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    Filling the void: Clones clock up big demand on TikTok ban and Covid-19 pandemic

    The broad categories of interested parties in these TikTok clones include news media outlets.

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    Last month alone, as Rahul Sharma, founder and CEO of the Bengaluru-based AppScrip says, 20 people have bought the company’s TikTok clone product. He says, the interest really shot up. I’ve had 1000s of people asking for it, and we fielded like 350 requests in one day.

    Bengaluru: In their bid to fill the void left by TikTok, several entrepreneurs are looking at companies that offer clones of the now-banned short-video app. The demand for the social content/short video app has been soaring in the last few weeks, ever since the ban came into place, with one entrepreneur feeling over 1000 requests for TikTok replicas in just over a month.Last month alone, as Rahul Sharma, founder and CEO of the Bengaluru-based
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