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A look at TopBuzz, the English version of ByteDance's Chinese AI-powered news aggregator Toutiao, that rose from 1.8M MAUs in Nov. 2017 to 23M MAUs by Oct. 2018

The MIT Technology Review called it “the insanely popular Chinese news app that you've never heard of.” Tweets: @michellemanafy See also Mediagazer Tweets: Michelle Manafy / @michellemanafy : TikTok parent Bytedance looks to dominate the international market with the English version of Toutiao called TopBuzz. The app is quietly climbing the charts and making its presence felt by driving substantial traffic to Western publishers https://medium.com/... https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer

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  • @michellemanafy Michelle Manafy on x
    TikTok parent Bytedance looks to dominate the international market with the English version of Toutiao called TopBuzz. The app is quietly climbing the charts and making its presence felt by driving substantial traffic to Western publishers https://medium.com/... https://twitter.c…