Who owns TikTok and when was it created?
TikTok has skyrocketed and become one of the world’s biggest social media platforms in just a few years. But who owns the app, and when was it created? Here’s everything you need to know.
Within the space of a couple of years,TikTokhas become the most popular social media platform out there, withmillions of daily usersand a huge selection of viral content.
The apphas helped launch the careers of people likeCharli D’AmelioandAddison Rae, and its viral power has tempted plenty of other people to make accounts and attempt to grow a following of their own.
As TikTok has become a staple in millions of people’s everyday lives, it’s hard to imagine life without it. So when was the app created and who owns it? Here’s everything you need to know.
Who owns TikTok?
TikTok is owned by theChinese company ByteDanceand is available in more than 150 countries. It was founded by the company’s former CEO, Zhang Yiming, who created the company in 2012 from his apartment in Beijing, China.
In 2014, the app Musical.ly — which had similar features to the future TikTok app — was launched in China. By 2017, Musical.ly was one of the most popular apps in the world and was purchased by ByteDance for about $1 billion.
In 2016,ByteDancelaunchedDouyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. The following year, the company also launched TikTok to cater to a more global audience. In 2018, the company merged TikTok with Musical.ly to drastically expand its user base and gave it access to a larger pool of users and content creators.
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