Facebook finally has a serious Chinese rival
4 March 2019 3:54 AM GMT
ByteDance's TikTok, which allows users to upload mini music-videos, last week surpassed one billon downloads.
- TikTok, the mini-music-video app launched by Chinese company ByteDance in 2016, last week surpassed one billon downloads, according to app data provider Sensor Tower.
- The data for TikTok counts downloads on both Apple’s App Store and Google Play, and includes “lite” and regional variations, but not Android installs in China.
- For 2018, it topped App Store downloads, and was in fourth place overall for non-game downloads, after three Facebook apps: the main app, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
- In the US, TikTok is at close to 100 million downloads, after ByteDance acquired music-video app Musical.ly in 2017.
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