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November 1, 2021

Move over, Facebook: How France became a hotbed for social networks

Defying the odds, France has become a hotbed of social networking apps like Zenly, Yubo, Powder and BeReal.


Chris O’Brien

10 min read

The conventional wisdom says Europe long ago lost the social networking battle to US tech giants. But it seems a fistful of French entrepreneurs didn’t get the message.

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Chris O’Brien

Chris O’Brien is a writer for Sifted. He covers French tech, and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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