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20M

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36 articles accelerating

20M has appeared in 36 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 2 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Microsoft, India, Netflix, Softbank.

Articles
36
mentions
Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+1.500
velocity change
Sources
19
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-04-01
9to5Google 6 related

PayPal's Honey extension for Chrome has lost ~4M users from its peak of 20M after a viral December 2024 YouTube video accused Honey of employing shady tactics

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :

2023-06-25
The Information

Social media startup IRL is shutting down after an investigation by its board concluded that 95% of its claimed 20M MAUs in 2022 were “automated or from bots”

What is it about SoftBank that attracted so many grifters?  —  https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Twitter: Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin : 95% fake!!! IRL raised $200 million from Softbank, Founder...

2023-06-24
The Information 2 related

Social media startup IRL is shutting down after an investigation by its board concluded that 95% of its claimed 20M MAUs were “automated or from bots”

Last year, the CEO of messaging app IRL repeatedly said it had 20 million monthly active users, who chatted about shared interests and planned real-world events together. LinkedIn: Michael Jackson . B...

2023-02-04
BleepingComputer

Background check services TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate confirm a data breach after hackers leak a 2019 database allegedly containing the info of 20M users

PeopleConnect, the owners of the TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate background check services, confirmed they suffered a data breach …

2022-09-24
New York Times

Study says LinkedIn's A/B testing of its People You May Know algorithm, involving 20M users from 2015 to 2019, may have affected some users' livelihoods

A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties. Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @joshelman , @martinsfp , @ca...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

20M has appeared in 1,277 Techmeme articles since December 2014, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include After Nvidia GTC, Jensen Huang says “I don't believe we're in an AI bubble” and that... and Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.... Frequently covered alongside TechCrunch, Kyle Wiggers, Google, Ingrid Lunden, and Apple. Coverage has shifted toward competition, funding themes and away from enterprise.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise -21pts; research +8pts; funding +16pts
2024Q3consumer -12pts; funding -26pts
2024Q4consumer +13pts; research -6pts; funding +15pts

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