TikTok
- Year founded
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2016
- Owner
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ByteDance
- Predecessor
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Musical.ly
Learn about the latest TikTok trends, news, and more from Rolling Stone. Read exclusive interviews with TikTok influencers and understand the viral slang terms and videos that people are talking about on the platform.
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TikTok’s Top Global Song of the Year Is a 63-Year-Old Hit Single From Connie Francis
The video app reports that “Pretty Little Baby” was used more than 28.4 million times across its user base, placing it on top over Jess Glynne’s “Hold My Hand” and Black Eyed Peas’ “Rock That Body”
- Now Is Just the Time
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How a Mac-and-Cheese Recipe Turned Chef Tini Into TikTok’s Thanksgiving Queen
Chef Tineke “Tini” Younger on developing her love of cooking, food insecurity awareness, and why she won't be answering any mac-and-cheese drama this year
- Yes Chef
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How Trisha Paytas Went From Trolling Online to Her Broadway Dream
The divisive internet star talks to Rolling Stone about her time on stage in Beetlejuice, Euphoria, and what a happy post-troll life can look like.
- Just Trish
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Katseye, Sombr, Ravyn Lenae Score Nominations at Inaugural TikTok Awards
The artists are up for Breakthrough Artist of the Year alongside Alex Warren and Laufey ahead of the event scheduled for Dec. 18
- First Time for Everything
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How an Indie Artist's Lament Became TikTok's Biggest Inside Joke
Singer Sophia James talks to Rolling Stone about her upcoming album and the single promotion that went from one-off post to the platform’s meme of the moment
- Indie Win
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A Sound-Machine Alarm Clock Is Sparking Demonic Accusations on TikTok
After a round of backlash, sleep wellness company Hatch is sticking by their viral alarm clocks and creepy Halloween ads
- WooWoo
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TikTok Can’t Get Enough of This Chaotic 4 Non Blondes-Nicki Minaj Remix
A college senior’s mashup of “What’s Up?” and “Beez in the Trap” has TikTok gagged. Linda Perry thinks it’s “ridiculous in all the best ways”
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Sombr Addresses Online ‘Drama’ After Concertgoer Called His Show ‘Cringe’
“It’s kind of started a body-shaming hate train directed towards me,” the 20-year-old artist says
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Red Bandanna Girl: Meet the Viral Fan Who Stood Up for Billie Eilish
High school senior Aniyah Saint-Surin tells Rolling Stone about her viral video at that Billie Eilish concert and why some stans might need to think more about keeping artists safe
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She Got a Terminal Diagnosis. She Turned TikTok Into Her Death Diary
Creator Brooke Eby is bringing people ALS awareness on TikTok with dark humor and a face to remember
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