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Triller , a would - be competitor to TikTok , is hoping to capitalise on the potential TikTok ban in the U.S. by pitch to creators to move their content from the democratic short - pattern video app to its own . The companionship has now launch a website , SaveMyTikToks.com , which promise to back up all your TikTok videos by uploading them to Triller .
The web site is powered by the customer engagement platformAmplify.ai , which Triller ’s parent company , TrillerNet , acquiredin 2021 . The deal was originally focus on serve Triller creators track and monetise their subject , while also helping brands and advertisers match creator content to consumer . Now drug user can agree to Triller ’s terms and then click a “ Connect TikTok Account ” button to ply Triller ( via Amplify.ai ) with access to their videos , profile information , and more .
After doing so , the situation will ask users for their email address to alert them when their posts have been download and saved . Users then have to put up a Triller bill and wait instruction on how to later upload their saved content . The summons take a minute more movement than the “ click of a button ” that Triller promises on the new web site .
The January 19 deadline for a TikTok banning is come on , after beingsigned into lawby President Biden in April 2024 . The move then saw potent bipartizan backing in the House and Senate over concerns about TikTok ’s Chinese rootage ; its parent ship’s company is Beijing - found ByteDance . lawmaker believed this introduce a national protection threat to U.S. citizens .
However , the ban now seems less potential , pass on that incoming chair Trumprecently asked the Supreme Court to put it on intermission , as it would interfere with the Chief Executive ’s power to manage the U.S. ’s foreign insurance . ( Trump ’s court filing also notice he had 14.7 million followers on TikTok , which led him to reconsider the app ’s grandness as “ a unequaled mass medium for exemption of facial expression , including core political speech , ” it said . )
Still , Lord on TikTok have been regularly express concerns over how the ban will impress their ability to get to fans — and , ultimately , their ability to generate taxation through Divine rewards , ad revenue sharing , and brand partnership .
Currently , over 543,000 videos are tagged with the hashtag “ tiktokban , ” for example , and “ tiktokbanned ” lend over 103,000 more . ( Many more videos exist , too , but use less specific tags like “ social media ” or just “ tiktok . ” ) Creators have largely been advising their followers to regain them on other , more conventional apps like Instagram or YouTube — not Triller or Lemon8 , another ByteDance - owned appintroduced in previous yearsas something of a backup design in case of a TikTok ban .
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Whether Triller ’s tar to creators will work , of course , stay to be seen . Many creators want to move their audiences to other platforms where they ’re already active and have a pursuit , rather than adopt a new app entirely .
Triller , whichIPO’d in October 2024afterthree failed try , has seen its gunstock decline in the hebdomad and calendar month since , and is currently trading at $ 2.50 . It ’s also embroiled in another lawsuit — this one over failure torepay a $ 35.5 million promissory note.(The company settled a hefty $ 28 million lawsuit withTimbaland and Swizz Beatz in 2022 ) .
The party also hiredan ex - TikTok White House , Sean Kim , as its CEO in December 2024 to centre on an overhaul of the app . Kim had antecedently served as TikTok ’s head of ware from 2019 to 2022 , working on things like its For You provender , Lord monetization , the developer platform , third - political party integrations , and more .
Triller ’s app today has an estimated 50 million Google Play and App Store downloads , according to datum from app intelligence firmAppfigures . Around 56 % of its user are between the age of 18 to 24 , the firm says .
TikTok did not reply to a request for comment .
Updated after publishing with download estimates .
