When Did Musical.ly End and TikTok Start?

Musical.ly and TikTok have dominated the social media space for several years now. Both apps are extremely popular with teenagers and young adults, as they provide a platform for users to create and share short-form videos from their smartphones.

What Is Musical.ly? Musical.ly was a Chinese social media app launched in 2014 by Alex Zhu and Luyu Yang. It allowed users to create 15-second lip sync music videos that could be shared on the app or other social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter. The app was extremely popular among teenagers, reaching over 200 million users in just four years.

What Happened To Musical.ly? In November 2017, Musical.ly was acquired by Chinese tech giant Bytedance for over $800 million USD. The app was then merged with another of Bytedance’s apps, TikTok, to form one single platform called “TikTok” (formerly known as Douyin in China). As a result, Musical.ly was officially shut down in August 2018 and all users were transferred to the rebranded TikTok app.

What Is TikTok? TikTok is a video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based internet technology company founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. It allows users to create short non-musical videos of up to 15 seconds with soundtracks from its library of licensed songs or their own recordings. The content on TikTok can range from funny skits to lip sync performances to dance challenges and more, offering an endless variety of entertainment options for its users around the world.

When Did Musical.ly End And TikTok Start? Musical.ly officially ended its services in August 2018 after it was acquired by Bytedance and merged into the rebranded version of TikTok (formerly known as Douyin). Thus, you can say that Muscial.ly ended when TikTok started its services in August 2018 onwards.

In conclusion, Muscial.ly ended when it was acquired by Bytedance and merged into the rebranded version of TikTok (formerly known as Douyin) in August 2018, thus marking the beginning of the era of TikTok.