TikTok, also known as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; literally: 'vibrating sound') in China, is a media app for creating and sharing short videos. Owned by ByteDance, the media app was launched as Douyin in China in September 2016 and introduced to the overseas market as TikTok one year later. It is a leading short video platform in Asia, the United States, and other parts of the world. In 2018, the application gained popularity and became the most downloaded app in the U.S. in October 2018.
As of 2018, it is available in over 150 markets, and in 75 languages. The application allows users to create short music videos of 3-15 seconds and short looping videos of 3-60 seconds. In July 2018, the app had more than 500 million users globally.
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