual answers instantly.
Simply ask natural-language questions like "What types of posts performed best last month?" or "Why did engagement drop on LinkedIn?" and immediately get:
Performance Analysis: Uncover themes, patterns, and performance drivers across your content.
Strategic Recommendations: Receive AI-driven recommendations on how to improve and brainstorm new content ideas and transfer drafts directly to Compose.
Learn more here.
Note: Trellis Studio and Trellis Insights Agent are currently available to a select group of customers as part of a limited release.
May 20, 2026
Introducing Trellis Studio: Automate Your Analysis with Skills!
Save time on repetitive analysis by setting up Skills in Trellis Studio. You can select from pre-built templates, schedule them to run automatically, and customize the analysis with your specific profiles, tags, and Listening topics. When a skill is run, you'll receive a notification that opens a new conversation thread in Trellis Chat, kicking off a dedicated, detailed analysis conversation. Learn more here. Learn more here.
Note: Trellis Studio and Trellis Insights Agent are currently available to a select group of customers as part of a limited release.
May 14, 2026
Improved Case Management Drill Downs
We’ve improved the Case Management Report to give you instant transparency into your team’s data. Managers can now click on any non-percentage metric within the Assignee Performance and Tag tabs to view the exact list of underlying cases. This new drill-down capability eliminates guesswork and significantly speeds up the auditing process by providing immediate access to the details behind the numbers. Learn more here.
May 13, 2026
YouTube Shorts Post Type Filter in Reporting
We’re excited to announce a highly requested update to our YouTube reporting capabilities! You can now specifically track, filter, and analyze YouTube Shorts separately from standard videos within Sprout Social using this new Post Type filter.
As vertical, short-form content continues to dominate social strategy, this update gives you the granular data needed to understand how your Shorts are performing compared to your long-form content.
Check out this article for more information on available Post Type filtering in Sprout reports.
May 13, 2026
Elevate Your Reddit Listening Strategy with Precision Control
Reddit is a goldmine for organic conversation, but its massive scale can often make finding the "signal in the noise" a challenge. To help you focus on the discussions that matter most to your brand, we’ve introduced Advanced Subreddit Capabilities within the Listening Query Builder.
Whether you need to monitor a dedicated brand community, exclude irrelevant high-volume subreddits, or capture every single mention from a specific niche, these new granular controls give you total mastery over your Reddit data ingestion:
- Isolate Key Communities: Limit your keyword queries to a specific list of subreddits (e.g., focus only on r/Computers or r/Technology).
- Filter Out the Noise: Exclude specific subreddits that create irrelevant data for your brand, ensuring your Topics remain clean and actionable.
- Stream All Data: For your most critical communities, you can now choose to ingest every single post and comment from a subreddit, regardless of whether they match your keyword query.
Check out this article for a full walkthrough of these new Reddit capabilities in Sprout Listening!
May 12, 2026
Boost LinkedIn Posts Faster Than Ever From Sprout
We’ve simplified the bridge between your Sprout Social calendar and paid strategy for LinkedIn. You can now jump directly from any published LinkedIn post in your Sprout calendar to its boosting settings in LinkedIn Campaign Manager with an easy-to-access link! To begin:
- Find a sent post on your Sprout Calendar.
- Open the Activity View
- Click Boost Post on LinkedIn in the right-hand menu.
- You’ll be taken straight to that post in your native LinkedIn Campaign Manager to finalize your spend.
Check out this article for more information!
May 12, 2026
Sprout’s Canva Integration Returns to Compose
Sprout’s new and improved Canva integration is here! You can now connect your personal Canva account to Sprout and then browse, select, and import designs directly within the Compose Window, all without leaving Sprout.
Check out this article for more information on utilizing Canva with your Sprout workflows!
May 4, 2026
Introducing Exact Match within Sprout’s Listening Query Builder
We’re excited to announce our new Exact Match operator within the Listening Query Builder. This option allows Listening users to utilize quotes to enforce strict keyword matching, ensuring that Sprout only collects results that contain the precise word or phrase entered, without the standard "fuzzy" matching or word conjugation typically applied to Listening queries.
When you select Exact Match, Sprout will only pull in results that contain the precise word or phrase you entered — no variations, no plurals, and no unwanted noise. Learn more here!
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