r/technology • u/MrKillaMidnight • Jan 19 '25

Social Media TikTok is down in the US

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346961/tiktok-shut-down-banned-in-the-us
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u/giga-what Jan 19 '25

170 Million users

Holy shit was it that many? I had no idea it was that popular.

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u/mastermilian Jan 19 '25

That's just the US. Apparently 1 billion active users globally.

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u/AlienTaint Jan 19 '25

And billions (yes- Billions annually) in US GDP, massive income stream for our economy. Poof. Gone.

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u/junikiin Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

10B in 2024 and 2025 was projected at 50B IIRC

edit: TikTok’s revenue only

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u/Objective_Reality42 Jan 19 '25

$24B in 2023. Would have been higher in 2024 and 25

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u/PotatoWriter Jan 19 '25

Naw no way it quintuples that is some misled hype lol