{"id":23434,"date":"2010-11-03T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=23434"},"modified":"2010-11-06T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T04:11:10","slug":"waterloo-based-kik-experiencing-viral-growth","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/waterloo-based-kik-experiencing-viral-growth","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo-based Kik experiencing viral growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just over 2 weeks ago we featured the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techvibes.com\/blog\/watch-out-bbm-here-comes-kik\" target=\"_blank\">re-launch of Kik Messenger<\/a>, which is a free, cross-pl<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobiletopsoft.com\/blackberry\/newimg\/kik-messenger--cross-platform-messaging-icon.png\" alt=\"kik\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" \/>atform mobile instant messaging service.  Yesterday, the app attracted 150,000 new subscribers worldwide, accelerating  five days of exponential growth and possibly setting a new record for app  adoption in a single day.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Livingston is the CEO and President of Kik Interactive, Inc.:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The sudden surge in Kik&rsquo;s popularity is  driving what may be the fastest-ever growth of any mobile app.&nbsp; We&rsquo;re both thrilled and  overwhelmed by the continuing rush of new users.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kik has grown from just 30,000 users a week ago to  450,000 yesterday. As of noon today, the growth rate is  already double what it was yesterday. Usage peaked yesterday at 1 million  messages an hour, and is on track to be even higher today.<\/p>\n<p>To be a part of this Canadian success story visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kik.com\/m\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kik.com\/m<\/a> and start &#8220;kik-ing&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2010\/11\/05\/kik-sms-growth\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=twitter-publisher-main&amp;utm_campaign=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Venture Beat<\/a>, Kik has well surpassed 1 million users in less than 2 weeks.&nbsp; Faster than Facebook and Twitter. &nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over 2 weeks ago we featured the re-launch of Kik Messenger, which is a free, cross-platform mobile instant messaging service. Yesterday, the app attracted 150,000 new subscribers worldwide, accelerating five days of exponential growth and possibly setting a new record for app adoption in a single day. Ted Livingston is the CEO and President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":23436,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-23434","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/23434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/23434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/23436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23434"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=23434"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=23434"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=23434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}