Wrapped - Was the Most Downloaded App in the US Just a Scam?
An app catapulted to the top of the App Store last week and then disappeared abruptly. Fast risers aren't new, but abrup...
X's (aka. Twitter's) Mobile Revenue Grew 829% Since Elon's Takeover
October is behind us, which means it's time to check in on X's (aka. Twitter's) mobile revenue, a monthly series I start...
Snapchat+ Takes a Big Hit in September
September wasn't the bestest of months for apps that monetize the younger crowed. I'm mainly talking about games here, b...
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TikTok's Lemon8 Can't Seem to Get Traction in the US
TikTok seems like the giant that can't fail anymore. It seems to constantly be in the news for something not-so-great, y...
Is Twitter's Rebrand Losing the Platform Money?
September is behind us which means it's time to check in on X's (aka Twitter's) revenue, and unlike most of my previous ...
Telegram Turns 10 and Revenue is... Stagnating. And Instagram. And Discord.
Telegram, the messaging app that promises privacy first, has seen demand growing massively over the last few years. It a...
Bluesky Just Hit 2,000,000 App Downloads
Say what you will about Twitter/X, there's nothing else like it out there. But Bluesky is trying, and bit by bit, is gro...
Is Threads Still a Threat to X - Here are the Numbers
After being the most downloaded app in the App Store and Google Play for several days and breaking download records, Thr...
Downloads Are Down 99.8% Since Peak for This App, And It's Not Threads!
A lot of attention has been given to Threads, Meta's Twitter (aka X) clone that came and went in a social media spectacl...
Snapchat's In-App Revenue Grew Double Digits in August
Snapchat, Snap's now year-old in-app revenue stream, has hit its highest month of revenue in August, up more than 12 mon...
Twitter's First Full Month as X is Also Its Highest in Mobile Revenue
August is behind us which means it's time to check in on Twitter's, I mean, X's revenue. August was X's first full mont...
Is Pinterest Still Growing?
If you've ever been down the rabbit hole of wedding plans, recipe ideas, or DIY projects, you've probably encountered Pi...
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...
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...
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!
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...
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...
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 ...
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!
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. ...
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...
This Week in Apps - Millions and Billions
#170 - TikTok hits a big milestone, the monthly millions club, detecting investor fraud, and more!
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...
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.
