For an app that was highly regarded, and everybody wished in on it just some months in the past, the thrill about Clubhouse appears to be truly fizzling out. Rather quickly. The social community based mostly on voice, because it likes to explain itself, noticed simply 922,000 downloads in April, in accordance with information by app analytics agency Sensor Tower.
That’s down from 9.6 million in February this yr. That’s a giant dip for an app and platform that attempted a special tackle social networks. This comes at a time when the Clubhouse app for Android is lastly in testing with a bunch of choose beta testers and may very well be launched for Android customers within the coming months.
Yet, the dip for Clubhouse comes quickly after Facebook additionally launched its audio social media app called Hotline, a lot on the strains of Clubhouse. Clubhouse has not launched an official assertion on the Sensor Tower numbers, on the time of scripting this.
A Sensor Tower spokesperson advised Business Insider that person development for Clubhouse has slowed down however the information does point out that retention is powerful amongst customers. The platform, over the previous few months, has seen Tesla CEO Elon Musk in addition to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seem in voice chats with customers.
The Clubhouse app has remained invite-only for a sizeable time period, and you’ll solely be a part of if somebody invitations you. The app was valued at round $1 billion in January this yr, and in April, Clubhouse introduced the launch of Payments in beta to assist creators monetize.