Bytedance spent up to $1 billion to purchase Musical.ly, which then merged with TikTok to create the largest video platform. The Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok from app stores in India, removing over 6 billion users and 3.7 crore videos from TikTok in India. TikTok has over 800 million active users worldwide, is available in 155 countries and 75 languages, and has been downloaded over 2 billion times from app stores.