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| “ | Make your day | ” |
―TikTok's slogan | ||
TikTok, also known by its Chinese counterpart, Douyin, is the official Chinese YouTube channel for the short-form content platform, TikTok, that uploads compilations from their own app.
History[]
App[]
On September 26, 2016, A.me was released by ByteDance, a parent company known for Toutaio, as a short-form educational videos platform after 200 days of developing the app. A.me had 100 million users in one year after its launch. In December 2016, The app was then renamed to "Douyin" and it became known for being one of Musical.ly's copycats at that time. On November 9, 2017, ByteDance acquired Musical.ly for $1 billion to merge with Flipagram into one app, which became known as "TikTok". Additionally, Facebook was supposed to buy Musical.ly but passed due to concern about the app's young user base.
TikTok was then released under international markets and in September 2018, TikTok became the most downloaded app in the United States.
On September 27, 2021, the platform reached one billion users.[1]
Channel[]
The channel used to be Musical.ly and was created on September 27, 2015. The channel uploaded their first video on August 3, 2018.
Locations[]
As of October 13, 2021, TikTok has operations on 5 different locations from their parent company ByteDance Ltd. These are:
- Bellevue, Washington, United States
- Culver City, California, United States
- Dublin, Ireland
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Singapore
Controversy[]
TikTok ban[]
On July 7, 2020, the U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the government was considering a ban on TikTok for national security reasons, which had been the reason for TikTok's ban in other countries, such as India. On July 31, 2020, the President of the United States at the time, Donald Trump, ordered TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest ownership of TikTok. Nothing came of it until September 2020, when the Trump administration was expected to ban the apps TikTok and WeChat from app stores[2].
The app was going to be banned in Montana, however a federal judge blocked the ban before it could be taken into effect as of 2024. [3]
Devious licks[]
The devious lick trend started on September 6, 2021, by a user on TikTok, with someone pulling out a soap dispenser, with the following text, "only a month into school and got this absolute devious lick."[4] While some people made memes about the trend, most high school and college students actually stole school supplies. Some news channels talked about the trend, which includes Fox News, NBC2 News, and more.[5][6]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 200,000 subscribers: August 26, 2020
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tiktok_us/status/1442489722358620162
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/business/trump-tik-tok-wechat-ban.html
- ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/tech/montana-governor-tiktok/index.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl0871hchCs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzuFOeITSY0
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbw4H7Ukeq8
