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TikTok hits 1.5B downloads, outperforming Instagram

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298 points elorant | 4 comments | 19 Nov 19 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 1.339s | source
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m12k ◴[19 Nov 19 15:00 UTC] No.21573454[source]▶
"It is the third most-downloaded app outside of gaming this year. Numbers one and two are WhatsApp and Messenger, while four and five are the Facebook app and Instagram."

Facebook owns 4/5 of the most downloaded apps - just let that sink in for a minute. This space needs competition pretty badly.

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1. koonsolo ◴[19 Nov 19 16:47 UTC] No.21575045[source]▶
I knew teenagers weren't on Facebook anymore, so I asked my niece what she uses with her friends: WhatsApp groups and Instagram.

Then I realized how good Facebook knows its market.

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2. tinyhouse ◴[19 Nov 19 16:53 UTC] No.21575120[source]▶
You can say that about Instagram but not really WhatsApp. When FB acquired WhatsApp it was already the most popular messaging app in many countries. In Israel for example literally every person in the country had WhatsApp on their phone by the time of the acquisition. FB acquiring WhatsApp wasn't that impressive. The impressive part was the amount of money there were willing to pay for it. As far as I know it's still not making any money so it's not even clear yet if it was worth it.
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3. zeerev ◴[20 Nov 19 11:42 UTC] No.21582996[source]▶
How do they meet other people online now? Those platforms aren't really conductive to creating new friendships. It seems like you'd already need most of that somewhere else. Where are they getting it?
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4. koonsolo ◴[20 Nov 19 14:21 UTC] No.21584112{3}[source]▶
As far as I can tell, Discord.