TikTok’s Chinese Parent Has Another Wildly Popular App in the U.S.

CapCut, the video-editing tool from ByteDance, helps users go viral on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube

Illustration: Preston Jessee

One of the hottest apps in the U.S. right now is TikTok’s lesser-known sibling that is also owned by Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd.

App trackers show that CapCut, a video-editing tool that helps people quickly create online videos and memes, has been downloaded more in recent weeks than TikTok, the short-video sharing app that has faced rigorous scrutiny in the U.S. over ByteDance’s access to user data.

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