Discover Spill: The App Store’s Fastest Growing Twitter Alternative

Twitter has recently encountered a series of problems, as Elon Musk has accused the platform of experiencing severe data scraping and system manipulation. In response, Musk implemented strict measures to address these issues, which has caused frustration among a significant number of users who have sought out alternative platforms. One of the controversial actions taken by Twitter was to limit the number of daily readings for both verified and unverified accounts, as well as discontinuing browsing access for users without accounts. Additionally, Twitter experienced a major outage on Monday, rendering the platform inaccessible for several hours. As a result of these challenges, people have begun exploring alternatives to Twitter, and the upcoming release of Instagram’s Threads app, which competes directly with Twitter, has intensified the competition to become the leading alternative to the microblogging platform.

Now there’s another potential Twitter alternative that’s making its way onto Apple’s App Store charts – Spill.

What is a leak?

Spill is a microblogging platform like Twitter created by former Twitter employees Alphonzo Terrell and DeVaris Brown, according to a Washington Journal report. Terrel is Twitter’s former global director of social and editorial content. Spill was released exclusively on the App Store last month and has since grown in popularity, with an Android version of the app already in the works.

Notably, it has been included in the list of the 100 most downloaded social media apps of the same month. In fact, Spill was the most downloaded social media app on Monday and the third most downloaded app on the App Store, coinciding with Twitter’s massive outage.

While Spill has a live feed where users can check the latest happenings like other social media platforms, it focuses more on visuals, making it easy to share images, videos and GIFs with text. Inspired by the expression “spill the tea”, which means “to share gossip”, users can “win” whatever they want on the platform. Terrel said the Spill is open to everyone, but created as a safe place for diverse communities.

How to join Spill?

Like Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Social, Spill is currently invite-only because it’s still in testing. It’s only available on Apple devices and you can join the waiting list on the website. Alternatively, if someone is already on the platform, they can send you an invite code that allows you to join the platform.

According to the company, more than 100,000 people have signed up in the past three days, including notable celebrities such as Questlove, Lizzo, Amber Riley, Sinqua Walls and Antoinette Robertson.