While the use of a musical note might seem a little misleading since TikTok is a video-based social media app rather than a music streaming service, it fits Douyin's name and also make… See more

In 2017, ByteDance began its app outside of China as a separate app named TikTok after buying Musical.ly, a short-form video app based in Shanghai that already had a user base i… See more

By the end of 2018, TikTok had grown to have 271 million users (it's since surpassed the one billion mark). At this point, the brand decided to dedicate a bit more time to finding th… See more

For most TikTok users, the TikTok logo's resemblance to a 'D' and its representation of the meaning of 'Douyin' is irrelevant since they're unaware of the TikTok logo's history and … See more