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24 alternatives to Contagious

Why Things Catch On

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Contagious launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Fever Reader▲73

   A Feed Reader with A Brain

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Shout▲207

   Exchange Anything with the people around you

   2014 · useshout.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Gum▲123

   The social network of things

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Blastchat▲93

   Mass communication done easy

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Plague▲118

   Spread content like a virus

   2014 · plague.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Seen▲83

   A social summary of what’s happening

   2014 · tarikh.me · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Mixely▲69

   An offline social network

   2014 · mixely.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Contastic▲73

   Staying in Touch Made Easy

   2014 · getcontastic.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Fluky▲105

   A friendly randomiser

   2014 · fluky.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Robin, by Reddit▲118

    Humans make connections. Sometimes they grow, stay, collapse

    2016 · reddit.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Crowdcurity▲104

    Crowdsourced Application Security

    2015 · crowdcurity.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Timebomb▲69

    If Instagram, Whisper & Reddit had a baby

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Refresh▲87

    Discover common ground for better conversations

    2013 · refresh.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Tell the Turtle▲80

    Tell strangers stories

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Innoz▲88

    Connecting the unconnected

    2014 · offlineinternet.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Chatous▲99

    Meet new people and talk about what matters to you.

    2014 · chatous.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Real Illuminati▲90

    Get introed to someone awesome

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Taaalk▲75

    Observe conversations between interesting people

    2015 · taaalk.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    TechWatching▲71

    Personalized technology news aggregator

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Split▲74

    Avoid unwanted encounters.

    2014 · gottasplit.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Village▲72

    Spontaneous Opportunities to Connect

    2015 · hellovillagers.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Indiloop▲71

    Remix the Internet

    2015 · indiloop.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    TapChat▲87

    WhatsApp for Strangers

    2014 · tapchat.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    How It Spread▲88

    See how anything went viral, from the first post

    8d ago · howitspread.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →