Which came first, Amazon or TikTok?
Amazon came first, by 22 years. Jeff Bezos incorporated the company in Washington state.
Side by side
| Amazon | TikTok | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1994 | 2016 |
| Date | 1994-07-05 | — |
| Category | technology | technology |
| What happened | Jeff Bezos incorporated the company in Washington state. | ByteDance launched Douyin in China; TikTok followed abroad in 2017. |
Amazon
Amazon was incorporated on 5 July 1994, originally as Cadabra, and the website opened in July 1995 selling only books. The 1994 incorporation date is used here because it is the company's own founding date; if you mean the shop, 1995 is the answer. Either way it predates Google by three or four years and eBay by about a year.
TikTok
The app launched in China as Douyin in September 2016 and internationally as TikTok in 2017. What made it global was the 2018 acquisition and merger of Musical.ly, a lip-sync app that had launched in 2014 and already had a large Western user base — so part of TikTok is two years older than TikTok. Douyin and TikTok remain separate apps on separate infrastructure.
Common questions
- Which came first, Amazon or TikTok?
- Amazon, by 22 years — 1994 against 2016.
- When did Amazon start?
- 1994. Jeff Bezos incorporated the company in Washington state.
- When did TikTok start?
- 2016. ByteDance launched Douyin in China; TikTok followed abroad in 2017.
Related pages
- the internet (ARPANET) or TikTok? the internet (ARPANET)
- email or TikTok? email
- the Macintosh or TikTok? the Macintosh
- Python or TikTok? Python
- Java or TikTok? Java
- JavaScript or TikTok? JavaScript
- Amazon or Microsoft? Microsoft
- Amazon or Apple? Apple
- Amazon or the internet (ARPANET)? the internet (ARPANET)
- Amazon or email? email
- Amazon or the Macintosh? the Macintosh
- Amazon or Windows? Windows
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)
- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place