This once-popular rival app to TikTok is shutting down

Reddit is pulling the plug on its TikTok-like platform Dubsmash, the social network announced on Tuesday, just a year after buying it for an undisclosed sum to support its video creation tools.
The standalone Dubsmash app will no longer be available for download after Feb.22, Reddit said, as it introduced new camera and editing features as part of its video tools.
TikTok’s tremendous success with short videos has led other social networks to incorporate the format across their platforms, with Snap Inc introducing Spotlight; Facebook, now meta-platforms, launches Instagram Reels; and Alphabet’s YouTube introducing shorts.
“The Dubsmash team has accelerated the Reddit video so that parts of Reddit Dubsmashers feel familiar,” said a blog post.
Since acquiring Dubsmash, Reddit has said the total number of hours viewed has increased by 70% while the number of daily active video viewers has increased by over a third.
Viewership for short videos, which the company defines as two seconds or less, also increased 50% quarter over quarter.

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