TikTok dominated internet culture this year.Â
TikTok was the most downloaded app of 2020, according to mobile analytics firm App Annie's annual report surpassing Facebook, WhatsApp, and Zoom combined App Store and Google Play downloads. The report predicts that TikTok will break 1 billion monthly active users in 2021, with "content-hungry consumers" flocking to the app to "create, socialize, and stay entertained."
There's no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic â€" and the subsequent worldwide lockdowns â€" played a part in TikTok's immense success this year.Â
The app popularized the art of dancing within the constraints of a 9:16 frame, so it was largely dismissed as a platform for teenagers to imitate trendy choreography. While TikTok was immensely influential last year, boosting viral artists like Lil Nas X to mainstream charts, the app's primarily young user base deterred many from actually downloading it. When the life went into standstill as cities locked down and enforced stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of COVID-19 earlier this year, stubborn Twitter users declared that they'd never be bored enough to download the app. Read more...
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