VUZ, which raised $20 million in Series B funding, surpasses 750,000 downloads in 20224 min read

Immersive social media app ‘VUZ’ has raised $20 million to scale its business. So, we analyzed the app’s performance in 2022. Here’s what we found.

The OG App: Does Anyone Actually Miss the ‘Old Instagram’?3 min read

‘The OG App,’ an Instagram client promising an ad-free and suggestion-free feed has been removed from app stores. We dig into the numbers.

BeReal Surpasses 50,000,000 Global Downloads in 20224 min read

French social media app ‘BeReal’ has surged in recent months. Billed as the ‘anti-Instagram,’ the app has generated 50M downloads thus far in 2022.

Robinhood Downloads Down 97% Ahead of Web3 Wallet Beta Launch4 min read

Downloads for the commission-free investment app ‘Robinhood’ are down 97% from their 2021 peak. Nevertheless, ratings and MAUs remain strong.

NEW: App Watchlist ASO6 min read

We’ve added an App Store Optimization (ASO) feature to the 42matters App Watchlist! Now, you’ll be able to use the App Watchlist to monitor keyword rankings for all the apps you track.

The Elon Musk Effect: Fasting App ‘Zero’ Rockets Up U.S. Top Charts3 min read

The Elon Musk Effect is real, folks. With just two tweets, the mercurial ‘Technoking’ of Tesla turned the intermittent fasting app ‘Zero’ into an overnight sensation.

Clubhouse Update: Meta Pulls the Plug on Audio4 min read

Meta has officially pulled the plug on its Clubhouse competitor. So, we wanted to see if the once-trendy drop-in audio app still had an audience.

Streaming Wars: Netflix Shares Tumble6 min read

After a disappointing earnings report, Netflix’s stock price collapsed. We take a look at how this has impacted their mobile app performance.

Twitter Users Unfazed by Elon Musk’s $43 Billion Dollar Offer6 min read

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter, but the social media giant has introduced a ‘poison pill’ to fend off his $43 billion offer. We’ve used our app intelligence solutions to analyze how users have responded. On April 4th, 2022, a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that Elon Musk — Technoking of Tesla and CEO of SpaceX — had bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, making him the largest shareholder of one of the world’s preeminent social media platforms. Ten

Elon Musk’s Starlink Arrives in Ukraine7 min read

Elon Musk’s Starlink has arrived in Ukraine. Now, both the iOS and Android Starlink apps dominate the country’s top charts. We used our App Watchlist platform to dig into the details!

These 6 Grocery Delivery Apps Raised $5.5 Billion8 min read

The food and grocery delivery apps DoorDash, getir, Gopuff, Gorillas, JOKR, and Buyk have raised $5.5 billion from venture capitalists since 2020. So, we used our app intelligence solutions to peek under their hoods. Over the last couple years, 15-minute grocery delivery apps have raised billions of dollars from venture capitalists, but they’ve also raised quite a few skeptical eyebrows. Indeed, enticing as the promise of near-instant delivery may be, the economics don’t seem to add up.

These Copycat Apps Are Not the Wordle You’re Looking For5 min read

Wordle has taken social media by storm. But unlike other viral games, it’s not available on app stores. Instead, the ‘real Wordle' can only be found here. With this in mind, we analyzed three Wordle copycats on Google Play. If you’ve spent any time recently on social media sites like Twitter, you’ve probably come across posts depicting grids of green, yellow, and grey boxes. No, it’s not tetris. It’s Wordle, a free, browser-only (meaning it’s not available on app stores) word game developed b

United States Mobile Commerce Top Performers 2021-20226 min read

Mobile commerce apps like Amazon, SHEIN, and Walmart dominated the American m-commerce space in 2021. So, we leveraged our App Watchlist tool to see where they stand heading into 2022. Back in October, we analyzed the top mobile commerce, or m-commerce, apps in the United States. We pointed out that, with another holiday season spent under the cloud of a global pandemic, apps like Amazon, Shein, and Walmart were primed for a big finale in 2021. With this in mind, we analyzed where these ap

How the Top 5 Language Learning Apps Fared During COVID-196 min read

We used our app intelligence solutions to analyze how the top five language learning apps have performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the consequences of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has been the rise of remote learning. At one point in April 2020 the World Economic Forum (WEF) estimated that some 1.2 billion children were out of classrooms [https://bit.ly/3B97eJ7], driving parents and educators alike to seek e-learning solutions for their students and children. With this in mind,

Top 5 WhatsApp Alternatives in 20217 min read

We used our app intelligence solutions to analyze the top five alternatives to WhatsApp following Facebook’s October 2021 outages. On Monday, October 4th, 2021, the tech giant Facebook suffered a global outage [https://bit.ly/3J649fQ] that lasted approximately six hours. Effected were Facebook’s eponymous social networking site, along with Instagram, Oculus, Messenger, and, relevant to this article, WhatsApp. Suffice it to say, these outages caused quite a stir. Pundits — seemingly without a h

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