13 Facts About Douyin

TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

TikTok is an international version of Douyin, which was originally released in the Chinese market in September 2016.

TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface but no access to each other's content.

Douyin includes an in-video search feature that can search by people's faces for more videos of them and other features such as buying, booking hotels and making geo-tagged reviews.

Since their launch in 2016, TikTok and Douyin rapidly gained popularity in virtually all parts of the world.

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Douyin was launched by ByteDance in Beijing, China in September 2016, originally under the name A me, before rebranding to Douyin in December 2016.

In July 2020, TikTok, excluding Douyin, reported close to 800 million monthly active users worldwide after less than four years of existence.

Douyin posted job listings for staff for a series of order fulfillment centers in the US and is reportedly planning to start the new live shopping business before the end of the year.

In February 2019, TikTok, together with Douyin, hit one billion downloads globally, excluding Android installs in China.

In 2018, Douyin was reprimanded by Chinese media watchdogs for showing "unacceptable" content.

Douyin noted that the company was potentially violating the General Data Protection Regulation which requires the company to provide different services and different protections for children.

Douyin has a stated policy of working from 10 AM to 7 PM five days per week, but employees noted that it was encouraged for employees to work after hours.

Douyin realized a few months later that TikTok has created an account for her using her information and made a summary of her information.