I haven't heard of Clubhouse being mentioned in a long time. Last time I checked, it didn't gain traction after 2021 and never heard of the app being mentioned since then.

Are there people still using the app? If so how are they making money?

Clubhouse is still around?!

That the copyright notice on their site still says "2025" probably says a lot. I was kinda expecting to find an AI pivot when I opened that landing page.

For what it’s worth, they are living a AI pivot. TOS just changed so they keep transcripts of all voice and actually pop it into an LLM to subjectively determine your karma points. They are absolutely selling audio data for fine tuning purposes imho, and they are absolutely training on all audio. It’s a AI shovel selling company for sure.

And people wonder why others say we are living in a "low trust society". You can only read a story like this so many times before you decide to simply opt out of society.

Don't let tech companies set your view of people in general.

Yes, it’s niche like Slashdot it seems. Good fun, might be worth making an HN room.

you cannot sign up without sharing your contact list (lol)

It’s a dark pattern. You have to check the box and then click “Don’t allow”. You do not need to share contact or real name or anything.

It’s a good app, I’m not saying the people that run it are good lol.