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One year post-acquisition, X traffic and monthly active users are in decline, report claims

Despite proclamations from X CEO Linda Yaccarino that usage of the social network was at an all-time high this summer, a new report is throwing cold water on those claims, saying that X usage has actu

AI app Character.ai is catching up to ChatGPT in the US

Character.ai, the AI app maker that lets users design their own AI characters, is catching up to ChatGPT in terms of mobile app usage. According to a recent analysis by market intelligence firm Simila

Notch will sell you insurance in case your Instagram gets hacked

Getting hacked sucks. It’s even worse if you’re a digital creator whose social media accounts literally pay your bills. When creators get hacked, it can mean that they aren’t able to

Tumblr said 420 Blaze it (but literally)

Yesterday, Tumblr rolled out Tumblr Blaze to all users over 18 in the United States. The feature lets users promote their content in the same way you might boost a tweet or a Facebook post on those re

SimilarWeb raises $120M for its AI-based market intelligence platform for sites and apps

Israeli startup SimilarWeb has made a name for itself with an AI-based platform that lets sites and apps track and understand traffic not just on their own sites, but those of its competitors. Now, it

Web traffic increases in 2019 were driven by mobile; top 100 sites saw average of 223B monthly visits

Mobile adoption around the world is having a significant impact on the web’s traffic. According to a new report from SimilarWeb, out today, mobile web traffic has jumped 30.6% since 2017, while

Star Wars and Marvel content is most watched among Disney+ trial users, led by ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

Early adopters of Disney+ are mostly watching Marvel and Star Wars movies and TV shows, according to a new third-party report by SimilarWeb out today. The analytics firm measured Disney+ usage in its

How Dropbox, Nike, Salesforce, MailChimp, Google and Pepsi welcome their new hires

The first day of work at a new job can be very stressful. Different companies have their own traditions to help make this period of transition more comfortable and memorable for new hires...

Keyword research in 2019: Modern tactics for growing targeted search traffic

In 2019, it’s estimated that every minute there are 150 new websites coming online. While many of these won’t be long-term ventures, a large percentage will eventually find themselves looking to..

Pop star turned entrepreneur Starshell raises $1 million for her Birthday Girl World

For the singer-songwriter Starshell, a one-time protege of Mary J. Blige, success comes in many guises — and the latest is startup entrepreneur. Her song “Birthday Girl“, resonated s

SimilarWeb raises $47M at valuation approaching $800M to take on Nielsen in digital market intel

Companies are increasingly dependent on digital platforms for their business growth, and that is giving a boost to analytics firms that are helping them make better sense of that digital landscape. Si

SimilarTech tells you what’s powering any website, alerts web companies to new leads

Over the years, developers have turned to resources like BuiltWith to help them figure out what technology is under the hood powering today's websites - including things like shopping carts, analytics

SimilarWeb Buys Quettra To Move Deeper Into Mobile Analytics And Big Data

Yet more consolidation is happening in the world of analytics. Today Israeli web analytics and traffic measurement startup SimilarWeb announced that it has acquired Quettra, a provider of mobile analy

Analytics Startup SimilarWeb Raises $25M At $400M Valuation, Wants To Be A Better Alexa

As the Internet matures and becomes more crowded with services and data, startups building services to make better and more accurate sense of what’s out there are seeing their stars rise. In th

Digital Measurement Service SimilarWeb Acquires Content Discovery Platform Swayy

SimilarWeb, a service that offers tools to measure website traffic and related mobile app data, has now made its second acquisition with the purchase of Tel Aviv-based content discovery platform Sway

SimilarWeb’s New Service Shows Which Apps Are Actually Used, Not Just Installed

App makers will no longer be able to fudge their numbers by buying downloads in order climb the App Store's charts in an effort to manufacture popularity. Many companies today, <a href="https://techc

Alexa & comScore Competitor SimilarWeb Raises Series C From Naspers, Is Now Headed To Mobile

SimilarGroup, the makers of a would-be Alexa killer called SimilarWeb, which analyzes web rankings via a panel containing millions of web surfers, has raised a Series C round of funding. The new f

Would-Be Alexa Killer SimilarWeb Raises An Additional $3.5 Million

A company out to topple the stronghold Alexa still has on web rankings despite serious questions involving accuracy is Tel Aviv-based <a target="_blank" href="http://www.similargroup.com/">SimilarGr

SimilarGroup Raises $2.5 Million To Take On Alexa’s (Often Terrible) Web Rankings With Its New SimilarWeb Service

Tel Aviv-based <a target="_blank" href="http://www.similargroup.com/">SimilarGroup</a>, a company whose recently launched web measurement tool <a target="_blank" href="http://www.similarweb.com/">Simi

SimilarWeb Changes Name To SimilarGroup, Raises More Funding

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/similargroup.png" />SimilarWeb, which will henceforth be known as <a href="http://www.similargroup.com">SimilarGroup</a>, has raised more fund
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