Is TikTok Going Away? 13 Top Creators Give Their Unfiltered Take

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From the 2025 World Governments Summit in Dubai, a group of content creators from the Forbes Top Creators list give their inside take on what will really happen with TikTok in the United States.  Featuring  @bffspod    @woodyandkleiny   @Erika2   @MyHealthyDish   @dreaknowsbest   @IanBoggs   @dylan.page.   @JakebSweet   @Morgz    Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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00:00What do you think is going to happen to TikTok in America?

00:03I think it's going to stay.

00:05Yeah, I mean, I think there's so many jobs that are being fed through TikTok, and I just don't see it going anywhere.

00:13No, I'm going to hope it's going to stay.

00:15I don't think so. I mean, even if it did, something else would come up.

00:18And even if it did, YouTube already has the most viewed platform in the world.

00:23Instagram's already like crazy viral, like videos are getting close to a billion views now.

00:29The most viral ones. And on TikTok, it's still around.

00:34And if it goes away in America, it'll still be around in all the other countries that are in the world.

00:40I don't really care because I'm a French creator and all my community is in Asia.

00:45I haven't researched it too much being from the UK, but I'm backing TikTok to find a way to carry on

00:52because there's just too many people that love it, right? There's got to be a way to keep everyone happy.

00:56I think it's staying.

00:57Yeah, I don't think it's going anywhere. I think that it's here for good. I think they'll make it work.

01:02Tell me why.

01:03I think it's just too powerful, right? It's such an amazing tool.

01:07And more so, we want it to stay because so many people have built businesses on there

01:11and it would be so sad to just have your business taken away.

01:14And we know what it's like. We've been through the grind ourselves.

01:17We've been in social media 12 years and that'd be just terrible if that was just taken away from you,

01:23everything you've built for a long time.

01:24And it's worth something, right? So anything that's worth something is worth someone buying it

01:29and someone getting something on the other side.

01:31So if you'd like, where China and what have you, if they sell that part to America,

01:36at least it's better than having nothing and it just being stocked, right?

01:39I do not think TikTok is going away.

01:41I think TikTok is such a powerful platform from just providing people with happiness, joy,

01:47and even like people getting their news on TikTok. The community has been built on TikTok.

01:51So people are so attached to TikTok that they're not going to let this go.

01:55So I'm pretty sure they're going to find some type of solution. I really hope so.

01:59And it's my favorite platform. So I don't want to see it go.

02:02And I've been on there for like years now. So fingers crossed.

02:06I think there's too much money in it.

02:08I feel like it's a bluffing game between China and the United States.

02:12The United States has a pattern of trying to get things.

02:14China is coming up with huge competition in every field right now.

02:18And I think it is, look at EBS right now, they're putting 100% tariffs on it.

02:22And I think it's one of those where they want as much as they can get.

02:25They're playing the bluffing game to the end point.

02:27And I think we're literally, time is ticking.

02:29But I think you can imagine it'll be like 50% U.S. ownership, which is what they want.

02:33They don't want too much Chinese amazing technology in America.

02:37And it's a serious concern too.

02:39In my heart, I feel like it might go away.

02:41And now is the time to not find another app, but find the tried and true apps,

02:46sorry, platforms like YouTube that already has a short form platform

02:51to move your content over now and build your audience there.

02:53No, I can't see it being banned.

02:55I think they'll definitely come to some sort of negotiation deal.

02:58And I think if it does get banned, there's going to be something else to replace it.

03:03So, you know, you've seen big platforms get banned before and we find a way.

03:10I think that after the election of Donald Trump, they will find a deal and it will stay.

03:23Just your gut feeling it will stay?

03:24It's just my gut feeling.

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