Its stratospheric growth in usage really began in late 2017, when it acquired a rival app, Musical.ly, and ported over its 200 million account list to TikTok.
Thereof, is there TikTok in UK?
TikTok has 3.7 million active users in the UK who engage with the app for an average of 41 minutes a day.
Moreover, what was TikTok before?
Musical.ly
Likewise, why is TikTok Cringy?
Most people consider Tik Tok cringy because its primary user base is around the ages of 12–13 years old. Because of this, most of the platform is extremely immature, can’t take jokes, and will often mass-bully and send death threats to creators they disagree with.