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In its lawsuit with the US, TikTok says in the US it had 11.3M MAUs in January 2018, 91.9M in June 2020, and now has 100M+; globally it had ~700M MAUs in July

“policy makers only care about TikTok because Zuckerberg told them to” — that the story did not make https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer

CNBC Alex Sherman

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  • @alexweprin Alex Weprin on x
    Wow TikTok's growth in the U.S. has been explosive. Had less than 40M active users in Oct. last year, now it has over 100M. https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @pkafka Peter Kafka on x
    There are 330 million people in America. So ~ one in 3 of them has downloaded TikTok and uses it at least once a month? I understand it's very popular! Especially with the young folks. Still don't get this number though. https://twitter.com/...
  • @sam_l_shead Sam Shead on x
    TikTok says it had about 55m global users by Jan. 2018. That number grew to more than 271m by Dec. 2018 and 507m by Dec. 2019. This month, TikTok surpassed 2bn global downloads and reported nearly 700m monthly active users in July https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @mattzeitlin Matthew Zeitlin on x
    This denies a claim — “policy makers only care about TikTok because Zuckerberg told them to” — that the story did not make https://twitter.com/...