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Outlet · 62 cases · 2006–2025 · American technology news website

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Technology35Gaming9Culture3Finance3Education2Entertainment2

Where they moved it

  • Press55
  • App stores3
  • X3
  • TV1

Pokémon Go

73
Current official Google Play store artwork showing the Pokémon capture screen.

$894M revenue

ChatGPT Ghibli portraits

58
this was a real labor of love from @gabeeegoooh. congrats gabe; excellent work! here is what we generated during the livestream:

76.2M views on White House post

Avatar (2009)

74
Avatar poster: a Na'vi face

$2.92B box office

Fidget Cube Kickstarter

67
A black fidget cube photographed in 2021; Creative Commons Attribution 2.0. Brand authenticity is not established.

$6.5M pledged on Kickstarter

Slither.io

66
Official Slither.io title artwork from the playable seed page.

67M players

Coinbase Bouncing QR Code

51
A pink QR code on black from the aired creative, shown in Wavemaker’s campaign case study.

14B impressions

Draw Something

61
Zynga's official screenshot showing a Draw Something drawing and Facebook sharing, April 2012.

14.6M players

Covfefe

58
Now playable in #WordsWithFriends! #covfefe - "Autocorrect fails you at 3am"

2.6M derivatives

Clubhouse

55
Andreessen Horowitz Wins VC Sweepstakes To Back Clubhouse, Voice App Still In Beta, At $100 Million Valuation

9.6M downloads a month

Temu

54
Temu's Shop Like a Billionaire ad

51.4M users

Locket Widget

52
Official Locket graphic showing friends’ photos inside the home-screen widget

10M downloads a month

MSQRD

53
Frame from MSQRD’s official demo showing a live animal mask and the camera controls.

14M users

Nano Banana

49
Google’s examples of Nano Banana figurines, retro portraits and other image trends.

Peaked at #1

HQ Trivia

57
Big Human design mockups of HQ Trivia gameplay, results and the leaderboard.

2M downloads a month

EPIK AI Yearbook

53
How I wish this was my college yearbook creative photos 😅 #photodumps #yearbookAIphotos #AI #epikapp #yearbooktrend #fyp #viral

Peaked at #1

Humane AI Pin

47
I love AI, but I won't be buying the Humane AI pin for $699. The laser display doesn't look great and the camera quality is subpar. I don't want to walk around with it on my chest all the time. It…

$9M revenue

BeReal

50
Current official App Store screenshot showing BeReal’s paired front-and-back camera photo.

20M users

Instagram launch

60
Instagram’s official anniversary illustration of the early app interface and Systrom’s dog photograph.

30M users at acquisition

First Look at Nintendo Switch

46
Nintendo’s video introduced Switch through scenes of TV, handheld and multiplayer play.

Peaked at #1

FaceApp aging challenge

50
‎فهد العليوة‎ on Instagram: "challenge accepted! 😅 #agechallenge"

180K derivatives

Lovable

46
Current Lovable dashboard with the prompt field and project cards, from the official documentation

$600M revenue

NGL app

48
Official NGL App Store screenshot showing a question card shared over an Instagram Story.

125M users

Peloton Bike

47
Buy a Peloton Refurbished Original Bike

$183.5M revenue

Cluely launch

43
Cluely is out. cheat on everything.

13.2M views on the launch film

Hoverboard craze of 2015

43
CPSC's official photograph of a recalled two-wheel hoverboard.

$5M revenue

Character.AI mobile app

46
Official launch graphic showing the Character.AI mobile interface and app-store badges.

22M users

House of Cards (Netflix)

55
House of Cards (Netflix): poster

10K+ social mentions

Kim Kardashian: Meet My New Friend

42
meet my new friend 🦾🤖 @Tesla

11.8M views

Ello

48
Official April 2015 screenshot of Ello V2's Noise Stream grid.

3M people waiting to join

Lensa Magic Avatars

44
We've launched something really cool! 🚀 Now you can generate mind-blowing personal avatars with Stable diffusion + Dream booth in a few taps in our app Lensa. It also costs just $2.99 per pack!😃…

$29.3M revenue