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TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

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Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

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Post by saagarjha »

I really despise TikTok, from the limited experience I’ve had with it (namely, someone sent me a TikTok video). They do this thing where they watermark your video with the company’s logo in the corner, but also make it vibrate, making it impossible to not focus on it instead of the video (oh, and it moves around between corners to make it harder to remove or ignore). In my mind, that’s a warning sign saying the company cares more about their brand being noticed than their user content seen.

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

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Post by kartan »

> TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat & YouTube in downloads last month

This is not very relevant. The comparison will make sense in 5 years from now. If after months and years TikTok still gets more downloads then it's a game changer. Otherwise to compare them makes no much sense without a lot of interpretation.

People do not install Facebook each day. They install it when they get a new phone. But a new app will be installed in all preexisting phones.

This happens all the time. One app goes up in the charts as it becomes a new thing. Then it goes out of fashion. And in the end, the number of uninstalls is greater than the number of installs. Then the app disappears from the charts. But Facebook, Instagram, Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, etc. are still there the next month.

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

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Post by askafriend »

AznHisoka wrote: post #3

Maybe it surpassed downloads because almost everyone in the planet already has FB, YouTube, etc. installed, and not as many has TikTok installed? So I don't see how this metric is really that impressive.

When it's the strongest signal you have in your business, as an entrepreneur you've got to sell it. And in self-interest, TechCrunch wants to help sell the story so they're going to use the strongest signal the business will give them to validate relevancy.

Those are likely the mechanics at play when the result is a title like that.

Like you're saying, it's not really impressive, but it's probably the most interesting thing about the business (fortunately or unfortunately).

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saagarjha wrote: post #2

I really despise TikTok, from the limited experience I’ve had with it (namely, someone sent me a TikTok video). They do this thing where they watermark your video with the company’s logo in the corner, but also make it vibrate , making it impossible to not focus on it instead of the video (oh, and it moves around between corners to make it harder to remove or ignore). In my mind, that’s a warning sign saying the comp…

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Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

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Post by biglenny »

Seems like a fad to me. I wonder if/when Instagram will replicate the lip-syncing feature. I personally am not attracted to the app at all and find the videos pretty toe-curling. But I'm curious to see how far it goes.

Another thought - TikTok seems to be really popular with young teens. I wonder if Douyin (the version for China) appeals to the same age demographic and if users are doing more with the app than the lip-sync

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