One may be wondering, what is Tiktok? How does Tiktok work? Well, Tiktok is an interactive social media platform, that is famously know for dances and lip-syncing, Tikok was made in September twenty-sixteen, but was launched on August the second, twenty-eighteen, Tiktok also first originated in China, the company that made Tiktok was made by Bytedance, bytedance also bought musically, which was a similar app that was very popular in 2014, known also for lip syncing trends, but was shut down due to Bytedance buying the app. the founder of Bytedance is Zhang Yiming, the ninth wealthiest man in China, with a net worth of $27.7 billion, one may be wondering, how does a social media app make so much money? Well, Tiktok makes its revenue by showing advertisements to its users, in app purchase, and fundraising. One may also be wondering, how did Bytedance make it’s own tiktok empire? The process of making tiktok was buying musically and using the concept of the app and building off of musically. The target markets for tiktok are the U.S teenagers and adults. Believe it or not, tiktok has basically made gen Z have its own language, some tiktok slang words are, POV, POV basically means “point of view”, and example where it can be used is like this “POV: I am a secret spy on a mission, and you are my partner.”. another jargon term is Duet, duet is not really a direct slang term, but it has been used in the Tiktok culture many times and it basically means that you are making a video beside a video that someone else made, a way that this term can be used is saying something like “duet me if you think I am funny”. One may say that Tiktok is an app for amateurs, which I agree with, but if you think that tiktok is an interesting app, then here are some facts to know. One, tiktok was the most downloaded app in 2020 in the world, secondly, Charli d’amelio is the most famous person on tiktok with a whopping 108.1 million followers. Third of all, in 2019 tiktok made a new feature to show advertisements to encourage their users to take breaks from the app. Fourthly, tiktok is worth $140 billion in United States Dollars. Last of all there are over eight hundred billion users on tiktok. Now that you have an understanding on how tiktok works, I think that it is not a safe website to provide sensitive information to, but it is a fun app to show your hobbies to your friends and to enjoy your time.
charli d’amelio with jimmy fallon how a duet looks: the Tiktok logo
works cited:
10 Tip-Top Facts About TikTok | The Fact Site
The Ultimate Guide to TikTok Slang 2021 (axis.org)
How Does TikTok Make Money? It’s a Somewhat Complicated Business Model (distractify.com)
10 TikTok Statistics That You Need to Know in 2021 (oberlo.com)
Tiktok hits a record low rating on Play store, #BanTikToklnlndia trends on Twitter (infotonline.com)
TikTok Duets Are Taking Over, So Here Are Some Of The Best (17 TikToks) (ruinmyweek.com)
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