TikTok dethrones Google as the #1 most visited site of the year…

By Marco Gava. As featured on Anything TECH.

As social media becomes increasingly popular, this year TikTok has managed to beat Google to the #1 spot on Cloudflare’s annual rankings.

The social video app went from #7 in the rankings in 2020 all the way to #1, overtaking the likes of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, and Amazon. Many people are linking this huge rise in popularity to COVID-19 lockdowns, where people are constantly looking towards their phones for entertainment and socialisation.

TikTok and their security concerns

TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, and if you may recall the app recently came under scrutiny for privacy concerns, including data mining, with Trump threatening to ban the app in the United States, but this still hasn’t caused much of a downfall in its popularity. Additionally, TikTok was banned in India over national security issues in June of 2020. India used to be TikTok’s top global market, which makes TikTok’s #1 ranking even more impressive and highlights their utter dominance in today’s online world.

My thoughts…

TikTok is rapidly becoming a significant part of the modern world, providing users with a seemingly endless…