TikTok has taken over the world in just a few short years. What does its success mean for the future of technology? Journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker tells the inside story of the Chinese app, with unprecedented access to key company figures.

‘A careful, detailed teardown of the people, culture and technology behind the world’s most dynamic social network. It is rare for a business analysis to read like a thriller – this one does.’

AZEEM AZHAR, FOUNDER, EXPONENTIAL VIEW

‘Stokel-Walker is not just TikTok-literate, he’sTikTok-fluent. He knows the product, the people, and the entire ecosystem inside and out, and it is this familiarity that makes his telling so compelling.’

RUI MA, FOUNDER, TECH BUZZ CHINA

‘TikTok Boom matches the unparalleled breadth and scale of growth of the Chinese platform with remarkable depth and spectacular wisdom. Blending journalistic narrative with state-of-the-art academic research, no other author comes close to weaving this epic tale of the rise of China’s first global platform threatening Silicon’s Valley’s hegemony. A must read for students, scholars, and policy makers.’

PROFESSOR DAVID CRAIG, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA