With over 2 billion downloads, TikTok has long been the most downloaded app in the App Store. But the fact that some countries in the world, such as the US or India are banning it, has also led to a decline in usage.
However, there is already another place to do the challenges of dancing, travel videos, makeup etc. The most famous TikTok stars, such as Charlie D'Amelio or Noah Beck, etc., have recently been advertising the use of the thriller.
What is a Thriller?
Triller is a music video app, a new social networking platform.
The app first appeared in 2015 by Disney Frozen: Karaoke app creators David Leiberman and Sammy Rubin. Thriller, like TikTok allows users to make videos accompanied by music, merged, edited, etc.
How is a video made in a thriller?
Again, more or less like on TikTok: A song is selected and video recording begins. After recording the video, it may or may not be published.
How many people are currently using Triller?
The thriller brings in about 64 million active users per month, and has a total of 130 million downloads, according to The Los Angeles Time.
While this is an impressive number, it still does not compare to the number of TikTok's 2 billion downloads, although the thriller does not consider TikTok a direct competitor as the app targets an older audience, reports The Los Angeles Times.
However, people and the media have begun to compare and often label them as competitors.
In March of this year, Triller partnered with Snapchat and brought a way for users to create content on Snapchat using songs available in both apps and then post to the "Triller story". In this way, Triller added 250 million active Snapchat users every day.
How does the Thriller differ from TikTok?
Basically, both apps were created for different reasons: The thriller was originally created as a music video app, while TikTok was created as a Musical.ly-like app, but then "absorbed" Musical.ly and transformed on an entertainment platform, in a short time.
Additionally, one of the biggest differences between Triller and TikTok is that TikTok has an editing interface while Triller edits video for the user. This changes the level of engagement that each user has with the videos they post in apps.
With the chance of a TikTok ban, only time will tell what that means for the future of two apps and hundreds of millions of users.
Source: Bustle
