Lemon8 app debuted in Japan in 2020.
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has been pushing a lifestyle app in the US to compete with Instagram. Its gaining traction amid ban calls for TikTok in the country over its ties with China.
Here are 5 facts on Lemon8:
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According to Zdnet, Lemon8 is a video and photo-sharing social media app. It doesn’t support vertical video scrolling. The platform focuses on fashion, beauty, food, wellness, and travel.
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The app’s listing page on Google Play app store describes Lemon8 as “a place for young creatives to share a diversity of content from fashion, makeup, food, and travel, to homewares, pets, and anything else you can imagine”.
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It has been downloaded more than 5 million users and received an average rating of 3.8 on the Play Store.
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Lemon8 was launched in Japan in April 2020 and its creators plan to debut it in Singapore, Indonesia and other countries, as per New York Times.
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Reuters reported last year that the app is overseen by Alex Zhu, senior vice president of product and strategy at ByteDance and former CEO of TikTok.
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