TikTok sabis ne na raba hanyar sadarwar bidiyo ta kan layi. Yana ba mutane damar ƙirƙirar gajerun kiɗa da bidiyo mai aiki da leɓe na daƙiƙa 3 zuwa 15 da gajeren faifan bidiyo na daƙiƙa 3 zuwa 60. Zasu iya sanya komai daga matsalolin rayuwa zuwa rawa ko ma girke-girke. Sananne ne a Kanada, Amurka, da sauran sassan duniya. An fara fito da shi da sunan musical.ly amma daga baya aka saye shi aka sake masa suna TikTok. TikTok ne ya kirkireshi ta ByteDance. An sake shi a watan Satumbar shekarar 2016 kuma shine mafi saukakiyar aikace-aikace a cikin Amurka a watan Oktoba shekarar 2018[ana buƙatar hujja] ] . A ranar 29 ga watan Yuni shekarar 2020, Indiya ta yanke shawarar dakatar da Ayyuka 59 ciki har da TikTok. Wata daya bayan haka a ranar 31 ga watan Yulin shekarar 2020, Shugaba Donald Trump ya ba da sanarwar yiwuwar dakatar da aikin. Bayan haka, a ranar 18 ga watan Satumba shekarar 2020, Gwamnatin Trump ta sanar da cewa za a cire app din daga shagunan aikace-aikacen Amurka a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba Nuwamba 2020, sai dai in ByteDance zai iya tabbatar wa gwamnatin Trump cewa manhajar ba ta da wata barazana ga tsaron Amurka..