Fanbytes Review: What Happened to Fanbytes

Introduction

Flinque and Fanbytes are not a like-for-like choice, because only one of them is trading. The first thing to state is that Fanbytes is not a business you can engage. There is nothing current to compare on this point, since Fanbytes is not a going concern. Brainlabs took it over in May 2022. The rest of this page sets out the position on Fanbytes and on Flinque.

Verdict

There is only one side of this to pick. Fanbytes was absorbed by Brainlabs in 2022 and the brand is gone. There is nothing current to compare on this point, since Fanbytes is not a going concern. For work you need delivered now, Flinque is the one still trading.

What Fanbytes does

This point cannot be answered for Fanbytes, which does not trade.

• Gen Z campaigns. Influencer marketing built for the roughly 13 to 21 crowd on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and YouTube.
• Creative and content. Viral-minded content creation, with a track record that includes reviving Careless Whisper on TikTok to tens of millions of views.
• Paid and performance. Since the Brainlabs deal, paid social and data science sit alongside the organic creative work.
• Bytesights and talent. A proprietary creator data tool, plus a talent arm that has run major TikTok talent management.

Pros and cons

Who it is for

There is only one side of this to pick. Fanbytes was absorbed by Brainlabs in 2022 and the brand is gone. There is nothing current to compare on this point, since Fanbytes is not a going concern. For work you need delivered now, Flinque is the one still trading.

Fanbytes vs Flinque

These two are not really rivals, they solve different problems, so weigh them on what you really need rather than head to head. Fanbytes has no live answer here. Flinque is a tool you drive yourself.

If the part you want help with is finding and checking creators, Flinque is one option for that slice. It opens up 10M+ verified profiles spanning Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and X, with filters for niche and audience, a fake follower check and engagement benchmarks so the creators you shortlist are real. Pricing is flat and public, free to start then 49 dollars a month, across 25+ countries. It will not produce a viral campaign for you the way an agency does, so use Fanbytes when you want the whole service and Flinque when you want to handle discovery yourself.