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TikTok: The Social Media Craze at the ForeFront of Quarantine

May 3, 2020
Some of TikTok’s top celebrities and influencers in Egypt. Asser Yassin (left), Khaled Mokhtar (middle) and Rasha (right)

Dance routines, dramatic scenes, hacks and tricks -TikTok is unleashing everyone’s inner content creator and untapped performer.  Although the social media platform has been around long before the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantine to follow, TikTok has reached new levels of fame and use worldwide following the aftereffects of the pandemic.  This beloved social networking application was initially founded in China in 2016 and quickly rose to fame amongst millennials and the general younger population. By 2018, the application garnered even more popularity globally and in 2019 TikTok was named the seventh-most-downloaded mobile app of the decade, between 2010 to 2019.  Recently, as the majority of the world’s population has found itself in lockdown, spending more and more time at home, one of the greatest available solaces has been TikTok (in addition to various social media platforms in general). Perhaps TikTok’s entertainment and creativity factor is what has caused it to lead the current social media race, however.  Unlike some other social media platforms (such as Instagram or Facebook – both of which can be used for both light and slightly heavier or more serious content), TikTok is meant to be…

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