Youths in China seek attention through short videos

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If you want to know which social media platforms Chinese youths like now, you better not miss short videos.

"As for Douyin, a short video application, 85 percent of its users are aged under 24, and the main influencer users are born after 1995, and even 2000," said a person in charge of the app, in an interview with China Youth Daily.

On popular short video apps, including Douyin and Kuaishou, users can upload short videos, the content of which ranges from cooking and physical exercise to dancing and gatherings, and share them with other users.

A 12-year-old user named Xiaoqianyu has up to 2.6 million followers on Douyin. The girl, who's enjoyed dancing since she was in kindergarten, has uploaded videos showing her learning jazz dance and finger dance since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans, and she has become famous as a result.

"Besides recording the movements, I can add relevant music to the video, so it is easy and fun to shoot the videos," said Xiaoqianyu, who enjoys sharing happiness with strangers by shooting the short videos.

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(News source: China Daily)