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Indian start-up ShareChat is one of many looking to fill the vacuum left by TikTok ban
September 28, 2020 | technology | No Comments
- ShareChat, a Twitter-backed Indian social media platform that caters to users in 15 regional languages, launched a short-video sharing app just days after New Delhi banned TikTok.
- The app, Moj, now has more than 80 million monthly active users who spend on average 34 minutes on the platform, the company said.
- The TikTok ban left a vacuum that local start-ups are moving in to fill.
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A girl wearing a protective mask depicting the TikTok logo poses for a picture in Mumbai, India, July 1, 2020.
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SINGAPORE — India’s ban of the popular short-video sharing app TikTok has left a vacuum that local start-ups are moving in to fill.
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One of those start-ups is ShareChat, a Twitter-backed Indian social media platform that caters to users in 15 regional languages.
Citing national security concerns, New Delhi announced the ban on TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based