Clubhouse Confession: I’m Starting to Like It Here
The only thing in hotter demand than a Clubhouse invite is a coronavirus vaccination
If you’re prone to FOMO — that’s the Fear of Missing Out — there’s a new horror show in town.
The exclusive, invite-only social media app Clubhouse lets people gather in virtual rooms to talk in real time with real people about pretty much any subject you can think of — provided it’s on an iPhone. Launched less than a year ago, it was humming along mostly under the radar until the last month, when a couple of high-profile users hosted a couple of highly attended talks: for instance, Elon Musk chatting with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on February 1 about the GameStop maelstrom (Musk has since extended an invitation to Vladimir Putin, who is reportedly considering it.) Though it’s still in beta mode, by early February, Clubhouse hit 3.5 million global downloads with the company announcing it now has 10 million weekly users. And on February 8, the app got the ultimate public relations boost: China banned it.
Three million might sound like a lot of people, but the magic of Clubhouse is that it’s not for…
