Short video applications are not only flourishing in China, but gaining more strength as people across various age groups and geographical locations are using them to kill time, record lives, and even make a fortune.

Douyin, the most popular short video app in the country, said on Monday that the number of daily active users on its app had risen to 400 million by January. That represented a whopping rise from the 250 million recorded during the same period a year ago, according to an annual report summarizing the app's highlights in 2019. Such an achievement is phenomenal, considering that the app made its debut in 2016.