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TikTok

TikTok is a short-video social media app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.

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717 linked stories in all years we hold

The earliest story we hold is from Oct 1, 2021.

Stories involving TikTok0 named stories in 2021

No named arcs in 2021 yet.

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every story in 2021 at its own dates
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Coverage over timeshare of the sources publishing each week in linked stories, by side, weeks overlapping 2021

Dec 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022: whole weeks overlap 2021; counts include days outside 2021.

Sep 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022

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Week of Dec 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022: 2 left, 14 center, 3 right, 11% of the sources that published that week · 29 articles

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WeekLeftCenterRightArticlesShare
Sep 27, 2021 - Oct 3, 202113083%
Oct 4, 2021 - Oct 10, 20216662010%
Oct 11, 2021 - Oct 17, 202100000%
Oct 18, 2021 - Oct 24, 202112253%
Oct 25, 2021 - Oct 31, 202191969618%
Nov 1, 2021 - Nov 7, 2021190335%
Nov 8, 2021 - Nov 14, 20212111317%
Nov 15, 2021 - Nov 21, 20211121427%
Nov 22, 2021 - Nov 28, 202100000%
Nov 29, 2021 - Dec 5, 202100000%
Dec 6, 2021 - Dec 12, 202100000%
Dec 13, 2021 - Dec 19, 20211230410424%
Dec 20, 2021 - Dec 26, 2021430104%
Dec 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 202221432911%

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Whole record, all years we hold

116 left · 134 center · 95 right: 345 sources on the spectrum, across 717 linked stories.

Everything else12 updates in 2021 not part of any story, newest first

Updates about TikTok that are not part of any story yet

  1. Dec 22TikTok surpasses Google as most popular site in 202110 articles · 7 sources
    4 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Dec 16– 17Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok106 articles · 48 sources
    12 left, 30 center, 4 right
  3. Nov 16– 18People can now claim part of nearly $100 million TikTok class action settlement42 articles · 14 sources
    1 left, 12 center, 1 right
  4. Nov 5– 8Missing NC teen rescued after using TikTok hand gesture to signal distress58 articles · 18 sources
    2 left, 15 center, 1 right
  5. Nov 3Billionaire Zhang Yiming Steps Down As ByteDance Chairman8 articles · 7 sources
    1 left, 4 center, 0 right
  6. Oct 26– 27Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on defensive on kids' use84 articles · 32 sources
    7 left, 18 center, 5 right
  7. Oct 26California TikTok star pleads not guilty to double murder14 articles · 10 sources
    3 left, 5 center, 2 right
  8. Oct 3– 6Teachers warned about TikTok slapping challenge9 articles · 8 sources
    2 left, 4 center, 2 right
  9. Oct 1Texas TikTok Star Gabriel Salazar, 3 Others Dead Following Police Chase7 articles · 4 sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right

Stories that name TikTok

  1. Dec 28– 30Amazon's Alexa tells 10-year-old child to touch penny to exposed plug socket30 articles · 20 sources
    2 left, 14 center, 3 right
  2. Oct 20PayPal might buy Pinterest8 articles · 8 sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  3. Oct 4– 5Facebook asks for dismissal of FTC antitrust complaint13 articles · 12 sources
    4 left, 3 center, 4 right