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Also known as BeReal.

BeReal (stylized on the app logo as BeReal.) is a French social-networking app released in 2020, developed by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau. Currently, it is owned by Voodoo. Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos of themselves in their day-to-day life, on any randomly selected two-minute window every day. Critics noted its emphasis on authenticity, which some felt crossed the line into the mundane. The primary reference of its name relates to its focus on users uploading unpolished photos, with it being a pun of the term B-reel.

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Within Vinony's link graph, BeReal is referenced by 256 other articles, and connects out to problematic social media use, ShareChat and Facebook.

It sits within the topics 2024 mergers and acquisitions, Image-sharing websites and Internet properties established in 2020.

Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Software.released
2020
Software.ver layout
stacked
Software.title
BeReal
Software.logo
BeReal. Logo.svg
Software.author
Alexis Barreyat, Kévin Perreau
Software.developer
Voodoo
Software.programming_language
Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
Software.platform
iOS 14 or laterAndroid
Software.language
English, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Software.language count
13

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Wikidata facts

Official name
BeReal
Official website
bereal.com
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social media followers
78900
software version identifier
4.55.0
publication date
2024-00-00
name in kana
ビーリアル
stylized name
BeReal.
Commons category
BeReal
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Features
  • Comparison to other platforms
  • User characteristics
  • Reception
  • Criticisms
  • References

BeReal (stylized on the app logo as BeReal.) is a French social-networking app released in 2020, developed by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau. Currently, it is owned by Voodoo. Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos of themselves in their day-to-day life, on any randomly selected two-minute window every day. Critics noted its emphasis on authenticity, which some felt crossed the line into the mundane. The primary reference of its name relates to its focus on users uploading unpolished photos, with it being a pun of the term B-reel.

According to the app's description on Apple's App Store, BeReal encourages its users to "show their friends who they really are, for once," by removing filters and opportunities to stage or edit photos.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BeReal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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