Musical.ly

Musical.ly (pronounced "Musically", stylized as musical.ly) was a social media service headquartered in Shanghai with an American office in Santa Monica, California, on which platform users created and shared short lip-sync videos. The first prototype was released in April 2014, and then after that, the official version was launched in August of 2014. Through the app, users could create 15-second to 1-minute lip-syncing music videos and choose sound tracks to accompany, use different speed options (time-lapse, fast, normal, slow motion, and epic) and add pre-set filters and effects. The app also allowed users to browse popular "musers", content, trending songs, sounds and hashtags, and uniquely interact with their fans.

"Musically" redirects here. For the word in its adverb form, see music.
Musical.ly
Original author(s)
    • Alex Zhu
    • Luyu Yang
Developer(s)
    • Musical.ly Inc. (2014–2017)
    • ByteDance (2017–2018)
Initial releaseAugust 2014 (2014-08)
Operating system
SuccessorTikTok
Available in35 languages
TypeVideo sharing
LicenseProprietary software with terms of use
Websitewww.musical.ly 

In June 2016, Musical.ly had over 90 million registered users, up from 10 million a year earlier. By the end of May 2017, the app had reached over 200 million users.

ByteDance Ltd. acquired Musical.ly Inc. on November 10, 2017, and merged it into TikTok on August 2, 2018. At the same time, Musical.ly Inc. changed its name to TikTok Inc.

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