Clubhouse, Silicon Valley’s invite-only audio chat room, is now one of the fastest growing social media apps in the world.
What happened: According to Sensor Tower, an app analytics company, Clubhouse is in the top 30 apps iPhone users downloaded in the US this week, and is ranked # 1 in nine countries, including Germany, Japan, Italy, Taiwan and Brazil .
According to a data analyst, the app passed nearly 6 million registered users by February 1, 2021.
Clubhouse is less than a year old, but already estimated at about $ 1 billion. The newcomer hopes to popularize audio as the next big social medium, rather than photos or text.
The application was developed by Paul Davidson and Rohan Seth.
Why it matters: The US-based app gained popularity after that Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) founder Elon Musk made its debut on the platform on February 1. This also applies to China, where the hashtag “Clubhouse Invite Code” was trending this week on the social media platform Weibo.
His performance also likely led to the spike in the share price of an eponymous but unrelated company this week.
Then on Thursday Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg took part in the on-app talk show “The Good Time Show” under the name “Zuck23”. Zuckerberg was there with fellow Facebookers Andrew Boz and Fidji Simon.
Due to its popularity among Chinese users, the app’s invitation codes are now being sold for $ 23 to $ 62 on Taobao, an online marketplace owned by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA).
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