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		Mehdi2277 on Sept 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TikTok overtakes YouTube for average watch time in... Millions? They spent a lot more than 10s of millions on advertising. They spent roughly a billion on advertising and probably are one of the most advertised products ever in spending. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktoks-videos-are-goofy-its-st...

disgruntledphd2 on Sept 7, 2021 [–]

many, many millions can be approximately equal to 1bn. I am aware that they advertised a lot, but didn't have (and wouldn't trust) any figures provided on this, as I've seen how wrong they can be.

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