How many users did Vine have when Twitter bought it?

It's true that Vine was pre-launch when they got acquired. But the service already had some initial users, probably friends and family of the team. I was interested enough to check our internal data to see what Vine looked like on the day of their acquisition. User accounts: 72; Video posts: 1,845; Loops: 9,883,221. read more

“You’ll be able to access and download your Vines. We’ll be keeping the website online because we think it’s important to still be able to watch all the incredible Vines that have been made.” Twitter bought Vine, which had yet to launch, in late 2012. read more

(Twitter never said how many people used Vine, but once claimed it had an audience of 200 million people on the web.) Former executives say that a major competitive challenged emerged in the form of Instagram, which introduced 15-second video clips in June 2013. read more