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Of course the company is having a great quarter even with the boycotts. It has a complete strange-hold over all social media.not really counting China social me

Of course the company is having a great quarter even with the boycotts. It has a complete strange-hold over all social media.not really counting China social media except tikTok FB - 2.4B MAU [1] Instagram(FB Owned) - 1B MAU [2]2018 numbers WhatsApp(FB Owned) - 2B MAU [3] Facebook totals - 5.4B MAU (overlap between apps, not unique users) Everyone else: Snap - 360M MAU [4] Twitter - 330M MAU [5] TikTok - 800M MAU [6] estimate Everyone else totals = 1.49B *MAU = Monthly Active User B = Billions, M = Millions [1] - https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-grew-monthly-average-users-in-q1-2019-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-grew-monthly-averag... [2] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/253577/number-of-monthly-active-instagram-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/253577/number-of-monthly... [3] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/260819/number-of-monthly-active-whatsapp-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/260819/number-of-monthly... [4] - https://www.omnicoreagency.com/snapchat-statistics/ https://www.omnicoreagency.com/snapchat-statistics/ [5] - https://www.omnicoreagency.com/twitter-statistics/ https://www.omnicoreagency.com/twitter-statistics/ [6] - https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistics/ https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistic...

dvt 6y ago
The boycotts are priced in. Companies get to virtue signal a bit[1], but ad spend was going to go down anyway during the pandemic [1] For example, in a blatant show of hypocrisy, Nike slashed FB advertising, but has had plenty of child labor and sweatshop scandals to boot.
ponker 6y ago
Notably, YouTube is absent from "Everyone else"
- subsubzero 6y ago
  Its not really a social media network, like the others in the list. You don't broadcast personal messages to your friends, and update a feed/homepage with personal info. Sort of like pinterest, and if I am missing these hidden giants please bring them up(I may have missed some).
  - ipsum2 6y ago
    YouTube is a social network. You can follow famous people/groups, view and comment on their videos, and post your own videos for your friends or the wider Internet. They even have stories now.
- Keyframe 6y ago
  Quick google search revealed that to be around 2B. Facebook is a giant here.

dvt 6y ago

The boycotts are priced in. Companies get to virtue signal a bit[1], but ad spend was going to go down anyway during the pandemic [1] For example, in a blatant show of hypocrisy, Nike slashed FB advertising, but has had plenty of child labor and sweatshop scandals to boot.

ponker 6y ago

Notably, YouTube is absent from "Everyone else"

subsubzero 6y ago
Its not really a social media network, like the others in the list. You don't broadcast personal messages to your friends, and update a feed/homepage with personal info. Sort of like pinterest, and if I am missing these hidden giants please bring them up(I may have missed some).
- ipsum2 6y ago
  YouTube is a social network. You can follow famous people/groups, view and comment on their videos, and post your own videos for your friends or the wider Internet. They even have stories now.
Keyframe 6y ago
Quick google search revealed that to be around 2B. Facebook is a giant here.