Snapchat is producing original video shows and has launched a gaming platform as it fights competition with Facebook's Instagram.
Shares in Snapchat's parent company Snap have surged after the app grew user numbers for the first time in three quarters.
The stock was up by as much as 12% in after-hours trading on Wall Street as it also beat revenue expectations for the first quarter to the end of March. Snap said the number of daily active users on Snapchat rose to 190 million from 186 million three months earlier, though the figure was slightly down on 191 million a year ago.Snap's latest results were helped by the popularity of original video shows made for Snapchat and the launch of a new Android app.Chief executive Evan Spiegel said:"In the first quarter we delivered strong results across our business with growth in daily active users and revenue.
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