TikTok

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TikTok Pte. Ltd.
Developer(s)ByteDance
Initial releaseSeptember 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09)
Operating system
Predecessor
Available in40 languages[1]
List of languages
TypeVideo sharing
LicenseProprietary
Websitetiktok.com Edit this at Wikidata
Douyin
Developer(s)Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release20 September 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09-20)
Stable release(s)
iOS/iPadOS34.9.0 / June 4, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-06-04)
Android35.1.0 / June 6, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-06-06)
Windows1.0.5.0 / August 21, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-08-21)
macOS2.7.0 / 16 August 2023, discontinued.
Operating system
Available inSimplified Chinese, English[2]
TypeVideo sharing
LicenseProprietary
Websitedouyin.com
Douyin
Chinese抖音
Literal meaning"Vibrating sound"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDǒuyīn
Bopomofoㄉㄡˇ ㄧㄣ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhDoouin
Wade–GilesTou3-yin1
Tongyong PinyinDǒu-yin
IPA[tòʊ.ín]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDáuyām
Jyutpingdau2 jam1
IPA[tɐw˧˥ jɐm˥]

TikTok, whose mainland Chinese and Hong Kong[3] counterpart is Douyin,[a][4] 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 60 minutes.[5] It can be accessed with a smart phone app or the web.

Since its launch, TikTok has become one of the world's most popular social media platforms, using recommendation algorithms to connect content creators with new audiences.[6] In April 2020, TikTok surpassed two billion mobile downloads worldwide.[7] Cloudflare ranked TikTok the most popular website of 2021, surpassing Google.[8] The popularity of TikTok has allowed viral trends in food and music to take off and increase the platform's cultural impact worldwide.[9]

TikTok has come under scrutiny due to data privacy violations, mental health concerns, misinformation, offensive content, and its role during the Israel–Hamas war.[10][11] 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.[10][12]

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  3. ^ Grundy, Tom (15 March 2024). "Why is TikTok blocked in Hong Kong?". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. ^ Lin, Pellaeon (22 March 2021). "TikTok vs Douyin: A Security and Privacy Analysis". Citizen Lab. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ "TikTok says it's testing letting users post 60-minute videos". CBS News. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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  7. ^ Carman, Ashley (29 April 2020). "TikTok reaches 2 billion downloads". The Verge. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. ^ "TikTok surpasses Google as most popular website of the year, new data suggests". NBC News. 22 December 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  9. ^ Miltsov, Alex (2022). "Researching TikTok: Themes, Methods, and Future Directions". The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP: 664–676. doi:10.4135/9781529782943.n46. ISBN 9781529720969. Even though TikTok is only a few years old, it has already been shaping the ways millions of people interact online and engage in artistic, cultural, social, and political activities.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. ^ a b Maheshwari, Sapna; Holpuch, Amanda (12 December 2023). "Why Countries Are Trying to Ban TikTok". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  11. ^ Maheshwari, Sapna (28 March 2024). "How the Israel-Hamas War Has Roiled TikTok Internally". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  12. ^ Peterson, Kristina; Volz, Dustin; Andrews, Natalie (15 March 2024). "TikTok's Fate Now Hinges on the Senate". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.


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