With 500 million active users worldwide (Datareportal, 2019), the Chinese originated social media platform is making big gains to compete with the giant platforms of Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube. So the question has to be asked, Will TikTok be around to stay, and will it really be the next relevant social media platform. The social media app TikTok developed by Chinese company ByteDance continues its meteoric rise and exceeded the milestone of 1.5 billion downloads. However, TikTok has now demonstrated such high growth that it cannot be ignored if you are active on social media. This has led to the question of how realistic are the lives people really portray on Instagram, and other social media platforms.

Source: Forbes February 01, 2020 16:30 UTC