September 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09) (in China and India only)
Operating system
iOS 11 or later
iPadOS
Android
Android TV
visionOS
Predecessor
musical.ly
Available in
40 languages[1]
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
Douyin
Screenshot
Screenshot of Douyin.com homepage
Developer(s)
Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd
Initial release
20 September 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-20)
Stable release(s)
iOS/iPadOS
26.6.0 / August 14, 2023; 8 months ago (2023-08-14)
Android
26.6.0 / August 15, 2023; 8 months ago (2023-08-15)
Windows
2.7.0 / August 11, 2023; 8 months ago (2023-08-11)
macOS
2.7.0 / August 16, 2023; 8 months ago (2023-08-16)
Operating system
iOS 11 and later
iPadOS 11 and later
Android 6.0 and later
Windows 7 and later
macOS 10.13 and later
Available in
Simplified Chinese, English[2]
Type
Video sharing
License
Proprietary software with Agreement
Website
douyin.com
Douyin
Chinese
抖音
Literal meaning
"Vibrating sound"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Dǒuyīn
Bopomofo
ㄉㄡˇ ㄧㄣ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Doouin
Wade–Giles
Tou3-yin1
Tongyong Pinyin
Dǒu-yin
IPA
[tòʊ.ín]
TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin[3] (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; lit. 'Shaking Sound'), is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from three seconds to 10 minutes.[4] It can be accessed with a smart phone app.
Since its launch, TikTok has become one of the world's most popular social media platforms, using recommendation algorithms that were better than alternative apps at connecting content creators with new audiences.[5] Many of its users are young, of Generation Z. In April 2020, TikTok surpassed two billion mobile downloads worldwide.[6] Cloudflare ranked TikTok the most popular website of 2021, surpassing Google.[7] The popularity of TikTok has allowed viral trends in food and music to take off and increase the platform's cultural impact worldwide.[8]
TikTok has come under scrutiny due to data privacy violations, mental health concerns, misinformation, offensive content, and its role during the Israel–Hamas war.[9] Countries have fined, banned, or attempted to restrict TikTok to protect children or out of national security concerns over possible user data collection by the Chinese government through ByteDance.[9][10]
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'misleading the younger generation' and that TikTok's content was 'not consistent with Islamic laws'. In October 2020, TikTok users in Armenia reported a loss of...
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reporting on TikTok's U.S. woes in favor of ByteDance, according to people familiar with the matter. Hale, Erin. "US says China can spy with TikTok. It spies...
is noted for his social media presence, especially on TikTok, having been nicknamed the "TikTok Taoiseach". He used Instagram for live streams while Minister...
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and entrepreneur who has been serving as the chief executive officer of TikTok, an online video platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, since 2021...
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The No TikTok on Government Devices Act is a United States federal law that prohibits the use of TikTok on all federal government devices. Originally introduced...
in regular messaging. TikTok has gained increasing popularity among Gen Z users, surpassing Instagram in 2021. As of 2022, TikTok has around 689 million...
user data or TikTok sharing such information with Chinese authorities. According to computer security specialist Bruce Schneier, TikTok's ownership may...
behind TikTok's 'Sweater Weather' trend". www.yahoo.com. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2022. "How Studio Killers' "Jenny" Became a Queer TikTok Hit...
TikTok has been involved in a number of lawsuits since its founding, with a number of them relating to TikTok's data collection techniques. Tencent's...
use YouTube's editing tools for Shorts. Many use TikTok's tools instead, though videos with TikTok branding are downgraded from YouTube's platform. YouTube...
Tik and Tok are the robotic mime and music duo of Tim Dry and Sean Crawford. They began performing together with Shock, a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe...
posting on TikTok. His early videos showed him dancing and watching video games. He rose to popularity with his video responses in the form of TikTok's "duet"...
TikTok food trends are specific food recipes and food-related fads on the social media platform TikTok. This content amassed popularity in 2020 during...
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