Because it has such a large user base (2.6 billion monthly active users), YouTube attracts more viewers who spend more time watching videos there. Only one billion people are actively using TikTok. Despite this, the overall view time on TikTok is substantially more than that of YouTube. Comparatively, the average time spent viewing videos on YouTube by a user is around 14 minutes per day, whereas the average time spent on TikTok is 90 minutes per day. The characteristics of both video-sharing platforms provide fascinating data to compare and contrast in terms of the number of active users and the typical viewing time.