The Future of TikTok and Rise of New Competitors

TikTok, the popular app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has raised significant concerns in the US regarding potential content and data manipulation by the Chinese government. These concerns led Congress to pass legislation which bans the app in the US unless it is sold to a government-approved buyer.
In response to the ban and TikTok’s uncertain future, many social media competitors have begun developing similar video platforms to attract TikTok’s dominant user base. For instance, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced it was launching financial incentives for creators to start posting more content on their platforms. Such incentives include cash bonuses of up to $5,000 for certain creators who post at least twenty reels on Facebook and ten reels on Instagram.
Similarly, Bluesky and X announced that they plan to launch innovative “custom feeds” for video content to be posted on their respective platforms. Bluesky, for example, built its video platform through a ‘decentralized social network’ that promotes user control and privacy by operating under independently run servers, rather than a centralized server. The emerging platform has experienced great success as it has accumulated nearly 27.6 million users.
As the fate of TikTok continues to unfold, it is likely new competitors will continue to innovate their platforms and attempt to emerge as new leaders in short-form video content.
Author: Molly Podrebarac, 2024/2025 Articling Student-At-Law
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