TikTok

TikTok
A screenshot of the TikTok app, as it was merged with musical.ly on 2 August 2018.
Developer(s) ByteDance
Initial release September 2016 (2016-09)
Stable release
8.6.0 / 29 September 2018
Operating system iOS, Android
Size 212.1 MB[1]
Available in 34 languages[2]
List of languages
Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Cebuano, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Type Video sharing
License Freeware
Website www.tiktok.com

TikTok, also known as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音短视频; pinyin: Dǒuyīn duǎnshìpín; literally "vibrato short video") in China, is a Chinese music video platform and social network. Launched in September 2016 by ByteDance,[3][4] it is a leading short video platform in Asia and has become one of the world's fastest growing apps with a large community across several countries for short music videos.[5][6]

History

In January 2017, TikTok received several million Chinese Renminbi in seed investment funds from the Toutiao Group. In September 2017, it started to expand into the Indonesian market.[7] On 23 January 2018, the app ranked #1 among free mobile app downloads on app stores in Thailand.[8] In February 2018, TikTok launched a partnership with Modern Sky to monetize music.[9]

Merging with musical.ly

On 9 November 2017, TikTok's parent company, Bytedance, purchased musical.ly, a popular Chinese short music video social platform targeting the US teenage market, in a deal worth up to $1 billion.[10][11] Looking forward to leveraging a US digital platform’s young user base, TikTok further merged their app with musical.ly on 2 August 2018 to create a larger video community, with existing accounts and data merging onto one app, keeping the title TikTok.[12][13]

Tencent lawsuits

The fast growth of TikTok has been seen as threatening Tencent's dominance in social media and online entertainment, and Tencent's WeChat platform has been accused of blocking TikTok videos.[14][15] In April 2018, TikTok sued Tencent and accused it of spreading false and damaging information on its WeChat platform, demanding RMB 1 million in compensation and an apology. Subsequently in June 2018, Tencent filed a lawsuit against Toutiao and TikTok in a Beijing court, alleging they had repeatedly defamed Tencent with negative news and damaged its reputation, seeking a nominal sum of RMB 1 in compensation and a public apology.[16] In response to the lawsuit, Toutiao filed a complaint in the following day against Tencent for allegedly unfair competition and asking for RMB 90 million in economic losses.[17]

Indonesian block

Indonesia temporarily blocked the TikTok app starting on 3 July 2018, amidst public concerns of illegal contents such as pornography and blasphemy. However, the app was unblocked one week later after implementing various changes including removing negative content, opening a government liaison office, and implementing age restrictions and security mechanisms.[18]

Features

The TikTok mobile app allows users to watch musical clips, lip-sync to songs, shoot short videos and edit them with built-in special effects and filters. To create a music video with the app, users can choose background music from a wide variety of music genres including hip-hop, pop and electronic, and record a video in fifteen seconds before uploading to the servers for sharing with others.

The app allows users to set their accounts as private, allowing only people they approved can view their contents. It also permits users to set either everyone or only their friends can send comments or messages to them, and react or duet with them.

Reception

In June 2018, TikTok reached 500 million monthly active users and 150 million daily active users.[19][20] It became the world's most downloaded iPhone app in the first quarter of 2018 with an estimated 45.8 million downloads, surpassing the downloads recorded by Facebook, YouTube and Instagram in the same period according to Sensor Tower, a San-Francisco based research company.[21][22]

Due to its immense popularity and social influence, the app has spawned numerous viral trends and internet celebrities around the world, propelled songs to fame, and is known to be popular among celebrities.[23][24][25][26][27][28]

References

  1. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id835599320
  2. ↑ "Tik Tok - including musical.ly". iTunes. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Is Douyin the Right Social Video Platform for Luxury Brands? | Jing Daily". Jing Daily. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. ↑ "How Douyin became the most popular app in the world · TechNode". TechNode. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  5. ↑ "Tik Tok, a Global Music Video Platform and Social Network, Launches in Indonesia".
  6. ↑ "How Douyin became China's top short-video App in 500 days – WalktheChat". WalktheChat. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tik Tok, a Global Music Video Platform and Social Network, Launches in Indonesia". Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tik Tok, Global Short Video Community launched in Thailand with the latest AI feature, GAGA Dance Machine The very first short video app with a new function based on AI technology". thailand.shafaqna.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Douyin launches partnership with Modern Sky to monetize music" (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. ↑ Lin, Liza; Winkler, Rolfe (10 November 2017). "Social-Media App Musical.ly Is Acquired for as Much as $1 Billion" – via www.wsj.com.
  11. ↑ "Social video app Musical.ly acquired for up to $1 billion". Business Insider. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Social video app Musical.ly acquired for up to $1 billion". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Musical.ly Is Going Away: Users to Be Shifted to Bytedance's TikTok Video App". www.msn.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Tencent and Toutiao come out swinging at each other". Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Tencent sues Toutiao for alleged defamation, demands 1 yuan and apology". TODAYonline. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  16. ↑ Jiang, Sijia. "Tencent sues Toutiao for alleged defamation, demands 1 yuan and..." U.S. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Tencent and Toutiao sue each other in escalating legal battle". Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Indonesia overturns ban on Tik Tok after video streaming service agrees to increase security controls". South China Morning Post. Reuters. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Chinese video sharing app boost 500 monthly active users".
  20. ↑ "Why China's Viral Video App Douyin is No Good for Luxury | Jing Daily". Jing Daily. 13 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "The most downloaded iPhone app in the world right now is one you've probably never heard of". www.businessinsider.sg. 3 May 2018.
  22. ↑ "World's most downloaded app Tik Tok to enhance users' privacy controls". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "J-pop song finds new life in China, a decade on". Nikkei Asian Review.
  24. ↑ "How Does Tik Tok Outperform Tencent's Super App WeChat and Become One of China's Most Popular Apps? (Part 1)".
  25. ↑ "Viral 'Karma's a Bitch' Meme Takes Chinese Video App by Storm".
  26. ↑ Balois, Lim (6 April 2018). "Enhancing that 'chin on a hand' thingy". www.nst.com.my.
  27. ↑ "Tik Tok, a Global Music Video Platform and Social Network, Launches in Indonesia". AsiaOne.
  28. ↑ "Wannabe stars fuel video fad - SHINE". SHINE.
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