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Byte
App & software · 2020 · Niche
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann's app Byte had an estimated 1.3 million downloads in week one.
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Trace the originVine co-founder Dom Hofmann launched Byte on January 24, 2020. It was the top free iPhone app in the U.S. that day and had an estimated 1.3 million downloads in its first week. Downloads rose again in July 2020 amid talk of a U.S. TikTok ban. Clash bought it in 2021.
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January 2020
TechCrunch press · Jan 24 ’20
TechCrunch reported the launch and said former Vine stars including Lance Stewart were already on Byte.[3]
U.S. App Store commercial · Jan 24 ’20
Byte ended launch day as the No. 1 free iPhone app on the U.S. App Store, per Sensor Tower.[5]
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