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The New Daily
The New Daily
Technology
Genevieve Thorpe

Time to BeReal: The minimalistic app challenging the conventions of social media

A bare-bones photo-sharing app has surpassed Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to become the No.1 most downloaded free app on the Apple store.

Garnering more than 2.93 million daily users in just two years, BeReal forgoes all the trims that you might have come to expect from a conventional social media app.

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