when did the app tik tok come out
TikTok 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,[3][4] 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.[5][6]