bereal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A French social media app, released in 2020, which prompts users daily to take photos of whatever they are doing using the front and back cameras of their phones.
noun
A post published on the French social media app BeReal, consisting of photos from both the front and back cameras of a user's phone, providing a visual depiction of what they are doing in that moment.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "A French programmer and entrepreneur created the social media app BeReal in 2020 to combat what he saw as an increasingly unhealthy and materialistic social media landscape. Seemingly out of nowhere, BeReal has made its way to college campuses."
- "And it’s been successful, with about 40 million installs of BeReal this year alone, according to data from Apptopia, which tracks and analyzes mobile app performance."
- "But on BeReal this is much harder to do as users will be notified how many retakes it took to get the perfect shot. They will also be notified if the photographs are late in being posted."
- "People may have grown tired of BeReal’s authenticity facade. […] BeReal held a mirror – or at least a front-facing camera – up to its users, encouraging reflection on our self-presentations."
- "By 2025, BeReal was a bit like the houseplant you left shrivelled up on your windowsill. Only diehard fans were still posting, and no one really cared if you missed days in a row. The days when friends would reach out truly concerned for your wellbeing if you didn’t upload were long gone, and the golden age was over."
- "Once a day you get a notification from the app. It tells you that it's time to post your BeReal for the day and you have two minutes to do so. […] Users can also see where their friends are on a map and discover other publicly posted BeReals."