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TikTok's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions



TikTok is headquartered in Culver City, California. Alex Zhu is the CEO of TikTok. TikTok's main competitors are Samos... Read more

Estimated Annual Revenue

Estimated Employees

Alex Zhu's photo - CEO of TikTok

CEO

Alex Zhu

CEO Approval Rating

82/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

2016

Headquarters:

Culver CityCalifornia

Status:

PrivateSubsidiary of ByteDance

Industry Sector:

Application Software

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Growth Score - 1/1

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Trending News for TikTok and TikTok's Competitors

December 6, 2019

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

Samosa App is perceived as one of TikTok's biggest rivals. Samosa App was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Hyderabad, Other. Like TikTok, Samosa App also competes in the Application Software space. Samosa App generates $11M less revenue vs. TikTok.

MadLipz is a top competitor of TikTok. MadLipz is a Private company that was founded in 2016 in Richmond Hill, Ontario. MadLipz is in the Internet Software industry. Compared to TikTok, MadLipz has 989 fewer employees.

VMate is TikTok's #3 rival. VMate is headquartered in -, Other, and was founded in 2016. VMate operates in the industry. VMate generates NaN% the revenue of TikTok.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Alex Zhu

CEO

- -
1,000
$0
$11M
1

Abhilash Inumella

Co-Founder & CEO

88/100
15
$7M
$ < 1M
2

Amir Alikhanzadeh

Co-Founder & CEO

81/100
11
$500.5K
$2.4M
3

Cheng Daofang

CEO

90/100
$100M
4

Mike Lu

CEO

85/100
51
$37.5M
$1.1M
5

Ankush Sachdeva

Co-Founder & CEO

90/100
300
$222.9M
$3.6M
6

Alex Chung

Co-Founder & CEO

87/100
131
$147.5M
$5M
7

Matt Singer

Co-Founder & CEO

84/100
28
$4.7M
$3.8M
8

CEO

- -
- -
9

Mayank Bhangadia

Co-Founder & CEO

83/100
141
$37.7M
$ < 1M
10

CEO

- -
324
- -
$30M
The top 10 competitors in TikTok's competitive set are Samosa App, MadLipz, VMate, Triller, ShareChat, Giphy, Videolicious, Kwai, Roposo and Trusted Tablets Online Pharmacy. Together they have raised over 557.7M between their estimated 1.0K employees. TikTok's revenue is the ranked 2nd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 6.4M. TikTok has 1,000 employees and is ranked 1st among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 222.

Acquisitions

No recent acquisitions found related to TikTok

Investments

No recent investments found related to TikTok

TikTok News

December 6, 2019CNBC

TikTok chief to meet with lawmakers next week as suspicions about the app's ties to China grow

TikTok has rejected censoring content or storing a data in a way that would make it vulnerable to bei... See more »
December 6, 2019The Financial Express

Seen as shortcut to fame, TikTok is minting celebs and ruining lives

In a recent TikTok video, two women officials of the Delhi Police groove to a movie song, and local m... See more »
December 6, 2019The Financial Times

TikTok takes on Facebook in US advertising push

Chinese-owned viral video app vows more spending and reveals ecommerce plans... See more »
December 6, 2019The Hill

TikTok settles with Illinois family over children's data case

ByteDance, the parent company of social media company TikTok, on Wednesday reached a settlement with ... See more »
December 5, 2019The INQUIRER

TikTok clocked for child data collection and censoring the disabled

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December 4, 2019ByteFunding

TikTok's parent company sued for collecting #data on kids

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is being sued after alleg... See more »
December 4, 2019Inc42 Magazine

After India, TikTok In Trouble Regarding Personal Data Transfer In US

TikTok, recently, has been surrounded by controversies left, right and center in various countries. U... See more »

TikTok Blogs

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TikTok Press Releases

October 7, 2019PR Daily

TikTok's ads anger influencers, Instagram tests 'Group Story' feature, and Houston Rockets apologize for Hong Kong tweet

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May 27, 2019PR Newswire Asia

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May 16, 2019PR Daily

What PR pros should know about the growing TikTok platform

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December 21, 2018PR Newswire

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December 21, 2018My Social Good News

TikTok Pledges $2 Million Dollars for the Season of Giving Back with #CreateforaCause

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December 17, 2018PR NewsWire Sys-Con Media

TikTok Captures the World's Most Creative Videos in Year in Rewind Compilation

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TikTok Videos

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Culver City, California90232

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Overview

TikTok was founded in 2016. TikTok's headquarters is located in Culver City, California, USA 90232. TikTok's CEO, Alex Zhu, currently has an approval rating of 82%. TikTok has an estimated 1.0K employees and an estimated annual revenue of 11.0M....

CEO

TikTok's CEO, Alex Zhu, currently has an approval rating of 82%. TikTok's primary competitors are Samosa App, MadLipz & VMate.

Website

tiktok.com

Frequently Asked Questions about TikTok

  1. When was TikTok founded?

    TikTok was founded in 2016

  2. Who is TikTok's CEO?

    TikTok's CEO is Alex Zhu

  3. How much revenue does TikTok generate?

    TikTok generates $11M in revenue

  4. How much funding does TikTok have?

    TikTok has historically raised $0 in funding

  1. Where is TikTok's headquarters?

    TikTok's headquarters is in Culver City California, USA

  2. How many employees does TikTok have?

    TikTok has 1,000 employees

  3. What sector does TikTok operate in?

    TikTok is in Application Software

  4. Who are TikTok's competitors?

    TikTok's top competitors are Samosa App, MadLipz, VMate
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