Verse · B2C · consumer social app
Make a Spotify Wrapped-style feature for your niche and use it as the hook
Went super viral; about #1 in the App Store for a few days
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What they did
Remake Spotify Wrapped for a niche; guest says this goes viral reliably every year. Verse generated an AI image of a bedroom styled after the music the user listens to and used it as the hook for its social app.
What happened
Went super viral; guest thinks it hit #1 in the App Store for a few days.
In their words
Sub Club by RevenueCat · How to Go Viral on TikTok (and Profit From It) — Joseph Choi, Viral App Founders“If you just remake Spotify Wrapped, but for XYZ niche, that concept goes viral every single year, reliably.”
“they generated an AI image a bedroom based on this the style of the music that you listen to.”
“I think they hit number one in the App Store for a few days.”
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