Even if temporary, the unprecedented shutdown of TikTok will have an impact on U.S.-China relations, domestic politics, the social-media marketplace and millions of Americans who depend on the app.

The app started halting service Saturday night for 170 million users in its most important market.

Timely research by Sociallyin called "The Top Social Media Platforms by Generation: Where to Find Your Target Market Online in 2025" reveals some In an increasingly

TikTok has gone dark in the U.S. If the ban remains, the travel industry would be forced to change its social media marketing methods.

Meanwhile, Snap is poised to capitalize, while other popular Chinese apps like RedNote may be newly scrutinized.

Many Austin-based influencers make the majority of their income from TikTok. Read about eight who wonder what happens next if the app is banned.

Several social media apps have appearing high in app store chart rankings as a potential U.S. ban hangs over the heads of TikTok and its American users.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, time is running out. The fate of short-form video app TikTok will become clear on January 19th, which, at the time of writing, is only three days away. If its owner, Chinese internet company ByteDance,

TikTok may be banned in the U.S. over the weekend, but Americans are heading to another Chinese-owned video platform: RedNote.

With the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned in the US drawing ever-closer, there's been a lot of buzz around why the ban is happening. TikTok's collection of user data has been the core of most the arguments for banning the app.

Platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and Snapchat offer similar short video formats, but they lack the defining feature that makes TikTok so effective, Wihbey says. TikTok's algorithm distinguishes itself by focusing on a content graph rather than a social graph, he says.