Organize your streams

Sep 3, 2026
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Article updated: June 26, 2026

Organize your streams

In Hootsuite, you organize your social media feeds into boards and streams. Boards are categories, and streams are social feeds within those categories. Boards act as containers that you use to organize streams by topic or keyword, or to keep track of competitors. You can add up to 20 boards, and each board can hold up to 10 streams.

Add, rename, or delete a board

You can name and rename boards to help you stay organized. You can also move boards by dragging them to change their order.

In Social OS, Streams are available under Nest, so you can manage all your conversations in one place. If you're still on the Classic experience, you can find Streams under More.

Go to Nest, select Streams, and do one of the following:

Add a board - Select New board, select a board type, and then follow the prompts to add social accounts and other stream options.
Rename a board - Select the board name, enter a new name, and then select ENTER.
Delete a board - Point to a board name and select Delete. Deleting a board permanently removes the board and its contents from Hootsuite.
Important: Deleted boards and their contents cannot be retrieved, only re-created.

Rearrange streams

Within boards, you can change the order in which your streams appear by selecting and dragging them.

Go to Nest, select Streams, select and hold the name of a stream, and drag it to the left or right.

Types of boards

Depending on the type of social account you want to monitor, you have three standard options when you select New board:

Monitor my own content - Create streams for your own social accounts.
Discover new content - Create streams for following trends and competitors.
Follow personalized feeds - Build custom streams based on any theme or activity.

Standard options for creating a new board.

You can also add app-powered boards that integrate popular productivity tools directly into Streams.

Note: This feature is available on paid plans only.

Select New board.
If available, select any app to learn more and install. Or, select Find more apps to discover many more choices on Hootsuite Apps.

App options for creating a new board.

Depending on your Hootsuite plan, you may be able to install apps right away, or you may get a free trial followed by a paid subscription offer. You can cancel your subscription at any time.

Add a board

iOS devices

Go to Streams.
At the bottom of the stream list, select Manage boards & streams.
Select Boards in the top right.
Select the in the top right and add your board.

Android devices

Go to Streams.
Select Settings
Select the in the top right and add your board.

Rename a board

iOS devices

Go to Streams.
At the bottom of the stream list, select Manage boards & streams.
Select Boards in the top right.
Select the board.
Edit the board name and save your edits.

Android devices

Go to Streams.
Select Settings .
Select More, and then select Rename board.
Edit the board name, and then select OK.

Rearrange boards

iOS devices

Go to Streams.
At the bottom of the stream list, select Manage boards & streams.
Select Boards in the top right.
Press and hold a board , and drag it to a new location.
When you're finished making edits, select Done in the top left.

Android devices

Go to Streams.
Select Settings .
Select More, and then select Reorder boards.
Press and hold a board , and drag it to a new location.

Delete a board

iOS devices

Go to Streams.
At the bottom of the stream list, select Manage boards & streams.
Select Boards in the top right.
Select Delete next to the board name, and then continue to delete your board.

Android devices

Go to Streams.
Select Settings .
Select More, and then select Delete board.

Important:

Deleting a board permanently removes the board and its streams from your account, both in the mobile app and in the web version of Hootsuite.
Keep in mind that a board may contain a stream in the web version of Hootsuite that is unsupported on the mobile app, so it won't appear in the app but still counts toward the 10-stream limit.

Rearrange streams

You can move streams between boards, or change the order in which your streams appear within a board, by selecting and dragging them.

iOS devices

Go to Streams .
At the bottom of the stream list, select Manage boards & streams.
Press and hold Move to drag a stream to a new location.
Select Done in the top right.

Android devices

Go to Streams.
Select Settings .
Press and hold a stream and drag it to a new location.

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