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TikTok’s rivals can expect revenue and user gains if US bans app

Advertising bosses say Meta and YouTube will be ‘clear beneficiaries’ if the viral video app goes ‘dark’ on Sunday

Meta and YouTube are set for a multibillion-dollar boost in revenues if ByteDance-owned TikTok is banned in the US on Sunday, say top advertising bosses, as rival tech platforms prepare for a potential land-grab of users and sales.

TikTok has warned that it will “go dark” for its 170mn US users from January 19 — the day before Donald Trump is inaugurated as president — under a new law that compels its Chinese parent ByteDance to divest the platform by that date or face a nationwide ban.

The potential ban has rivals including Meta, YouTube, Snap and Elon Musk’s X ready to pounce on TikTok’s Gen-Z users and the money that advertisers spend to influence them, as they look to grab market share in an increasingly competitive industry.

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