Facts about tiktok
Into
15 seconds is the length of a video that you can upload to the app tik tok this hugely popular app was first launched as musically in 2014 it was founded by longtime friends Alex Shu and Liu Yu yang from Shanghai China bite dance a media and tech company in Beijing bought musically in 2017 and merged it with their app tik tok.
Evolution
Tik tok is called dual Yin in China because of their restrictive internet rules and has over 300 million monthly users but now let’s dive into what makes Tik Tok one of the most popular apps at the moment number one
Why Tiktok
Tik Tok is the karaoke of the digital era and you only have 15 seconds to make a good impression people love the creative medium to showcase their singing dancing comedy and lip synching talents and with so many extras to make your video stand out it’s become one of the most popular apps
to download just how popular will share that with you later one of the main reasons that Tik Tok fans favor this app to Instagram is they believe that Tik Tok is not as artificial you don’t need to be traveling the world posting glamorous selfies to get likes they find
The app more relatable and it levels theplaying field to become an onlinesensation even the New York Times has said that
Tik Tok is the only true
Pleasant social network in existence
it’s easy to navigate and appeals to
people of all ages
Trendsetters and influencers
Celebrities like Jimmy Fallon have even used the app to reach a far greater and more diverse audience than ever before with the hashtag tumbleweed challenge for examples seeing 8,000 videos uploaded garnering 9 Million views in 7 days
Tik Tok bridges the age gap seamlessly it’s not that often an app can integrate people of all ages as easily as tik-tak no surprises that teenagers across the globe love the app but what is surprising is that in places like Indonesia China Saudi Arabia Malaysia and the UAE there are more 25 to 34year-olds using tik-tok than 16 to 24 inthe US Jimmy Fallon was instrumental in tik-tok gaining a hefty increase in adult users Jennifer Lopez has been enjoying her time on tick-tock and Jessica Alba is also a fan 60% of the u.s. tick-tock market identifies as female with 40% identifying Mayo 60% are aged between 16 and 24 with 26% between the ages of 25 and 44 the major trendsetters and influencers.
Tensetters born in the mid to late 1990s they’re the kids of Gen Xers it’s reported that tik tak is paying influencers up to 500 dollars to join their app and create content that they know will be followed
Here are some of the biggest influencers on tik-tok if you’re new to the app and don’t know who to follow here are some of the biggest names on the platform
many of these names found fame through vine and musically and have brought their followers with them there are influencers in between these but
following these people is a good place
to start spencer x aka spencer night 25 point 9 million followers the guy’s beatboxing skills are
impressive and he’s worth a follow baby
Ariel thirty-one point three million
followers she was the first person to surpass the
20 million follower mark on musically
and through these apps she’s managed to
secure gigs on Disney and Nickelodeon
Charlie D’Amelio 41 point 4 million
followers
she only began on tik tok in June of
2019 and within months the Connecticut
15 year old rose to fame she now has a
spot in hype house had appeared in a
Superbowl commercial and is signed up
with a premier talent agency number 4
tik-tok is as safe as you allow it to be
like any social media platform there are
rules and regulations in place to
protect the user but common sense also
goes a long way tick tock is designed
for 15 years and older but it does allow
13 year olds on the platform there
various features in place to block
inappropriate content for younger users.
Videos can still be created without the
option of posting them however there is
a dark side to tik-tok where people have
posted highly inappropriate content
explicit images and vulgar language are
just the minor concerns with many
labeling the platform a breeding ground
for pedophiles self-harm online bullying
religious indoctrination and tragically
the documentation of a suicide be
vigilant and keep grounded when using
the site and speak to an adult if you’re
experiencing anything that makes you
feel uncertain and coming up
tik-tok was blasted for trying to ban
certain demographics from using their
site more on that later
Tik tok is your opportunity
To get creative some of the most loved
videos include david dobrik giant
version of the Mentos and Diet Coke
experiment the dancing ferret loaded by
friendly quest is brilliant and a firm
favorite loaded by Caleb Cutler is the
banana giving birth to a baby banana the
croc shaving cream video will satisfy
you on levels you never knew possible
thanks to kids needs a friend and then a
recent favorite is from the Peter to
poodle account where you can see helium
balloons tied around a dog and the dog
lifts off the video has over 20 million
views and is on the rise number 6 music
companies are threatening to sue Tik Tok
over copyright infringement with
millions of songs being used every day
how have the royalties being paid david
israelite the CEO of the national music
publishers association told the
Financial Times that a lawsuit was
likely a future step as he confirmed
that more than 50% of the music
publishing market used on Tik Tok was
unlicensed Universal Music has been in
talks with Tik Tok to come up with an
agreement regarding royalties and to
date artists like Lady gaga Billie
Eilish and Taylor Swift have received
nothing for their songs being used on
Tik Tok the solution may be streaming
music licenses similar to réseau which
is what byte dance uses in India to
allow for the legal usage of music on
their tick-tock videos
number seven tick tock is the most
valuable startup company in the world
bite dance was founded in 2012 and its
startup value was seventy five billion
dollars the company behind tick tock is
a privately held one called bite dance
the founder of bi dance is shang ming
but he rarely gives interviews the rise
of by dents hasn’t been without its own
issues and after a series of online
media spats and controversies founder
jimang released a statement apologizing
for publishing a product that collided
with core socialist values the rise of
tick tock is incredible for China as
it’s the first Chinese company that’s
successfully broken ground in the
Western market surpassing uber start-up
of seventy two billion dollars number
eight tick tock has been downloaded 1.5
billion times with over 800 million
active users every month is there a way
to invest in the popular app bite dance
is a privately owned company so at this
stage shares are not available on the
stock market there are talks that
Softbank will be investing in Tech Talk
which might be the right decision to
bring them back after a series of
unfortunate investment decisions like
uber technologies and slack currently
with kovat 19 uncertainties facing
people worldwide it seems like no major
decisions will take place number 9 tick
tock is worth seventy five billion
dollars the money is made through many
ways including brand takeover ads which
bring in anything from 20,000 to
$200,000 per advert hashtag challenges
can cost a brand a flat fee of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars to
run for six days and firms can spend an
additional 100 to 200 thousand dollars
for the advertising of that particular
challenge in-app purchases of coins can
also be made ranging from 100 for 99
cents and in moving up to ten thousand
for 99 dollars coins can be gifted to
your favorite tik tok user and if they
can use them to buy gifts online next up
how you can make money on tic toc
Monetization
Users are monetizing their
journey and you can too if you’re a tic
toc influencer you could be earning
between 600 to 1,000 dollars per post
you upload popular tik tok users are
able to receive gifts from their
followers as mentioned earlier users can
purchase online coins and then give the
coins to someone they’re following brand
partnerships are an easy way to earn
money on tik tok and influencer
marketing campaigns are also pretty
popular influencers are even using the
platform to sell their merch and promote
their products cross promotion is a
great way to assist others and yourself
to try and spread your profile merch or
referral links live shows are gaining
popularity as a means of creating tik
tok wealth and remember you can also
link your tik tok account to other
online accounts spreading your influence
even further
Psychological Impact
There is a
psychological impact of Tik Tok this
could include one or all of the
following issues
narcissism many users are self-obsessed
according to experts attention seeking
lots of users will do anything for likes
and followers often forgoing their true
identity or self-worth self-inflicting
pain is another worry
sadly there are videos circulating of
users inflicting self-harm
depression users that are unable to get
the following and likes they’re hoping
for often will dip into serious
depression
Sociological Impact
There is also a
sociological impact of tic tok isolation
because many users would rather spend
their time with online followers than
their real friends although the app
wasn’t created for this nudity is a
problem especially with users believing
that they need to reveal more to gain
more followers online abuse is a very
real concern for tik-tok users and some
users have even been on the receiving
end of blackmail
Tik tok on problem
Tik Tok came under fire for trying to
ban certain demographics from using
their site the intercept an online news
publication found documents that
instructed tic tok moderators to
suppress posts added by people they
deemed too poor too ugly or even
disabled to use the app they were also
found to censor political speech and
block content from LGBTQ and
wait creators in a roundabout way of
explanation a spokesperson said they
were trying to protect vulnerable users
but those guidelines are no longer in
place or weren’t to begin with according
to them
During lockdown
Tik tak is the most downloaded app
during the COVID lockdown as we’ve all
been housebound for a while now people
have been downloading apps a lot and the
biggest gainer of new app downloads is
tick tock trailing behind was whatsapp
Facebook Instagram and Facebook
messenger doctors have been using the
platform to get COVID messages across to
younger audiences and people have been
using the app to help ease their anxiety
and fears about the virus it’s been an
incredible platform for people to reach
out to each other and for users to
realize they’re not alone in their
worries concerns even their boredom
number 15 these are the tick tock trends
to look out for in 2020 memes are going
to continue being massive and if you get
yours on point it’ll be easy to gain a
following users will start treating
tik-tok like a TV show where posters
will create storylines with their
hashtags so much like tuning into your
favorite series you’ll be tuning in to
watch your favorite tick tock channels
comedy and influencer collaborations are
going to explode as many try to find
relief and happiness after COVID users
are going to want to see more faces
behind the brand’s as people opt for
legitimate and trustworthy places to
spend their money in time on tick-tock
users and influencers will help shed
light on mental health and self-care as
we move into a new kind of lifestyle
after COVID 19