TikTok may be the app-du-jour, but its presence in the United States may not last.
Enter Triller, the video sharing platform emerging as the alternative to TikTok amid uncertainty over the app’s future. Popular stars like Charli D’Amelio, the most followed person on TikTok, are starting their own accounts on Triller. D’Amelio is still posting on TikTok as usual, however. (Though she hasn’t touched Instagram Reels, which they launched in an attempt to compete with TikTok.)
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Triller, which began as a niche music discovery app because of its “AI-powered” editing features, has been around since 2015. Much of its appeal comes from its ability to automatically stitch together clips from multiple takes, sync it with music, and produce a music video. Musicians like Chance the Rapper and Lil Uzi Vert used Triller to promote new music before TikTok’s meteoric rise to popularity in 2018. Triller’s user base boomed this summer after India banned TikTok following ongoing border disputes with China. TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. Last month, Triller overtook TikTok in the App Store, Read more…
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