TikTok Trumps Facebook to Become the World’s Most Downloaded App

Aug. 9, 2021

Thereportcomes fromNikkeiAsiathat ranked TikTok at thenumero uno position in terms of the number of downloads. The short-video platform was at the number 4 position last year. However, the Coronavirus-led pandemic attracted various artists and influencers to TikTok to deliver content to their deprived fans. This led the popular app to become the most downloaded app in the world.

Now, although TikTok is a popular app, especially amongst the Gen-Z population, the video platform has facedseveral criticisms for its securityand its ties with the Chinese government. In fact, its data collection and security policies put the platform in some nasty controversies over the past years.

When the US was ruled by the Trump administration, the government saw TikTok as a threat to national security. As a result, it facedmany obstacles in the Statesas the US government imposed new laws to ban the app in the country. Nonetheless, we recently saw the Biden administrationeradicate the lawsthat had the potential to ban the platform in the country.

While the US did not completely ban the platform,India actually didas the authorities deemed thatTikTok is sharing data of Indian users with Chinese serverswithout their permission. However, as perprevious reports, the video platform islooking to make a comeback to Indiawith a slightly different name.

Moreover, ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, hasaddedseveral new featuresincluding TikTok Storiesto lure users and further expand the user base. So yes, going forward, we can expect TikTok to top the chart as itcontinues to garner new usersfor its short-video platform.

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