TikTok overtakes Google as Most Popular Online Destination in 2021

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TikTok overtakes Google as Most Popular Online Destination in 2021
25 Dec 2021
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TikTok, the short video application, is now the world’s most popular online destination. According to an IT security company, Cloudflare, TikTok has overtaken the American search engine, by having the most hits. The application took over the first spot in February, March, and June and has kept the first position ever since August. 

The reason behind the increase in the popularity of the platform is believed to be the pandemic and the lockdown that kept people in their homes. The owner of the platform Bytedance has now over a billion users all around the world. The application originally known as Douyin in China was launched in 2016.

The platform added a new feature this year for users under the age of 14, limiting their user time to 40 minutes only. The platform keeps on growing and seeing the trends of food videos, it has recently announced a new food delivery service called TikTok Kitchen, which will be launched in March next year in the USA.

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