Twitter Blue Breaks Wall Street
Twitter historically identified authentic accounts by attaching a blue checkmark to the account name – a signifier that Twitter Blue… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Social Pull
According to MAPS, around 8% of South Africans who have accessed the internet in the past 6 months have shopped… Read More
The Short Squeeze
In January 2021, a group of Reddit users illustrated the influence that social media can exert on the stock market…. Read More
#SouthAfrica
South Africa was ranked as the 17th most-watched country for travel on TikTok out of 193 countries in 2021. South… Read More
In other news…
The proportion of US adults who regularly use TikTok for news has grown from 3% in 2020 to 10% in… Read More
Smart Habits
According to the MAPS dataset, around 72% of South Africans aged 15 or older have used a smartphone in the… Read More