<s>
Dubsmash	B-Application
was	O
an	O
American	O
video	O
sharing	O
social	O
media	O
service	O
application	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
Germany	O
by	O
Jonas	O
Drüppel	O
,	O
Roland	B-Application
Grenke	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Daniel	B-Application
Taschik	I-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
relocated	O
from	O
Germany	O
to	O
Brooklyn	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
's	O
tools	O
and	O
technology	O
with	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
own	O
video	O
creation	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
integration	O
would	O
result	O
in	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
the	O
standalone	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
app	O
on	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
all	O
user	O
videos	O
and	O
posts	O
would	O
be	O
made	O
inaccessible	O
unless	O
downloaded	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
prior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
the	O
dubsmash.com	O
URL	O
redirects	O
to	O
www.reddit.com	B-Application
and	O
the	O
app	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
Play	B-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
created	O
the	O
r/Dubsmash	O
subreddit	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
keep	O
in	O
touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dubsmash	B-Application
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
videotape	O
themselves	O
while	O
lip	O
syncing	O
over	O
audio	O
clips	O
and	O
including	O
sections	O
of	O
songs	O
,	O
movies	O
,	O
and	O
famous	O
quotes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
last	O
app	O
prior	O
to	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
was	O
called	O
Starlize	B-Application
,	O
which	O
aimed	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
music	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finding	O
out	O
that	O
this	O
app	O
was	O
too	O
complex	O
for	O
users	O
,	O
the	O
creators	O
decided	O
to	O
move	O
on	O
to	O
shorter	O
length	O
videos	O
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
creating	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
had	O
a	O
data	O
breach	O
;	O
over	O
162	O
million	O
accounts	O
were	O
compromised	O
and	O
its	O
database	O
was	O
put	O
for	O
sale	O
on	O
the	O
Dream	O
Market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Barbadian	O
singer	O
Rihanna	O
had	O
used	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
to	O
tease	O
her	O
song	O
"	O
Bitch	O
Better	O
Have	O
My	O
Money	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dubsmash	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Instagram	O
Stories	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
software	O
engineer	O
Michael	O
Sayman	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Reddit	B-Application
acquired	O
the	O
app	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
30%	O
of	O
users	O
were	O
posting	O
videos	O
daily	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
receiving	O
1	O
billion	O
video	O
views	O
per	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
in	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
downloaded	O
408,000	O
times	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
TikTok	B-Application
's	I-Application
4.5	O
million	O
downloads	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
number	O
eventually	O
dropped	O
to	O
63,000	O
downloads	O
per	O
month	O
,	O
while	O
TikTok	B-Application
's	I-Application
downloads	O
rose	O
to	O
4.6	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
