Byte is already popular, but can it beat TikTok? The ByteDance-owned video-sharing social networking service may have been the app of 2019, but many other rivals are vying for that spot this year. Enter Byte, Vine’s successor, which soared to the top of the App Store’s most downloaded free apps in the U.S. during the first week of its launch with 1.3 million downloads. The app has “been heralded as the second coming of Vine,” but it faces obstacles like spam, and of course serious competition in the short video app space. Influencers will be a key part of their plan to beat the rest, with a partner program plan in the works to lure them. (Mashable, Mobile Marketer)
