Chat w/ @scarletfu to discuss impending credit crisis - American Consumer: What Should We Worry About? https://t.co/OaKntf639k via @business

When it comes to $NFLX, @SeemamShah of @SensorTower says the one thing the company has done "really well compared to their streaming peers is their retention levels," adding that "it's a great platform for advertisers to be on." Here are the latest consumer trends in streaming,

Are search engines dying? @OpenAI's #ChatGPT amassed 500M MAUs in less than two years – faster than any other app in the past decade. What else is the data telling us? Check out our VP of Insights on @Business' #TheClose. https://t.co/lcffmAoE0O

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Yes, college students have lost their ability to read. I have taught lit for 24 years; the threshold started to decline in the late aughts and nosedived during Covid. A thread with observations + how I get my students to read ALL (or at least most) of the reading I assign: 🧵

Shares of $UBER are down after earnings, while $LYFT shares saw a pop after reporting 📈 @MattOguz & @SensorTower’s Seema Shah look at the road ahead for each company with @NPetallides, discussing the growth trends $CART in the rideshare space:

“Temu has pivoted more of its ad spending to Europe and other markets this year, said Seema Shah at market-intelligence firm Sensor Tower. By April, the U.S. made up 38% of its total ad dollars, compared with 63% in the fourth quarter in 2023, she said”

Musk has said X is thriving. Third-party data are less optimistic. X’s daily active users via mobile apps dropped by 16% in September compared with the month Musk took over, according to an analysis by research firm Sensor Tower. https://t.co/hmVXgQUAFG

(Axios) - X, formerly Twitter, has hemorrhaged users and advertisers in its first year under Elon Musk's ownership, according to new data provided to Axios. @sarafischer @axios https://t.co/1cbiDbpkSK

Rebranding of Twitter to X appeared to weigh on user engagement, with avg time spent and session count falling 5% and 2% DoD on 7/25/23; some users were upset by the loss of the classic blue bird logo #SensorTower #TwitterX #TwitterBird

Check out this report by @mimbsy from @TheAtlantic citing @SensorTower analysts @SeemamShah and Abraham Yousef on the launch of Threads #SensorTower #Threadsapp $FB #InstagramThreads #mobileapp #Twitter https://t.co/TMnG5YXcO0

Check out my colleague @A_Bartolacci 's appearance on @TDANetwork about the new Threads app #SensorTower #Threadsapp #mobileappdata, #Instagram #Twitter

Per ST data, day 1 of Amazon's 2023 Prime Day event saw # of ww app users rise 62% DoD on 7/11, while time spent rose 250% DoD to an average of nearly 14 min/hr from 4 min/hr the prior day; the # of purchases rose 158% WoW #SensorTower #Amazon #PrimeDay #digitalintelligence

Despite Threads strong sign-ups/DAUs, ST data shows engagement remains low. Weekend time spent declined 60% from Jul 6 highs; this was 60% & 85% lower than avg time spent on Twitter & Insta, resp. #SensorTower, #Threadsapp, #mobileappdata, #Instagram #Twitter

Threads Now Fastest-Growing App In History—With 100 Million Users In Just Five Days “According to Sensor Tower data, Threads is currently the most downloaded free app in the U.S. on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.”

Per ST, Threads was the most downloaded app on its launch day in last decade w/ ~40mn ww downloads. Threads outpaced the launches of popular apps like Pokemon GO & Call of Duty Mobile- both saw < 20mn downloads at launch '#SensorTower, #Threadsapp, #mobileappdata, #Instagram

Our research team has been putting together some world class insights. Here’s a quick roundup from @SeemamShah

A 32-year-old man walked up to a 13-year-old girl who was shopping for shorts at a South Carolina Walmart with her mother and shot her at point blank range. Currently, South Carolina lawmakers are trying to pass permitless carry. #scpol

🚨 New York City 2023 = Blade Runner 2049

Tonight we join @Everytown with orange lights for National Gun Violence Awareness Day. 📷: lu(.)qihong/IG

On May 24, 2022 in Uvalde Texas, an 18 year old walked into Robb Elementary School and shot and killed 19 children and 2 adults. Two days ago in Houston Texas, a man paused his dinner date to shoot and kill a fake parking attendant. Last night in Cleveland Texas, 5 members of a