when was tiktok created

TikTok was created by the Chinese company ByteDance and launched for international users in September 2017 as the global version of its earlier Chinese app, Douyin, which debuted in 2016.

Quick timeline

• September 2016: ByteDance releases Douyin (originally named A.me) for the Chinese market.

• September 2017: ByteDance launches TikTok as the overseas/international version of Douyin.

• November 2017: ByteDance acquires the lip‑sync app Musical.ly for about 1 billion dollars.

• August 2, 2018: TikTok and Musical.ly fully merge into one app under the TikTok name, combining their user bases.

So if you’re wondering “when was TikTok created,” people usually point to September 2017 as the creation/launch of TikTok as we know it today, with roots in Douyin’s 2016 release in China.

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