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Snapchat

Communication Services

Snapchat is a multimedia messaging service launched in 2011 by Stanford students Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown, notable at launch for messages that automatically disappeared after being viewed. It popularized the disappearing-message format and the Story format (a rolling 24-hour feed of a user's posts), both of which were widely copied by rival platforms including Instagram, and it remains especially popular among younger users.

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Classification
Sector (GICS)
Communication Services 1
Offering Kind
Service 1
Launch Year
2011 1
Maker
Snap Inc. 1
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Sources
1. Wikipedia, Snapchat
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, paragraph 1, opening sentence
    Snapchat is an American multimedia social media and instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc.
  • Infobox: released
    September 2011
  • Introduction, GICS sector classification
    Snapchat is an American multimedia social media and instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.
  • Introduction, offering kind classification
    Snapchat is an American multimedia social media and instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.
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Wikidata: Snapchat
Wikidata Q333618, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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