TikTok has surpassed Twitter, Telegram, Reddit, Pinterest, and Snapchat in monthly active users. Let’s dive right in: TikTok Statistics (Editors Picks) So, without further ado, here’s a roundup of the most newsworthy and jaw-dropping stats about this social media sensation.

It took Facebook and Instagram almost a decade to get a user base that size it seems TikTok really knew how to work the social media growth playbook. In fact, TikTok amassed over 3 billion downloads and penetrated one-third of all social media users on this planet in less than four short years. It was a tale of how one app under two names became the fastest growing social media application of all time, TikTok (for global audiences), and Douyin (for China). Something SUPER special happened in 2016.