The Rise of TikTok: From Douyin to Global Phenomenon
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TikTok actually began in China, where the company ByteDance launched an app called Douyin
in 2016. The idea was simple but powerful: to create and share short videos with
music, effects, and easy editing. Over time, the app became very
popular in China, and ByteDance decided to create an international version this is how TikTok appeared
in 2017. Meanwhile, ByteDance bought another platform, Musical.ly,
which was extremely popular among teenagers in the US and Europe and was also based on short music clips.
The deal was huge ByteDance invested around a billion dollars to acquire Musical.ly.
Then, in 2018, Musical.ly merged with TikTok, and all its users
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