Up until the recent years, YouTube was the only major player among the online video streaming platforms. It is still the king in terms of popularity to not only catch up on the latest music videos but also to watch series and shows on it for free. But now many music apps, streaming apps and even video-platforms like TikTok are making people famous instantaneously. Although YouTube is still popular, the new apps have sort of overshadowed its popularity. However YouTube plans to take on the video-content app TikTok and is reportedly working on an app called Shorts.

Just like TikTok, Shorts is said to allow users to upload short videos inside the main YouTube app. According to the reports, YouTube is planning to develop the social media platform and YouTube will be a home to the new app for Android and iOS. It is highly unlikely that the app will be a standalone app. The Shorts users will have an added advantage over TikTok as they will be able to use licensed music that is available on YouTube. Users can select the audios and use them in their videos. YouTube might launch the app by the end of this year.

To recall, TikTok, the china-based social media platform was initially launched in China back in 2016 and was made available worldwide in 2018. Since then TikTok has tasted success sooner than contemplated. In just four years since its inception, TikTok became the most-downloaded app across the world with more than 700-million downloads. It witnessed a growth of over 125 percent in the last two years.

However, things have not always been smooth for TikTok. The app was banned in India for a while and the US Army had prohibited government officials from using this app. In India, the Madras High Court had banned the app as it was accused of exposing children to sexual predators and for promoting pornographic content earlier in 2019 but the app soon revised its security and privacy settings.