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X (FKA Twitter) Has a Big Discovery Problem

Twitter is no more. It's now X. Well, almost! Twitter Lite, an Android app from Twitter that's targeted mainly at India...


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July was X's (aka Twitter) Highest Month of Mobile Revenue

Bye bye birdie... Twitter is now X and I can feel the difference. But that won't stop me from continuing the monthly tr...


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This Week in Apps - Growing Fast

#174 - Pokemon Sleep just launched and is already the leader of its category, which country produces more mobile games, Monopoly Go's amazing revenue growth, and more!


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TikTok is Testing a New Music Service - Should Spotify be Concerned?

Surprise surprise, TikTok is getting into the music streaming business! Earlier this month, ByteDance soft launched Tik...


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Reddit Isn't the Same After Apollo

Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo. Reddit has recently closed off its API to 3rd party developers and in the process, el...


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Out of Gas - Was Discord's Acquisition All Snake Oil?

Last year, Gas, an anonymous messaging app for teens, rose to the top of the charts very quickly. Before that momentum ...


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This Week in Apps - Out of Gas

#173 - ChatGPT's mobile apps is two months old, where's Reddit without Apollo, India's new gambling tax, and more!


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Twitter's Weekend Blunder Led Hundreds of Thousands to Bluesky and Truth Social

Last weekend was rough for Twitter. On Saturday, many users started getting errors while scrolling through their feeds. ...


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Instagram's Copy of Twitter's Blue Check Raked In More than $15M so Far

Earlier this year, when everyone was dunking on Twitter's 8 blue checkmark, Instagram decided it was a feature worth cop...


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This Week in Apps - Millions and Billions

#170 - TikTok hits a big milestone, the monthly millions club, detecting investor fraud, and more!


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TikTok's Billion Dollar Year

TikTok's revenue growth is an interesting trend to look at. While the trend has almost always been curving up the way e...


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This Week in Apps - Reddit's Regrettable Blunder

#167 - Reddit is pulling a Twitter, movie theaters are getting busy again, Twitter's revenue took a hit, and the most downloaded apps and games.


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Twitter's Mobile Revenue Dropped by 15% in May

Last week I looked at Snapchat's revenue and this way I'm continuing my monthly tradition and looking at the revenue for...


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Apollo, the Biggest 3rd Party App for Reddit is Shutting Down

I don't normally do opinions in this newsletter and prefer to let the data speak for itself, but I find what's going on ...


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May Was Snapchat's Biggest Month of Revenue Growth (and Revenue)

With May behind us, it's time to look at Snapchat's revenue and see if the quot;paid beta testingquot; feature continues...


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This Week in Apps - May's Revenue Rejuvenation

#166 - Snapchat's biggest haul so far, Peacock and Paramount+ hit big too, CapCut is brewing up a storm, and more!


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This Week in Apps - Shopping Showdown?

#164 - Did OpenAI just crush a $10M industry? Amazon is no longer the most downloaded shopping app in the US, and more!


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TikTok's Downloads Dropped 38% in the US This Year

Earlier this week, the state of Montana announced its plan to ban TikTok in 2024. This is the first decisive action we'v...


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This Week in Apps - Time for Something New

#163 - Disney+ is growing up, a new teen sensation, Discord's future, and more!


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Snapchat's Subscription Revenue Grew the Most in April

April is behind us which means it's time to check in on Snapchat's mobile revenue. I like to do that with big platforms ...


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This Week in Apps - It Happened!

#162 - Twitter's growing revenue, another sport joins the streaming race, the most downloaded apps and games in the world, and more!


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Twitter Hits Peak Revenue As Downloads Continue to Drop

2023 has been a very strong year in mobile revenue for Twitter. The last time I looked at revenue, in March, Twitter hit...


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This Week in Apps - Drop Everything and Do This!

#161 - ChatGPT is earning millions, a new Twitter alternative, Google almost lost, and more!


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Bluesky is Mastodon's Newest Competitor

My Twitter feed was full of quot;do you have a Bluesky invite?quot; type tweets this week, reminding me of the latest Tw...


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