Why the “iPhone App of the year” made $0 in 2022

How “BeReal” became an overnight sensation with minimalist design and zero revenue.

Kelsey O'Connor
UX Collective
Published in
4 min readDec 25, 2022

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App screens showing both founders of BeReal surrounded with money.
BeReal founders Alexis Barreyat and Kevin Perreau (Photo by TheWrap)

What if social media was actually authentic?

French techies Alexis Barreyat and Kevin Perreau decided to find an answer to this question back in 2020 when they launched BeReal, a photo-sharing app that allows users to…

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