Clubhouse Says Users Won’t Need Invites To Join Platform Anymore; Added 10M Users Since Mid-May

• ByAyushi Ray     |    July 22, 2021

Social media app Clubhouse says users won’t need invites to join platform anymore; added 10M users since mid-May. Clubhouse was previously an invite-only social audio app, on Wednesday said it was opening its platform to everyone and new users will now be able to join the service without an invite. The number of daily rooms on the platform have grown to half a million, and the company has added 10 million users since mid-May, it said in a blogpost. Clubhouse was launched in April last year for iOS (Apple) users and the Android version was unveiled in May this year. Within weeks of the Android launch globally, the platform had crossed the two million users-mark. In an official statement, Club house said, ” Twelve never-boring months later, we’re thrilled to share that Clubhouse is now out of beta, open to everyone, and ready to begin its next chapter. This means we have removed our waitlist system so that anyone can join,”

The company explained that by adding people in waves using the invite system, it was able to grow the platform in a measured way, and keep things from breaking as it scaled. “But we’ve always wanted Clubhouse to be open. Everyone in the world should have access to meaningful conversations. And the best rooms on Clubhouse are the ones where you meet people from far outside your social circle, with very different views and lived experiences, who change your perspective on the world,” it said. Clubhouse was launched in India in May this year, and within weeks, the country featured among its top markets. The company said its team has gone from 8 people to 58, and the number of daily rooms has grown from 50,000 to half a million.

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