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by jasode 2632 days ago
>I would be curious to see their actual numbers on ACTIVE users, minus their terrible dark patterns to "get" users.

Pinterest's S-1 filing[0] on March 22 2019 says their MAU (monthly active users) is ~265 million. It also says the WAU (weekly active users) is 57% of MAU so ~151 million Pinterest accounts log in at least once a week.

Of course, the Pinterest executives could falsify that information on the S-1 to mislead and hype up the IPO but that carries the risk of the SEC slamming them with fraud and the DOJ pursuing criminal charges.

[0] page 67 for user metrics: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000119312519...