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Does anyone have any insight into their revenue model? How are they succeeding where Vine failed or are they still just riding investor capital?

• taobility 7y ago
  It's similar like Instagram. In your video feed, it would mix some promoted videos.
• judge2020 7y ago
  They're trying to make them more interactive with things like "challenges" and making them look like regular [usually funny] videos. It's still super easy to skip by them.
• Consultant32452 7y ago
  Profitability is not required if you are an intelligence asset for the state. In this case, the state is China. Maybe it's legitimately profitable, maybe the Chinese govt is purchasing ads with other companies it owns, maybe the books are entirely cooked. It's hard to tell in China.
  • avocado4 7y ago
    You're being downvoted but state subsidies are one of the largest concerns US/EU have with China, so it's a valid point. Not to say that TikTok doesn't have any revenue at all, they have ads.
    • gman83 7y ago
      I've seen maybe 3 ads in using TikTok for 6 months every day.