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Brian Dean

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Brian is the founder of Backlinko, and now an internationally recognized SEO expert. After failing with his first five online businesses, Brian finally struck gold with a site in the personal finance space in 2012. He created Backlinko to teach the lessons he learned along the way.

Since launching Backlinko, Brian made a name for himself by publishing insanely practical strategies that marketers can use to grow their online business. Backlinko is now one of the most popular marketing blogs online.

After selling Backlinko to Semrush, he started another successful venture, Exploding Topics. But he also stuck around to continue to help set the standards for Backlinko, and we’re thrilled to still have him around as a contributor.

Latest articles:

Reddit Usage and Growth Statistics: How Many People Use Reddit

Reddit User and Growth Stats

Reddit was founded in 2005 as a centralized community platform categorized around different interests. It started with $100,000 in seed funding from Y Combinator. As of August 2021, the company was valued at $10 billion, following a recent funding round of $410 million. In February 2024, Reddit went public and now has more than 267.5 million weekly active users. Read on to find all of the latest Reddit statistics in 2024.

Snapchat Demographic Stats: How Many People Use Snapchat?

Snapchat Demographic Stats: How Many People Use Snapchat?

Snapchat launched in July 2011 as an “ephemeral” messaging platform. The app, originally called “Picaboo”, was initially only available on iOS. The Picaboo app didn’t take off right away, with only 127 users in its first few months. A rebrand to Snapchat and release on Android fueled rapid growth. The app then quickly reached a milestone of 100,000 daily active users about a year after launch. Today, Snapchat has more than 414 million daily active users around the globe. Snapchat reported $4.61 billion in revenue in 2023, up from $2.5 billion in 2020.

Twitter Usage and Growth Statistics: How Many People Use Twitter in 2021?

X (Twitter) Statistics: How Many People Use X?

The first tweet was sent by Jack Dorsey (Twitter’s CEO) on March 21, 2006. It took 3 years, 2 months and 1 day to reach the milestone of having one billion total tweets on the platform. Twitter went public in November 2013. At that time, Twitter had around 200 million users. Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion to take it private. Since then, a lot of changes followed, including rebranding to X. Today, X/Twitter is among the top 6 social networking apps in the United States. And boasts over 500 million users worldwide. You’ll find out the latest information on X/Twitter demographics and usage data on this page.

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Twitch Usage and Growth Statistics: How Many People Use Twitch?

Twitch launched in 2011 as a live streaming service focused on gaming and eSports. It hit 3.2 million users per month within its first year. Three years later, Amazon parted with $970 million in cash to acquire Twitch. Today, Twitch has over 240 million monthly active users (MAUs). Read on to find all of the essential Twitch statistics in 2024.