How TikTok become so Popular
It’s more than just simplicity and inclusion
5 min readNov 21, 2020
Launched in 2016 as Musical.ly, the Chinese short-form video streaming app has taken the world by storm. TikTok undoubtedly has become one of the most popular social networking apps in the world.
As per the recent survey by Datareportal, TikTok has over 800 million active users worldwide and is one of the most downloaded apps in 2020 on both Android and iOS. In just three years, this ByteDance-owned company has rapidly caught up with its social media rivals Facebook, Instagram, and…
