TikTok really was everywhere this year.
The app, known for its silly dancing videos, was the world’s most visited site on the internet in 2021, surpassing last year’s leader, Alphabet Inc.
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Google, according to Cloudflare Inc.
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a cloud-infrastructure company that tracks internet traffic.
The app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., has had a rapid rise, hooking people with its secretive algorithm, which delivers video clips that it thinks you would like. It has turned dancing influencers Addison Rae and Charli D’Amelio into household names, getting cast in TV shows, commercials and movies.
Earlier this year, TikTok said it had more than one billion monthly users.
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