Bluesky Hit 20M Users and Overtook X in App Downloads for the First Time
Bluesky, the other X, has been in the news a lot over the last few weeks because it started getting popular on and after...
X's Mobile Revenue is At an All-Time High
X was at the center of this election cycle. I know some of you love it and some hate it so I won't touch on anything rel...
Bluesky Gets Serious and Raises $15M - But I See a Problem
It's been a very interesting time for Bluesky, the other twitter, recently. The platform opened up in February, and afte...
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X's Revenue Growth Hit a New Peak
September is behind us which means it's time to take a look at Twitter's, I mean X's, revenue. And with this I'm going t...
Is Tumblr Still a Relevant Social Network?
I read that when X got banned in Brazil, some turned to Tumblr, causing its usage to go up by 350, and that made me thin...
Snapchat+ Wasn't a Mistake After All...
When Snapchat rolled out I called it a way to pay to beta test features and thought it was a mistake and that it wouldn'...
Will Getting Banned in Brazil Hurt X's Bottom Line?
Welcome to September, the end of summer in the western hemisphere and also the end of August, which means it's time for ...
Telegram Had its Best Summer (of Revenue) Ever!
Telegram Messenger saw a massive spike in revenue in July, adding the most new revenue in a single month, ever. Our A...
X Recovers After Months of Revenue Decline
X's mobile revenue has been declining for several months now after peaking back in March leading to the obvious question...
X's Mobile Revenue Continues to Drop for 3rd Consecutive Month - Longest Ever Decline
X's mobile revenue has been on a very weird trend in the last few months. And by weird I really mean negative. It's weir...
X's Mobile Revenue Declines for Second Month in a Row
Twitter, I mean X, is going through a strange period these days. Downloads are recovering after the abrupt name change l...
TikTok's Other Other App, Lemon8, Double!
Last week I looked at TikTok's other app - Capcut - as the talk of TikTok getting banned in the US intensify and CapCut ...
Will X Really Charge Every User? Its Revenue Growth May Hold the Answer
Elon Musk almost confirmed that soon, X will require a paid subscription in order to post on the platform. This is somet...
LinkedIn Figured It Out and Revenue is at an All-Time High Beating X and Snapchat
I've been looking at X's and Snapchat's revenue for months as they are the early adopters of charging in social media, b...
Checking In - Is Telegram's Revenue Still Growing?
Telegram is one of three apps I've been following closely since they started monetizing their free users. X and Snapchat...
Truth Social Had a Big IPO - Are the Downloads There to Back it Up?
Truth Social, Donald Trump's social network, went public this week. This is the second social media IPO in the last few ...
Snapchat's Mobile Revenue Takes a Plunge in February
Last time I looked at Snapchat's mobile revenue it was growing at an astounding rate, far surpassing X. That was back in...
Slow but Steady - Twitter's Recovery from its Abrupt Rebranding Continued in January
When Twitter became X, downloads got cut in nearly half. That's millions of downloads that are simply not happening beca...
Bluesky is Open to All - Will it Dethrone X?
About a year ago, a new competitor to X launched in private beta. On Tuesday, this competitor emerged out of beta and is...
Reddit Wants to IPO - But Is Reddit Still Relevant?
News emerged last week that forum platform Reddit is seeking a public offering. If you've been following the news about...
Twitter's Revenue Crossed a Big Milestone in December
December is behind us which means it's time to check in on Twitter's mobile revenue, a monthly series I started back in ...
X's Mobile Revenue Grew 261% in 2023
2023 has been nothing less than chaos for Twitter, which goes by X now but all the old-timers like me just can't not cal...
Snapchat's Mobile Revenue Crossed a Big Milestone
When Snapchat's paid subscription went live I said no one would pay to be a beta tester. More than a year later, Snapcha...
Threads Is Outpacing X in Downloads Right Now
Threads, Instagram's response to Twitter (aka X, but I still call it Twitter), has seen downloads nearly double over the...
