New live streaming app Live.ly has shot to the top of the App Store, beating regular jostlers Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, and Instagram to the coveted #1 ranking in the Top Free iPhone Apps chart (via TechCrunch).

Live.ly lets users broadcast video of what they are doing in real time, and has received over half a million downloads since its full rollout last Thursday.

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The app's popularity follows the success of musical.ly, an app by the Shanghai company of the same name which lets users create music videos. Musical.ly has seen 100 million downloads by mostly U.S. teenagers since it launched last year.

"We want to thank the musical.ly community for embracing live.ly as an exciting new platform and canvas for creativity and self-expression," Alex Zhu, co-CEO of musical.ly, told TechCrunch. "The fact that this comes almost one year after musical.ly hit #1 on the same chart makes the news even more exciting."

Competition for the mobile live streaming space has been hotting up in recent months, with Facebook Live and Twitter's Periscope gaining increasing popularity. The services have been used to document a variety of sporting and political events, such as NBA Final press conferences and the recent sit-in at the House of Representatives.

Last week, Google also threw its hat into the ring, announcing it was rolling out support for the feature through its YouTube mobile app.

Live.ly is a free download for iPhone and iPad available on the App Store. [Direct Link]

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Top Rated Comments

fitshaced Avatar
112 months ago
Sadly this will be the future of television. Reality tv will progress to auditions live from your couch. Only imbeciles want this crap. Narcisstic imbeciles.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BrodieApple Avatar
112 months ago
all the 12 year old musical.ly creators are swarming to this app probably
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Batman89 Avatar
112 months ago
Clearly, the app is not for everyone, hence the comments.

Clearly, the apps is exactly what a lot of people want, hence it being #1 in the App Store.

I have no interest in the app personally, but also don't see the need to put it down, and its users, with pompous comments.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
maflynn Avatar
112 months ago
all the 12 year old musical.ly creators are swarming to this app probably
Yup, my daughters are :)
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
QCassidy352 Avatar
112 months ago
I cannot even fathom why anyone would want to do this, either as a streamer or a watcher. Totally baffles me.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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