Dubsmash

Before TikTok took the world by storm with its music-soundtracked short videos, there was Dubsmash. Dubsmash was an ultimate trend that has rampantly gone viral across the Internet in 2015. Further, with the thousands of Dubsmash videos online, some stood out and gathered millions of views, likes, and shares— the same craze that occurs in TikTok now. However, Reddit has recently revealed that Dubsmash will no longer be available to use after February 22, 2022. So let's take this time to reminisce about Dubsmash and how Filipinos were driven by its popularity six years ago. Quick Recap about Dubsmash Dubsmash is a New York-based video-sharing social media service app for Android and iOS. Through Dubsmash, users can choose an audio recording or soundbite from movies, shows, music, and internet trends and record a video of themselves dubbing over that piece of audio. On December 13, 2020, Reddit announced it had acquired Dubsmash, aiming to integrate Dubsmash’s innovative video creation tools into Reddit. Read more in our articles including "Remembering Dubsmash and its impact on Filipinos" and "Reddit to shut down Dubsmash in February 2022".