TikTok can be used on iOS and Android devices and is available as a free download on the App Store and the Play Store respectively.
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Who founded the TikTok platform?
TikTok, aka Douyin, was launched by ByteDance in Beijing, China in September 2016, originally under the name A.me, before rebranding to Douyin in December 2016. ByteDance planned on Douyin expanding overseas. Douyin was developed in 200 days and within a year had 100 million users, with more than one billion videos viewed every day.
The app was launched as TikTok in the international market in September 2017. On 23 January 2018, the TikTok app ranked first among free application downloads on app stores in Thailand and other countries.
How is TikTok different from other social media apps?
If you head on to the website of the creators of TikTok – Bytedance, you can see the plans for TikTok.
ByteDance says that TikTok is one of the first companies to launch mobile-first products powered by machine learning technology. They further go on to say that it was founded in an effort “to combine the power of artificial intelligence with the growth of mobile internet to revolutionize the way people consume and receive information.”
