TikTok属于北京字节跳动科技有限公司（ByteDance），总部设在北京。公司注册地是开曼群岛。ByteDance原则上有两款产品：抖音和TikTok。从实质看，它们同是短视频软件，只是在不同平台上运营。抖音在中国，针对国内市场，而TikTok主打国外市场。TikTok的负责人是华特迪士尼流媒体服务前任经理凯文·梅耶尔。梅耶尔同时还是ByteDance的主运营经理。

Tiktok belongs to Beijing byte dance Technology Co., Ltd., headquartered in Beijing. The place of incorporation of the company is the Caymans. ByteDance has two tiktok and TikTok in principle. In essence, they are both short video software, only operating on different platforms. Jitter is in China, targeting the domestic market, while TikTok is the main player in the tiktok market. Tiktok is headed by Kevin Mayer, former manager of streaming services at Walt Disney. Mayer is also chief operations manager for byte dance.

ByteDance约有6万名员工，公司在全世界设有15家科研中心，在126座城市建有办公室，其中包括北京、上海、洛杉矶、纽约、伦敦、巴黎、柏林、迪拜、孟买、新加坡、雅加达、首尔和东京。这家公司还提供其它服务：Toutiao,、BaBe和Lark等等。但TikTok在全世界青年中成为翘楚。软件已有10多亿用户，遍布150个国家。仅在美国，该款软件就被下载过1.65亿人次。