<story><title>Snap Revenue Surges 72% on User Growth, Advertising Gains</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-06/snap-revenue-surges-72-on-user-growth-advertising-gains</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>verall</author><text>As a member of 18~23yo age group (&amp;quot;young person&amp;quot;), I would say snaps the only social media I enjoy using besides HN&amp;#x2F;reddit.&lt;p&gt;Most young people I know use Facebook for groups (local like a school or city), events , and chat. IMO Facebook is shooting all of these feet off with the algorithmic newsfeed and spinning off messenger.&lt;p&gt;Snap however is used constantly to keep up with peers. Haven&amp;#x27;t met a single person that uses instagram&amp;#x27;s stories, even though its usage numbers tell another story.&lt;p&gt;It really might just be my age&amp;#x2F;location&amp;#x2F;privlege bubble, but it consistently baffles me that Facebook keeps growing at such a faster speed than snap.&lt;p&gt;I asked my younger siblings and none of them nor their friends have facebooks, besides the one in college. They all have snap and insta, and spend ~2X time on snap than insta. Most text communication is snap or SMS.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>freddie_mercury</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know a single person in Vietnam who uses Snapchat. Every person I&amp;#x27;ve ever met uses Instagram. Everyone uses Facebook. Facebook Messenger is the most popular chat tool by a fair margin. No one ever sends a message by Snap or SMS.&lt;p&gt;We have a population of 100 million.&lt;p&gt;The world is bigger than just the US.&lt;p&gt;Indonesia, with a population of 260 million, also overwhelmingly prefers Facebook over Snapchat.</text></comment>
<story><title>Snap Revenue Surges 72% on User Growth, Advertising Gains</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-06/snap-revenue-surges-72-on-user-growth-advertising-gains</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>verall</author><text>As a member of 18~23yo age group (&amp;quot;young person&amp;quot;), I would say snaps the only social media I enjoy using besides HN&amp;#x2F;reddit.&lt;p&gt;Most young people I know use Facebook for groups (local like a school or city), events , and chat. IMO Facebook is shooting all of these feet off with the algorithmic newsfeed and spinning off messenger.&lt;p&gt;Snap however is used constantly to keep up with peers. Haven&amp;#x27;t met a single person that uses instagram&amp;#x27;s stories, even though its usage numbers tell another story.&lt;p&gt;It really might just be my age&amp;#x2F;location&amp;#x2F;privlege bubble, but it consistently baffles me that Facebook keeps growing at such a faster speed than snap.&lt;p&gt;I asked my younger siblings and none of them nor their friends have facebooks, besides the one in college. They all have snap and insta, and spend ~2X time on snap than insta. Most text communication is snap or SMS.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maruhan2</author><text>Age 27 here. I see more people moving away from snap and using instagram stories.</text></comment>