What is Douyin?

What is Douyin?

Douyin is an iOS and Android media app for creating and sharing short videos. The application allows users to create short music videos of 3 to 15 seconds and short looping videos of 3 to 60 seconds. Douyin first released in 2016 and grew to one of China’s hottest video app with 500 million monthly active users by 2019. Posts can include 3 to 60 seconds video, very short introduction information, tags.
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