<p>Popular short video-sharing platform TikTok has surpassed tech giant Google as the most popular website of the year, says a report.</p>.<p>According to a report by IT security company Cloudflare, the viral video app gets more hits than the US-based search engine, reports<em> BBC</em>.</p>.<p>The rankings show that TikTok knocked Google off the top spot in February, March and June this year, and has held the number one position since August.</p>.<p>In 2020, Google was first, and a number of other sites, including TikTok, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Netflix, were all in the top 10.</p>.<p>As per the report, it is believed one of the reasons for the surge in Tiktok's popularity is because of the Covid-19 pandemic, as lockdowns meant people were stuck at home and looking for entertainment.</p>.<p>The social network, which is owned by China-based Bytedance, now has more than one billion active users across the world and that number continues to grow.</p>.<p>In June 2020, the Indian government banned the popular short-form video app TikTok amid border tensions with China.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Popular short video-sharing platform TikTok has surpassed tech giant Google as the most popular website of the year, says a report.</p>.<p>According to a report by IT security company Cloudflare, the viral video app gets more hits than the US-based search engine, reports<em> BBC</em>.</p>.<p>The rankings show that TikTok knocked Google off the top spot in February, March and June this year, and has held the number one position since August.</p>.<p>In 2020, Google was first, and a number of other sites, including TikTok, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Netflix, were all in the top 10.</p>.<p>As per the report, it is believed one of the reasons for the surge in Tiktok's popularity is because of the Covid-19 pandemic, as lockdowns meant people were stuck at home and looking for entertainment.</p>.<p>The social network, which is owned by China-based Bytedance, now has more than one billion active users across the world and that number continues to grow.</p>.<p>In June 2020, the Indian government banned the popular short-form video app TikTok amid border tensions with China.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>