TikTok - wikipedia TikTok For other uses, see Tick tock ( disambiguation ). TikTok A screenshot of the TikTok app, as it was merged with musical.ly on 2 August 2018. Developer ( s ) ByteDance Initial release September 2016 ; 2 years ago ( 2016 - 09 ) Stable release 8.6. 0 / 29 September 2018 Operating system iOS, Android Size 212.1 MB Available in 34 languages List of languages Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Cebuano, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese Type Video sharing License Freeware Website www.tiktok.com ( English ) www.douyin.com ( Chinese ) TikTok, also known as Douyin ( Chinese : 抖 音 短 视频 ; pinyin : Dǒuyīn duǎnshìpín ; literally `` vibrato short video '' ) in China, is a social media app for creating and sharing videos as well as live broadcasting. Launched in September 2016 by ByteDance, it is a leading short video platform in Asia and has extended to other parts of the world, becoming one of the fastest - growing apps with a large community across several countries for short music videos. Contents 1 History 1.1 Merging with musical.ly 1.2 Tencent lawsuits 1.3 Indonesian block 2 Features 3 Reception 4 Trends 4.1 Most followed accounts on TikTok 4.2 Most followed accounts on Douyin 5 References 6 External links History Douyin was launched by ByteDance in China in September 2016, and branded as TikTok for the international market when it started to expand into Indonesia in September 2017. On 23 January 2018, the TikTok app ranked # 1 among free mobile app downloads on app stores in Thailand. In February 2018, TikTok launched a partnership with Modern Sky to monetize music. Merging with musical.ly Main article : musical.ly On 9 November 2017, TikTok 's parent company, ByteDance, spent up to $1 billion to purchase musical.ly, a startup based in Shanghai with an office in Santa Monica, California, owning a popular social media platform targeting the US teenage market. Looking forward to leveraging the US digital platform 's young user base, TikTok merged with musical.ly on 2 August 2018 to create a larger video community, with existing accounts and data consolidated into one app, keeping the title TikTok. Tencent lawsuits TikTok 's rapid growth has been seen as threatening Tencent 's dominance in social media and online entertainment, and Tencent 's WeChat platform has been accused of blocking TikTok videos. In April 2018, TikTok sued Tencent and accused it of spreading false and damaging information on its WeChat platform, demanding RMB 1 million in compensation and an apology. In June 2018, Tencent filed a lawsuit against Toutiao and TikTok in a Beijing court, alleging they had repeatedly defamed Tencent with negative news and damaged its reputation, seeking a nominal sum of RMB 1 in compensation and a public apology. In response, Toutiao filed a complaint the following day against Tencent for allegedly unfair competition and asking for RMB 90 million in economic losses. Indonesian block Indonesia temporarily blocked the TikTok app on 3 July 2018 amid public concern about illegal contents such as pornography and blasphemy. The app was unblocked one week later after making various changes, including removing negative content, opening a government liaison office, and implementing age restrictions and security mechanisms. Features The TikTok mobile app allows users to watch musical clips, lip - sync to songs, shoot short videos and edit them with built - in special effects, filters and stickers. To create a music video with the app, users can choose background music from a wide variety of music genres including hip - hop, pop and electronic, and record a 15 - second video before uploading it to share with others. The app allows users to set their accounts as private, allowing only people they approve to view their content. Users can also allow either everyone or only their friends to send comments or messages to them, and react or duet with them. Reception In June 2018, TikTok reached 500 million monthly active users worldwide and 150 million daily active users in China. It became the world 's most downloaded iPhone app in the first quarter of 2018 with an estimated 45.8 million downloads, surpassing the downloads recorded by Facebook, YouTube and Instagram in the same period. The app has spawned numerous viral trends and internet celebrities around the world, propelled songs to fame, and is known to be popular among celebrities due to its immense popularity and social influence. Part of its popularity is attributable to its marketing campaigns, launching several activities with Chinese celebrities to engage their fans ' interest. For example, its marketing campaign in 2018 Spring Festival Gala alone brought an increase of 70 million daily active users. Trends There are a variety of trends within TikTok, including memes, specific songs, and video formats. Duets, a feature that allows users to add their own video to an existing video with the original content 's audio, have led to most of these trends. Most followed accounts on TikTok This list contains the top 10 accounts that had the most followers on TikTok, which has previously merged with musical.ly. Top TikTok users ( last updated 15 October 2018 ) Rank User name User ID Followers ( millions ) Country Lisa and Lena @ lisaandlena 31.5 GER Loren Gray @ lorengray 29.4 USA Baby Ariel @ babyariel 29.1 USA Kristen Hancher @ kristenhancher 21.4 CAN 5 Jacob Sartorius @ jacobsartorius 19.8 USA 6 Jojo Siwa @ itsjojosiwa 17.1 USA 7 Savannah Soutas @ savvsoutas 13.6 USA 8 Annie LeBlanc @ annieleblanc 13.6 USA 9 Liza Koshy @ lizzza 13.4 USA 10 Mackenzie Ziegler @ mackenzieziegler 12.2 USA Most followed accounts on Douyin This list contains the top 10 accounts that had the most followers on Douyin, which is the Chinese version of TikTok and mostly used in China. Top Douyin users ( last updated 15 October 2018 ) Rank User name User ID Followers ( millions ) Country or region Chen He ( 陈 赫 ) @ 191433445 50.7 CHN Dilireba ( 迪 丽 热 巴 ) @ 274110380 46.7 CHN Liu Erdou ( 会 说话 的 刘二豆 ) @ erdou 43.9 CHN Yi Chan ( 一 禅 小 和尚 ) @ yichan6666 42.1 CHN 5 Angelababy ( 杨 颖 ) @ 228.228 37.8 HKG 6 He Jiong ( 何炅 ) @ he. jiong 31.8 CHN 7 Feng Timo ( 冯 提 莫 ) @ Fengtimo1219 28.7 CHN 8 Hei Lian V ( 黑 脸 V ) @ 145651081 26.0 CHN 9 Guan Xiaotong ( 关晓彤 ) @ guanxiaotong 25.6 CHN 10 Yang Yang ( 杨洋 ) @ YANGYANG. 99 20.4 CHN References Jump up ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id835599320 Jump up ^ `` Tik Tok - including musical.ly ''. iTunes. Retrieved 3 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` Is Douyin the Right Social Video Platform for Luxury Brands ? Jing Daily ''. Jing Daily. 2018 - 03 - 11. Retrieved 2018 - 10 - 14. Jump up ^ `` How Douyin became the most popular app in the world TechNode ''. TechNode. 2018 - 05 - 10. Retrieved 2018 - 10 - 14. 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Question: when did the app tik tok come out
Answer: September 2016