TIVP051: Snap Inc. (SNAP): Why Hasn’t Snapchat Become a Social Media Titan? w/ Shawn O’Malley & Daniel Mahncke

Dec 21, 2025
1h 13m

Episode Description

Shawn and Daniel break down Snap Inc., a camera-based social media platform with nearly one billion monthly users.


IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 – Intro

00:08:25 – Why Snapchat, being a founder-led company, is less than ideal in this case

00:09:15 – Why Snapchat is unlikely to be acquired any time soon

00:17:49 – How Snapchat almost didn’t become a hit, and what made it suddenly so popular

00:39:24 – Why growth internationally is actually worsening Snapchat’s unit economics

00:45:12 – What to know about how the company is dipping its toes into artificial intelligence

00:48:01 – Whether subscriptions can save Snapchat’s business model

00:57:55 – Why it has been so much harder for Snapchat to make its unit economics work relative to peers

01:07:08 – How to think about modeling SNAP’s intrinsic value

01:07:29 – Whether Shawn and Daniel add SNAP to their Intrinsic Value Portfolio


*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.


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