Apr 8, 2021

Clubhouse: Is the audio app really worth $4bn?

Live-audio app Clubhouse is creating plenty of chatter - about itself. Clubhouse had about 13.4 million users in late March, according to research firm App Annie, having added about a fifth of that number over the previous four weeks alone. Facebook has just launched a new web-based app of its own called Hotline, which lets hosts chat to their audience via audio and text. Chat app Telegram launched a voice chat feature last year, and revamped the feature in March to work like Clubhouse's one-to-many dynamic. Many of these apps have much bigger audiences than Clubhouse ever has had - and are available on more platforms, including Android and PCs. Content moderation is set to be a big issue.

Read the full story

 Related companies

Make a complaint about Twitter by viewing their customer service contacts.