

What’s interesting here is that we found Twitter installs have trended back up after earlier declines.

But private companies don’t often share figures related to active usage, so tracking consumer demand through app downloads is one way to determine market interest. Of course, app installs is only one window into this data. Top Stories How are the Twitter alternatives faring now? This week’s theme seems to be a decline in growth for some much-buzzed-about apps, including a group of Twitter alternatives, AI photo apps and even the BeReal.

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