2020
Web3 & Metaverse
2021
/ phenomenon
A period of fast digital change driven by the pandemic and the growth of NFTs, online platforms and the Metaverse
AI became part of everyday life, and generative neural networks gave millions of users the ability to create content with a single click
/ resources
9 services
Meta
Clubhouse
Foundation
Roblox
Decentraland
DALL·E
Zoom
Google Meet
Bereal
Decentraland
DALL·E
Zoom
Google Meet
Bereal
ChatGPT
Midjourney
Runway
Sora
Pika
Threads
Importantevents{ 9 }of the era{ 2020 - 2021 }
Meta2021
/ app
In 2021, Facebook rebranded as Meta, marking its shift from a social network to building its own metaverse
Meta is Facebook’s vision of the future beyond social media
Foundation2020
Roblox2021
Decentraland2020
Periscope launched the trend of live streaming
DALL·E2021
Zoom2013
/ app & web
Zoom was launched in 2013, but during the 2020 lockdown it became a symbol of remote life, reaching hundreds of millions of daily users
A symbol of remote life — from team calls to weddings and online classes
Google Meet2020
In March 2020, Google Meet offered free access to its service
Clubhouse2020
Bereal2020
Services thatbecomeiconic{ 3 }
>300M
daily participants by mid-2020
400%
revenue growth in one year
$100b
valuation at its peak
Zoom
10m
weekly users in February 2021
100m
downloads of the app in 2021
$4b
the company’s valuation in April 2021 after a funding round
Clubhouse
199m
monthly active users in 2021
$1.9b
in average annual revenue
9.5m
developers creating content on the platform
Roblox
2022
Next era
0%
2024
