TikTok said Monday it has passed 1 billion monthly users. From its launch to date, SensorTower says TikTok installs have reached 3.2 billion, which includes information from Douyin, the Chinese version of the app. But TikTok continued growing; a report earlier this month found TikTok users spend more time watching its content than YouTube users. On Monday, TikTok chief operating officer Vanessa Pappas thanked users in a video on TikTok for “making TikTok a truly special place.”ByteDance reportedly postponed its plans for an initial public offering indefinitely amid a crackdown on tech firms by Chinese regulators over the past few months. But TikTok also saw some novel bright spots during the pandemic, not the least of which was the fan-made, crowdsourced Ratatouille TikTok musical.

Source: The Nation September 27, 2021 16:18 UTC