Invite only, audio only, IOS only, new app #Clubhouse is taking the social media world by storm.

It was created in March 2020 by Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, immediately valued at US$100 million, has just 9 employees, has the celebrity pulling power to get Elon Musk, Oprah, Drake, Joe Biden, Chris Rock and so many more and now has a valuation of over $1 billion.

This talking app lets you pull up a virtual chair in a clubhouse rooms on topics as diverse as yoga, the future, cooking, flying (and millions of other topics) that may have Mark Zuckerberg or others in it or start your own on air club room.

The need for connection and community during COVID may have been the impetus that started this newest sensation, but its taken a life of its own since and is offering another, albeit not new, way for us to connect on a human to human level, oh and the fact that China banned it almost immediately also didn’t hurt its’ cred or mystery.

This week Hong Kong Radio 3’s Phil Whelan and I chat about all things Clubhouse, why the Chines have banned it as well as international Internet Safety Day.

Listen now (17 minutes 46 seconds)