Clubhouse Trivia | 40 facts about the audio social media platform

In world full of likes and comments, “Clubhouse” managed to become the “talk of the town”, by allowing only audio on its (social media) platform.

Let’s find out more about the new viral social media platform!

1. Clubhouse is social media app.
2. So far it is only available for iOS devices.
3. It is an invitation-only social media app, which actually makes it very interesting.
4. It facilitates auditory communication through rooms that can accommodate groups of up to 5,000 people.
5. The audio-only app hosts virtual rooms for live discussions, with opportunities for individuals to participate through speaking and listening.
6. The app was first introduced to iOS by Paul Davison and Rohan Seth of Alpha Exploration Co.
7. It was introduced in March 2020.
8. Clubhouse has stated it remains invite-only to ensure that their team is able to manage the growth of their user base and continues refining the app to be capable of supporting a larger audience.
9. Clubhouse plans to extend its accessibility to the public in the future.
10. Actually, it is currently working on building a version for Android.
11. Conversations are prohibited by Clubhouse’s guidelines from being recorded, transcribed, reproduced, or shared without explicit permission.
12. This has been a source of controversy because instances of bullying, harassment, and racism have occurred on the app.
13. Additionally, Clubhouse has been criticized for its inherent privacy issues.
14. As such, countries such as Oman, Jordan, and China have blocked or completely banned the app from being used.
15. Companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Discord, Spotify, Reddit, and Slack have been creating products to compete directly with Clubhouse
16. Clubhouse began as a social media startup by founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth in Fall 2019.
17. Originally designed for podcasts under the name Talkshow, the app was rebranded as “Clubhouse” and officially released for the iOS operating system in March 2020
18. Clubhouse was valued at $100 million after receiving funding from several venture capitalists,
19. It managed to be funded with a $12 million Series A investment from the venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, in May 2020.
20. As of April 2021, venture capitalists valued Clubhouse at nearly $4 billion in a funding round.
21. The app gained popularity in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
22. Cubhouse had 600,000 registered users by December 2020.
23. In January 2021, CEO Paul Davison announced that the app’s active weekly user base consisted of approximately 2 million individuals.
24. On February 1, 2021, Clubhouse had an estimated 3.5 million downloads globally and grew rapidly to 8.1 million downloads by February 15th.
25. This significant growth in popularity occurred after celebrities such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg made appearances on the app.
26. In January 2021, the app became widely used in Germany when German podcast hosts Philipp Klöckner and Philipp Gloeckler started an invite-chain over a Telegram group, bringing German influencers, journalists and politicians to the platform.
27. A year after the app’s release, the number of weekly active users was greater than 10 million.
28. The user base declined 21% during a three week period from late February to early March^.
29. The decline is reportedly caused by a decrease in the number of Clubhouse users after its initial release.
30. Currently, the app remains accessible only by invitation, with some invitation codes on eBay once costing up to $400.
31. In January 2021, the company announced that it would begin working on an Android version of the app.
32. Every new user can invite two additional members .
33. Also members earn the ability to invite more, depending on how much they participate and use the app.
34. All they need to invite you in is your cellphone number. Clubhouse sends you a code and then you’re in the club.
35. If you don’t want to create a profile from scratch, you can link to your Instagram or Twitter profiles.
36. Public sources have reported that members of the Clubhouse app include luminaries like White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, Virgil Abloh, Kevin Hart, Drake, Tiffany Haddish, Van Jones and Ava DuVernay.
37. You can’t hide behind anonymous comments
38. The rooms in the Clubhouse don’t have finite duration – anyone can start one, and if they don’t want to keep it going, they can just stop.
39. If you want to start an actual Club, you submit your idea and wait for the company to approve it.
40. Clubhouse is cooperating with Stripe to release their first monetization feature called Clubhouse Payments