Explained: How TikTok has users in India despite the ban TikTok despite the ban saw more monthly active users on the platform than the social networking platform Instagram. January 21, 2021 / 06:32 PM IST TikTok |Video-sharing social networking app is owned by ByteDance. The platform is used to make short videos of 3 seconds to 1 minute duration. TikTok is hoping to make a comeback in India, after getting banned for months now. (Image: Reuters) The short video sharing platform TikTok was banned in India on June 29 in 2020, yet the platform is being accessed by many Indians. The proof of this is data shared by SimilarWeb, an online portal that provides web analytics service. In its report titled Digital Trends – India, December 2020, TikTok despite the ban saw more monthly active users on the platform than the social networking platform Instagram.