{"id":2097,"date":"2021-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/tiktok-six-of-the-video-sharing-apps-greatest-hits\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:40:04","slug":"tiktok-six-of-the-video-sharing-apps-greatest-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/tiktok-six-of-the-video-sharing-apps-greatest-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok: six of the video-sharing app\u2019s greatest hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As co-founder stands down, we look at the lip-syncing, sea shanties and recipe sharing that went viral<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/may\/21\/bytedance-boss-zhang-yiming-departs-uncertainty-china-tech-firms\">Bytedance boss goes at uncertain time for Chinese tech firms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite controversy in the US, TikTok has risen to become one of the best-known social media apps in recent years. With 800 million users, the home of the 15-second clip is now a global hub of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bellapoarch\/video\/6862153058223197445\">lip-syncing<\/a>, choreographed dancing and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/katienotopoulos\/appuccino-tiktok-starbucks\">recipe sharing<\/a>, creating some of the most unlikely stars in the digital galaxy along the way. As its co-founder Zhang Yiming steps down, we round up six of TikTok&rsquo;s greatest hits.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/may\/21\/tiktok-six-of-the-video-sharing-apps-greatest-hits\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As co-founder stands down, we look at the lip-syncing, sea shanties and recipe sharing that went viral Bytedance boss goes at uncertain time for Chinese tech firms Despite controversy in the US, TikTok has risen to become one of the best-known social media apps in recent years. 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