Snap's flagship product, Snapchat, is a mobile camera application that helps people to communicate through short videos and images called Snaps. The application is one of the most popular and trendy messaging and social media applications in the United States. It is also growing rapidly in other international markets, such as India.Snapchat's popularity, especially with teens and millennials, can primarily be attributed to its ephemerality i.e. photos/videos and text sent to friends via Snapchat disappear after sometime. Moreover, an interactive style of chat developed by the addition of stickers, doodling etc. has really caught the fancy of teens. Advertising forms the mainstay of Snap's revenues. The company is helping advertisers reach millennials and Gen Z audience, who are more active on immersive mobile platforms like Snapchat....
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