Executive Summary: Musical.ly is a social media platform that enables its users to create, share, and discover video-based content. Musical.ly was shut down because its owner, ByteDance, wanted to merge its technology and userbase into another app. What Is Musical.ly? Musical.ly is a social media platform that enables its users to create, share, and discover … Read more
Executive Summary: QuizUp is a social trivia game that requires players to compete against each other by answering random questions. QuizUp is discontinued because the developers behind the game were unable to properly monetize the game. What Is QuizUp? QuizUp is a social trivia game that requires players to compete against each other by answering … Read more
Executive Summary: Flipagram is a social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover photo- and video-based content. Flipagram was deleted because the company that acquired it wanted to use its technology for one of its new products. What Is Flipagram? Flipagram is a social media platform that allows users to create, share, … Read more
Executive Summary: Houseparty is a social media platform that allows you to connect with friends and other users via video calls. Houseparty was shut down because its usage declined severely after coronavirus restrictions across the world were lifted. What Is Houseparty? Houseparty is a social media platform that allows you to connect with friends and … Read more
Executive Summary: Dubsmash is a social media app that lets its users create short-form videos based on audio clips from famous songs, movie scenes, quotes, and more. Dubsmash was shut down because Reddit wanted to embed its video creation tools into its own platform. What Is Dubsmash? Dubsmash is a social media app that lets … Read more
Executive Summary: Kik is a free mobile messaging application that can be used to send audio, text, images, GIFs, as well as video files. Kik failed because it consistently changed its strategic direction, changing ownership, as well as due to its inability to effectively moderate content on the platform. Kik, after various failed attempts at … Read more
Executive Summary: FarmVille, developed by Zynga, is a social network game that requires players to manage a virtual farm. FarmVille was officially shut down on December 31st, 2020 after Adobe decided to sunset its Flash technology. What Is FarmVille? FarmVille, developed by Zynga, is a social network game that requires players to manage a virtual … Read more
Executive Summary: Tumblr is a microblogging and social media platform that enables users to post text-based or visual content as well as engage with other users. Tumblr failed because it banned NSFW content, due to its inability to sell ads, lacking product stickiness, as well as differences in culture between the platform and Yahoo. What … Read more
Executive Summary: Photobucket is an image and video hosting platform that has stored over 15 billion personal images since its inception. Photobucket failed because of heightened competition as well as due to its dependency on other platforms. What Is Photobucket? Photobucket is an image and video hosting platform that has stored over 15 billion personal … Read more
Executive Summary: Gaia Online is an anime-based online forum, social networking platform, as well as a virtual world that users can play in. Gaia Online can still be played, however, its user numbers are only a fraction of those it enjoyed in the mid to late 2000s. What Is Gaia Online? Gaia Online is an … Read more