Snapchat’s Gender-Swap and Baby Filters Doubled App Downloads

But can the company build on the momentum?

John McDermott
OneZero
Published in
5 min readJun 11, 2019

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Illustration: Sally Thurer

Last month, Snapchat achieved the kind of virality most companies can only dream of.

On May 8, Snapchat released a photo filter (a “Lens” in Snapchat parlance) that, by rounding a users’ face and smoothing away their wrinkles, transforms them into a toddler. Over…

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John McDermott
OneZero

Writer for Esquire, GQ | Bylines: NY Times, Politico, WIRED, Vice, Chicago Tribune | Twitter: @mcdermott