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TikTok is not a "youth-based social network". It is more similar to YouTube, with content creator ecosystem and advertisement profit sharing and all.
by sanxiyn 6y ago
TikTok is not a "youth-based social network". It is more similar to YouTube, with content creator ecosystem and advertisement profit sharing and all.
- slipheen 6y agoFrom https://www.omnicoreagency.com/tiktok-statistics/ https://www.omnicoreagency.com/tiktok-statistics/ > 41 percent of TikTok users are aged between 16 and 24. That seems rather youth-heavy when compared to Facebook (Timeline), Twitter, YouTube, Instagram. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but it does come with risks.
- sprite 6y agoWhat percentage is between 13-15? Or younger and lying about it. I would think 16-24 is their older user base.
- nicky0 6y agoMy friend's kids, ages 9 and 11, are both obsessed with TikTok along with most of their school.
- sanxiyn 6y agoI was more against "social network" part than "youth-based" part. TikTok is a broadcast media, not a social network.
- slipheen 6y agoFair enough, I suppose it depends on how broad your categories are. Personally, I absolutely consider YouTube a video-based social network. You follow people/brands, have at timeline, can contribute comments on what they post, etc. It doesn't tend to have as broad a social graph as something like FB, but almost nothing does. Twitter (for example) also has a large number of popular public accounts, similar to YouTube.
- sanxiyn 6y agoFacebook and Twitter mostly do not subsidize content creation, but YouTube and TikTok definitely do. That's why I think TikTok will have more staying power.
- thisisnico 6y agoIt's growing on everyone, all ages.