Short video hit TikTok has been one of the world’s most downloaded apps since it was launched by Beijing-based ByteDance in 2016. Photo: DPAShort video hit TikTok has been one of the world’s most downloaded apps since it was launched by Beijing-based ByteDance in 2016. Photo: DPA
Short video hit TikTok has been one of the world’s most downloaded apps since it was launched by Beijing-based ByteDance in 2016. Photo: DPA
Tech /  Apps & Social

TikTok user spending hits US$78 million in April, leads YouTube to become world’s top-grossing non-game app

  • About 86.6 per cent of combined user spending on TikTok and sister app Douyin in April was generated in mainland China, followed by 8.2 per cent in the United States
  • That raises the stakes for ByteDance amid expectations that TikTok will continue to pull in advertisers and user spending worldwide
Topic |   TikTok
Coco Feng
Coco Feng in Beijing

Updated: 7:17pm, 26 May, 2020

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Short video hit TikTok has been one of the world’s most downloaded apps since it was launched by Beijing-based ByteDance in 2016. Photo: DPAShort video hit TikTok has been one of the world’s most downloaded apps since it was launched by Beijing-based ByteDance in 2016. Photo: DPA
Short video hit TikTok has been one of the world’s most downloaded apps since it was launched by Beijing-based ByteDance in 2016. Photo: DPA
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