15.3 million people are using Zoom’s cloud-meetings app each day, and its monthly active users have skyrocketed to 28 million. As businesses struggle and make staff and salary cuts, Zoom is, well, zooming.
According to Apptopia data, Zoom’s daily usage has quintupled (now there’s a fun word), with its shares rising 58% in the last 12 months.
The 2011-founded company – launched by former Cisco employee Eric Yuan – is currently rolling in bread. On Monday the company’s market cap was sitting above US$42 billion, adding US$20 million to Yuan’s net worth.
But enough of the boring numbers… The best, most fun, most ‘holy crap I almost forgot we were in the midst of the global pandemic’ part, is all the hilarious tweets that have come from workers having to use Zoom.
Now part of their daily work-from-home routine, Zoom has well and truly entered the home, the living room, the bedroom, and even, by accident, the bathroom.
Zoom’s free version allows users to host up to 100 video participants at once, so imagine our joy at the below tweets:
Your Zoom backgrounds have been noted people!
Virtual backgrounds I’ve seen so far today with Zoom teaching:
– Rainbow Six Siege maps
– The burning house from the “this is fine” meme
– The First Take desk
– Spongebob’s house
– several kids turning their background to the gulag at the same time— Osé the Paladin (@OseTheBard) March 30, 2020
We like this one:
New Zoom background. pic.twitter.com/04ix1sx0eb
— SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN??? (@sivavaid) March 30, 2020
I mean we’re happy some schools are closing but…
When your kids start acting up during the zoom meeting pic.twitter.com/xHleKRWg1V
— IG:JW_MEMES (@JWMemes) March 29, 2020
Whatever brings you closer to God, bro
In a Zoom meeting and in the #unicorona onesie.
This is joy. ?❤️ pic.twitter.com/M2g0H3Zfmf
— Rᴇᴠᴇʀᴇɴᴅ “Cʜᴀᴘ” Nᴇʟsᴏɴ (@GameChaplain) March 30, 2020
For all those Cool Cats and Kittens
There’s a Tiger King filter in SnapCam that can be combined with virtual backgrounds! I was all about it on our sales call today. Mark Exotic, the Zoom totin’ Tech King! #avtweeps #wfh @zoom_us @Snapchat pic.twitter.com/kolLSJiN2l
— Mark Coxon CTS-D CTS-I (@AVPhenom) March 30, 2020
Joe ‘WFH’ Exotic
Just had a very successful @zoom_us meeting with my @YourLifeArizona @azfamily team. I think they were a little shocked to see Joe Exotic and his tiger in the meeting! ?? #tigerking #joeexotic pic.twitter.com/FCTzaZXRhJ
— Brandon Hamilton (@bhamiltonTV) March 27, 2020
“I saw nothing”
Top Tip for the day: Remember to turn off your camera when you go to the toilet during zoom meetings. I don’t think your students would enjoy it. pic.twitter.com/qAnpTB8KBk
— james hall (@jdahall) March 22, 2020