Evan Spiegel

POSSIBLE is over the AI hype; real estate is going tech; and Snap dips its toes into branded agents.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Snap Decision All sorts of non-advertising companies have recently launched ad businesses – and vice versa. Companies that rely heavily on ad revenue, including Meta, Twitter and Snap, want to diversify their one-pillar businesses. But diversifying an ad business is much harder than the […]

The photo messaging app reported $1.3 billion in revenue in its Q4 2022 earnings report on Tuesday, which represented flat YoY growth.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. At What Point Do We Reference Myspace? Meta faces an existential crisis. It was a trillion-dollar company one year ago and is now worth a mere $370 billion. “Mere” is relative – that’s still big. But this is a make-or-break moment for Meta. CNBC […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Google’s Matching Black Eyes Google is reeling from antitrust blows this week. Europe’s second-highest court slapped Google with a record-breaking $4.1 billion fine on Wednesday, Axios reports. Google can appeal to the EU Court of Justice, but it’s also fighting a multifront war. And […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Borking Google’s Privacy Pitch Judges and regulators have narrowly interpreted the consumer welfare standard – the mechanism that’s dictated U.S. antitrust enforcement for 40 years – so that a monopolistic business practice must be shown to directly affect consumer pricing.  But that standard has […]

Snap is seeing a boost in user activity but a dip in advertiser spend in the wake of COVID-19. Daily active users reached 229 million in the first quarter, growing across all regions and on Android and iOS, the company announced Tuesday in its Q1 2020 earnings report. That represents a 20% increase from the […]

Snap is seeing a nice bump from performance advertisers. The platform said Tuesday that its revenues from direct-response buyers doubled over the past year, although it did not break out a figure. Total revenue grew 39% year over year to $320 million, beating analyst expectations of $307 million. Snap’s success with performance advertisers is driven […]

Snap is no longer losing users. For the third consecutive quarter, Snap managed to stave user decline. Its Q4 daily active users clocked in at 186 million, which was flat sequentially but a slight year-over-year dip from 187 million. And advertisers are still spending on the platform. Q4 revenue grew 36% to $390 million, while […]

It’s been a tough year for Snap, as its stock tanks and its executive team flees the ship. Despite growing revenue 43% in Q3 to a record $298 million, Snap’s stock hit an all-time low in September of $10 per share. Snapchat is also bleeding daily active users after rolling out an unpopular redesign and facing increasing competition from Instagram. “Snap is struggling to […]

Snap’s chief strategy officer, Imran Khan, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities, it announced in an SEC filing Monday morning. Khan did not disclose his next role. He plans to stay at Snap for an unspecified interim period to help with the transition and recruit a new chief business officer. “This has been […]

Snap again came in below analysts’ expectations for its Q2 earnings announced on Thursday. Year-over-year, revenue grew 153% to $181.7 million in Q2 and 200% to $331 million for the half year. Quarter-over-quarter, revenue was up roughly 21%. Analysts expected Q2 revenue to clock in at $186 million. Daily active users (DAUs) grew 21% year-over-year […]

Snapchat may have disappointed investors in its first-ever earnings disclosure on Wednesday, but agencies aren’t ready to bail just yet. Snap missed the mark on both user and revenue growth as it continued to fend off relentless copycatting from Facebook and Instagram. But because the platform pulls in the highest engagement rates among millennials, it’s […]

Snap reported earnings for the first time on Wednesday, and based on the results, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg must be feeling pretty smug. Snap reported Q1 revenue of $150 million, a 286% increase from this time last year but below the expected $158 million. Net losses totaled $2.2 billion. Daily active users (DAUs) for the […]