It's no longer a secret to anyone: the Chinese social media TikTok is now one of the most popular in the world, especially among young people, and has easily exceeded one billion downloads on iOS and Android.

Obviously, for the publisher of TikTok ByteDance, it would be completely insane to sleep on such a success. After all, it was notably by buying Instagram and Whatsapp that Facebook asserted itself as a web giant.

Rather than turning to other forms of social media and messaging like Mark Zuckerberg, Byte Dance founder Zhang Yiming turned to a companion app to his TikTok success: a free mobile video editor.

Access to an all-in-one video editing app at your fingertips

The cap cut app, much like TikTok, went through a bunch of stages before it was finally available to everyone.

It first launched in China only, then ByteDance bought the editing app Viamaker before renaming it CapCut and launching it internationally in December 2020.

If it did not become famous overnight, the thousands of TikTok users, also called "TikTokers," finally adopted it massively.

After 250 million downloads worldwide as of May 2021, including nearly 10 million in the United States alone, we can say that it is on the right track.

Why is she so popular? Mainly because it's straightforward to use and, most importantly, accessible.

It was launched to make video editing more accessible to beginners, and we can say that its mission has been accomplished.

We find several stickers, soundtracks, and special effects to insert in our video creations directly on the application in just a few clicks.

When you're making TikToks, Instagram, or YouTube videos just for fun, you don't necessarily want to shell out for computer editing software. Anyway, for many, everything goes through the smartphone.

After creating a video montage using CapCut, we can download it free on our device and publish it on our favorite platform, so we are not too surprised that it is so popular among young people.

The app is available for both iPhone owners and Android users. We have to download it directly from our phone's application store.

Learn more about the CapCut For Pc.