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Clubhouse began as a social media startup by founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth in Fall 2019. The app gained popularity in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and had 600,000 registered users by December 2020. The main feature of Clubhouse is real-time virtual “rooms” in which users can communicate with each other via audio. Rooms are categorized based on differing levels of privacy. “Open rooms” can be joined by anyone on Clubhouse, and all rooms default to this setting on creation. In “social rooms,” only users followed by the moderators are allowed to join. Users need to receive an invite from the moderators to join “closed rooms.” Within a room, there are three sections: the “stage,” “followed by the speakers,” and “others in the room.” A lot of conversations in Clubhouse happen spontaneously, but users can schedule conversations by creating events. At the Clubhouse, clubs are user communities that regularly discuss a common interest. Many clubs are present in Clubhouse representing a wide array of topics and users can find clubs by name under the search tab.