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The Rise of TikTok: From Douyin to Global Phenomenon

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Created November 19, 2025

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TikTok actually began in China, where the company ByteDance launched an app called Douyin

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in 2016. The idea was simple but powerful: to create and share short videos with

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music, effects, and easy editing. Over time, the app became very

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popular in China, and ByteDance decided to create an international version this is how TikTok appeared

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in 2017. Meanwhile, ByteDance bought another platform, Musical.ly,

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which was extremely popular among teenagers in the US and Europe and was also based on short music clips.

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The deal was huge ByteDance invested around a billion dollars to acquire Musical.ly.

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Then, in 2018, Musical.ly merged with TikTok, and all its users

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