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Pinterest Sets Its 2026 "Pinterest Presents" Marketing Showcase for September 17

Pinterest's annual global event for marketers returns as an online showcase with product announcements, usage trends, and best practices for growing on the platform.

2026-08-31 · by Moe Ameen

Published 2026-08-31 · Updated

Short answer

Pinterest Presents 2026 is Pinterest's annual global marketing event, held online on September 17, 2026. Pinterest announced it in late August. It covers best practices for growing a business on the platform, new product announcements, and tips from industry leaders, with Pinterest experts and users presenting. Sessions are recorded for playback, and the event runs in multiple languages. Pinterest reports 640 million monthly active users, up 11% year over year.

Key takeaways

  • Pinterest Presents 2026 ran online on September 17, 2026, with registration at watch.pinterestpresents.com.
  • It covers best practices, product announcements and tips from industry leaders.
  • Sessions are recorded for playback and offered in multiple languages.
  • Pinterest reports 640 million monthly active users, up 11% year over year as of Q2 2026.

When is Pinterest Presents 2026 and what does it cover?

Pinterest has announced Pinterest Presents 2026, its annual global marketing event, scheduled for September 17, 2026 as an online showcase. The announcement went out in late August 2026. Registration is open at watch.pinterestpresents.com.

Pinterest frames the event around three things: discovering best practices for growing your business on the platform, hearing its latest product announcements, and picking up tips from industry leaders. The showcase features a mix of presenters, Pinterest's own experts alongside users, and shares data on advertiser developments and usage trends. The sessions are recorded and available to play back afterward, and additional languages are offered through regional registration.

The backdrop is a platform that has kept growing: Pinterest has reported reaching 640 million monthly active users, up 11% year over year, a figure that keeps it relevant as a distribution surface well beyond its "mood board" reputation. Pinterest Presents is typically where the year's ad-product and creator-facing changes get their first public airing, so the agenda specifics tend to firm up close to the date. Treat the theme and format as confirmed and check business.pinterest.com for the finalized session lineup and any product details before quoting them.

Why does Pinterest Presents matter for creators?

  • Pinterest Presents is the platform's headline moment for product announcements, so it's the earliest read on what's changing for advertisers and creators in the coming year — worth watching even if you don't post there yet.
  • Pinterest is a search-and-plan surface, not a pure social feed. Content there has a long shelf life: a Pin can drive saves and clicks for months, which is a more durable payoff than a Reel that fades within days.
  • At roughly 640 million monthly active users with strong shopping intent, Pinterest is a real distribution channel most creators under-serve because publishing to it natively is extra work on top of everything else.
  • The event is recorded and multilingual, so there is no reason to miss it — but the value is acting on what it reveals, not just watching. Whatever ad or creator features drop, the creators who move first capture the thin-competition window.
  • Being ready to publish Pinterest-native formats — vertical Pins, carousels, short video — the week of the event is how you turn an announcement into reach instead of a note you meant to act on.

How can creators act on Pinterest Presents with Kompozy?

Pinterest Presents is a prompt to treat Pinterest as a real channel, and the thing that usually stops creators is the extra work of making Pin-native assets on top of everything else. That is the gap Kompozy closes. Pinterest is one of the eight social platforms Kompozy publishes to directly, so the same source you already turn into Reels and posts also becomes Pinterest-ready output: tall Photo Posts and Infographic posters sized for the Pin format, brand-exact Carousel Pins, Quote Graphics, and vertical Clipped Shorts or captioned Persona Shorts for Pinterest's video surface — all written in your voice under the Persona Brief and scheduled from one batch.

That turns "I should be on Pinterest" into a standing part of the weekly run instead of a separate project. When the event drops a new ad format or creator feature on September 17, you are not starting from zero — you point Kompozy at your material and it fans a single idea out to Pinterest alongside Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and the rest, plus blog and email, from one Autopilot pass behind a per-post review. Pinterest's long-shelf-life saves and clicks become upside you capture without hiring a Pinterest specialist or bolting on another tool.

What are the quick takeaways?

  • Pinterest Presents 2026 is set for September 17, 2026 as an online event, announced in late August 2026; register at watch.pinterestpresents.com.
  • Expect best practices, usage trends, and Pinterest's latest product announcements; sessions are recorded and available in additional languages via regional registration.
  • Pinterest reports around 640 million monthly active users with high shopping intent and long content shelf life — an under-served channel for most creators.
  • Kompozy generates Pinterest-native Pins, carousels, and vertical video in your brand voice and publishes to Pinterest as one of eight social platforms (plus blog and email) from one scheduled batch.

What does this look like in Kompozy?

A real infographic photo post made in the Kompozy workspace, shown as an example of the format. It was not made about this story.

Infographic photo post generated in Kompozy
Real output · Kompozy Infographic photo format · from the Kompozy workspace

Who is this for, and who should skip it?

Best for:

  • Marketers and advertisers who want the first look at Pinterest's new ad products
  • Creators thinking about adding Pinterest as a distribution channel
  • Brands that sell products people plan and shop for on Pinterest

Not ideal for:

  • Creators whose audience is not on Pinterest at all
  • Anyone wanting session-level detail before the agenda is published on business.pinterest.com
  • People who only need the product news, which Pinterest also posts on its newsroom afterward

Frequently asked questions

When is Pinterest Presents 2026?

Pinterest Presents 2026 is scheduled for September 17, 2026, held online. It is Pinterest's annual global marketing event. Registration is open at watch.pinterestpresents.com, and sessions are recorded for playback afterward.

What is Pinterest Presents?

Pinterest Presents is Pinterest's yearly marketing and advertising showcase for marketers, advertisers, and creators. It covers best practices for growing on the platform, usage and advertiser trends, and Pinterest's latest product announcements, with presenters that include Pinterest experts and outside users.

Is Pinterest Presents 2026 free to attend?

The event is online and open by registration at watch.pinterestpresents.com, with additional languages available through regional registration and all sessions recorded for later playback. Check the official Pinterest business site for current registration and access details.

Why should creators care about Pinterest Presents?

It's the earliest look at Pinterest's product and creator-facing changes for the year, on a platform with roughly 640 million monthly active users and long content shelf life. The payoff is acting on what's announced — publishing Pinterest-native Pins, carousels, and vertical video quickly to capture the thin-competition window.

How do we know this?

We checked every figure, date, quote and product claim on this page against the sources listed below on 2026-10-23, and removed or rewrote anything we could not confirm. The date, format, languages and user count come from Social Media Today's report of Pinterest's announcement. We removed an event theme and an advertiser-presenter claim that neither source confirms. Kompozy plan and product details come from kompozy.io/pricing.

Sources

  1. Social Media Today — Pinterest announces 2026 Pinterest Presents event (read 2026-10-23)
  2. Pinterest Presents — Event registration page (read 2026-10-23)
  3. Kompozy — Pricing and plans (read 2026-10-23)

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