UpScrolled, a six-month-old social network positioning itself as an uncensored alternative to mainstream platforms, just hit 2.5 million users - a staggering 1,567% jump from the 150,000 it had in early January. Founder Issam Hijazi announced the milestone at Web Summit Qatar, marking one of the most dramatic user surges in recent social media history as TikTok's ownership shake-up sends users scrambling for alternatives. The growth trajectory represents a major correction to earlier reports that vastly understated the platform's explosive rise.
UpScrolled just became the breakout winner of the great TikTok migration. The social network rocketed past 2.5 million users as of today, founder Issam Hijazi announced during his appearance at Web Summit Qatar - a dramatic escalation from the mere 150,000 users it had sitting on its servers in early January.
The timing isn't coincidental. TikTok's January ownership overhaul, which saw a consortium led by Silver Lake and Oracle take majority control while ByteDance retained just 20%, triggered a mass exodus of users hunting for new digital homes. According to Hijazi's remarks at the summit, UpScrolled crossed the one million user mark just days ago before doubling again almost immediately. That's a 1,567% surge in roughly four weeks.
The growth numbers tell a wildly different story than earlier coverage suggested. Previous reports citing only 41,000 new users drastically understated what was actually happening - the real figure represents a 61x difference that fundamentally reshapes the competitive landscape for TikTok alternatives.
"We launched about six months ago, and we grew to about 150,000 up until early January," Hijazi told the Web Summit audience. "And as of the last few days, we reached over one million users globally. Now, starting today, we surpassed two-and-a-half million users globally."
