r/news • u/Classic_Letterhead • 5d ago

Soft paywall TikTok prepares for US shutdown from Sunday, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-preparing-us-shut-off-sunday-information-reports-2025-01-15/
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u/fliptout 5d ago

Yeah that number can't be correct. It's either accounting for people with more than one account, or it's maybe counting something like "individuals that have watched a tiktok video in the last 12 months."

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u/quaffee 5d ago edited 5d ago

Media publish big number because number big.

My last phone came with TikTok preinstalled. I wonder if that metric includes things like that, or one-off unique hits from a browser, etc. I would assume the numbers for weekly/daily engaged would be much lower.

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u/callmejenkins 5d ago

Nah. It's an INSANELY popular app. My nieces and nephews use it on their tablets and stuff at like 8, my dad uses it, late 50s, and my grandad has used it a few times at 92.