TikTok

TikTok Pte. Ltd.
Developer(s)	ByteDance
Initial release	September 2016; 8 years ago
Operating system	iOS 11 or later; iPadOS; Android; Android TV;
Predecessor	musical.ly
Available in	40 languages
	List of languages Arabic; Bengali; Bulgarian; Burmese; Cebuano; Chinese (traditional and simplified); Croatian; Czech; Dutch; English; Filipino; French; German; Greek; Gujarati; Hindi; Hungarian; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Javanese; Kannada; Kazakh; Khmer; Korean; Latvian; Lithuanian; Malay; Malayalam; Marathi; Odia; Polish; Portuguese; Punjabi; Romanian; Russian; Spanish; Swedish; Tamil; Telugu; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Uzbek; Vietnamese;
Type	Video sharing
License	Proprietary software with Terms of Use
Website	tiktok.com

TikTok is an online video sharing social networking service. It lets people create short videos that can range from 3 seconds to 10 minutes. TikTok videos can be about any topic. TikTok is popular all around the world.^[2] It was first released under the name of Musical.ly but was later bought out and renamed to TikTok.

Indonesia has the most TikTok users.^[3]

History

TikTok was created by ByteDance. It was released in September 2016 and was the most downloaded app in the United States in October 2018^[source?]. As of 2022, TikTok has over 3 billion downloads, and over 1 billion active users each month.^[4]

Bans

On 29 June 2020, India decided to ban 59 apps including TikTok.^[5] A month later on 31 July 2020, US President Donald Trump announced a possible ban of the app.^[6] Then, on 18 September 2020, the Trump administration announced that the app would be removed from U.S. app stores on 12 November 2020, unless ByteDance can assure the Trump administration that the app does not pose a threat to U.S. security.^[7]

In April 2024, President Biden signed a law that could result in the banning of TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells the app to a non-Chinese entity by January 2025. ^[8]

References

↑ "TikTok – Make Your Day". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
↑ "TikTok is fast becoming the most popular app in the world". The Industry Observer. 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
↑ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299807/number-of-monthly-unique-tiktok-users/
↑ Ruby, Daniel (19 August 2022). "TikTok User Statistics (2022): How many TikTok Users Are There?". demandsage. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
↑ "India bans 59 Chinese apps - TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser, Helo, Likee". App India News. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
↑ Kalhan Rosenblatt (1 August 2020). "Trump's threatened TikTok ban could motivate young users to vote, some say". NBC News. NBCUniversal News Group. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
↑ Swanson, Ana; McCabe, David; Nicas, Jack (18 September 2020). "Trump Administration to Ban TikTok and WeChat From U.S. App Stores". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
↑ "TikTok ban in US, how many countries have banned TikTok - 2024 Data [Comprehensive Guide] - IMO Media Hub". 24 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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[tunes-1] "TikTok – Make Your Day". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[2] "TikTok is fast becoming the most popular app in the world". The Industry Observer. 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[3] ttps://www.statista.com/statistics/1299807/number-of-monthly-unique-tiktok-users/

[4] Ruby, Daniel (19 August 2022). "TikTok User Statistics (2022): How many TikTok Users Are There?". demandsage. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[5] "India bans 59 Chinese apps - TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser, Helo, Likee". App India News. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[6] Kalhan Rosenblatt (1 August 2020). "Trump's threatened TikTok ban could motivate young users to vote, some say". NBC News. NBCUniversal News Group. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[7] Swanson, Ana; McCabe, David; Nicas, Jack (18 September 2020). "Trump Administration to Ban TikTok and WeChat From U.S. App Stores". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[8] "TikTok ban in US, how many countries have banned TikTok - 2024 Data [Comprehensive Guide] - IMO Media Hub". 24 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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