TikTok is Back in the US After Enormous Losses to ByteDance, Stores, and Creators
TikTok magically appeared on the App Store and Google Play two weeks ago, which means it could bring back its in-app pur...
Telegram Pulled a Reddit Move this Valentine's Day - And It Worked!
I've been following Telegram's revenue ever since the messaging app debuted a direct monetization model that isn't ads a...
X's Mobile Revenue Grew 128% in 2024, but the Competition isn't Slowing Down
January is behind us which means it's time to dig into X's performance as I have been doing since the platform launched ...
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LinkedIn is the Highest Earning Social Media Platform Right Now
When thinking of quot;social networksquot; you might think about Instagram, X, or even Facebook. Maybe even SnapChat and...
Explode Wants to Dethrone Snapchat But...
Notorious social growth hacker Nikita Bier released an app that mimics the original Snapchat to quot;spite Snapquot; a c...
No More TikTok - This is Where TikTokers Are Going
It's official, TikTok is banned in the US and has been removed from the App Store and Google Play along with CapCut and ...
How Much Will Creators Lose if TikTok is Banned?
The clock is ticking for TikTok, which is a short week away from getting banned in the US. It's now up to the Supreme Co...
Mark is Just Trying to Keep Facebook Relevant...
Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that Facebook will be switching to community moderation of posts instead of handling...
Users Spent a Record $25M via X's Mobile Apps in December
December is behind us, which means it's time to continue the monthly tradition and check in on X's revenue. I've been do...
TikTok's Last Hurrah? Lemon8 is Finally Getting Traction
It's tik tok time for TikTok. The platform has less than a month to sell its US operation to a local company or get bann...
X Scores Its Biggest Day of Revenue During Black Friday
X ran a Black Friday promotion, something I haven't seen any other social platforms do, and I was sure it would not move...
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...
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...
