TikTok emerged as the most downloaded app in the world in 2020, officially outperforming Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and every other messaging platform. Tik Tok was installed 63 million times in August alone in 2020. Since the beginning of the pandemic and border closure, the application had been downloaded more than 315 million times exceeding the number of downloads since its launch more than two billion time.
The value of owing company ByteDance, founded by Chinese computer scientist Zhang Yiming in 2011 increased to more than one hundred billion dollars, taking it to the top of the unlisted technology companies in the world.
Tit Tok has become exceedingly popular during lockdown, driving millions of users to download the popular short-form video app to entertain themselves.
Tik Tok has started a whole new trend of video style, which has been picked up by several social media apps over the last year.
The app allows its users to watch short music videos, and allows subscribers to make videos of no more than 60 seconds each and attach them with effects and optical illusions from the application’s free library. The free music list available also includes a wide variety of music genres.
Thousands of businesses have benefited to advertise their products or services in addition to providing entertainment through the Tik Tok application. TikTok has even inspired other platforms to mimic its style, like Instagram Reels or YouTube Pants. Last week, TikTok stated it is experimenting with new clips similar to the functionality found on Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram, allowing users to view content posted by the accounts they follow for 24 hours before they are deleted.
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