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		three_seagrass on July 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TikTok Agreed to Buy More Than $800M in Cloud Serv... It took Charli D'Amelio just 12 months to get 60 Million followers on TikTok, which took Pewdiepie 10 years on Youtube. The hype is believable.

AlphaSite on July 14, 2020 | [–]

Youtube is longer format, so the difference makes sense. People just don't consume as much.

hbosch on July 15, 2020 | [–]

60 million accounts are following them, I doubt it is 60 million individual people. In reality, probably far less.

ehsankia on July 15, 2020 | [–]

Well by that same logic, it's 1B DA(accounts), not users, probably.

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