The app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, saw its popularity increase significantly during the pandemic. Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger round out the top five — those four apps are all owned by the US social network.
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TikTok went through a difficult period in 2019, after then-US President Donald Trump tried to ban the app. According to the former president, users were spied on at Beijing’s request. However, Trump’s statements failed to stop the app’s growth.
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TikTok itself says it has 700 million monthly users worldwide. However, the reach of Facebook and its various apps is still much wider: more than 3.5 billion people use one of those four apps at least once a month.
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