Douyin belongs to Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd., and the developer is Beijing Weibo Vision Technology Co., Ltd.

Douyin is a music creative short video social software that can shoot short videos. The software was launched in September 2016 and is a music short video community platform focusing on young people. Users can choose songs and match them with short videos to form their own works. It is similar to Xiaokaxiu, but the difference is that Douyin users can make videos more creative through video shooting speed, video editing, special effects (repeated, flash, slow motion) and other technologies, rather than simply lip-syncing.

The Douyin platform is full of young users, and the soundtrack is mainly electronic music and dance music. The videos are divided into two factions: dance faction and creative faction. The common feature is that they are all very rhythmic. There are also a few users who play lyrical music to show coffee latte art skills, which has become a clear stream in the Douyin circle.