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I have Douyin as well and the content is completely different. Same person behind the little screen. It is a lot more news, or rather opinion pieces. Sort of like clipped interviews that you'd see with pundits on MSNBC or Fox.
It's also a lot more critical thinking and science and maths. For example it's almost like the TV show How It's Made where they tour a factory and show step by step. But it's a fast narration showing all the steps. Math tricks on how to do basic and next level up math skills in a very different way than the west is taught.
Exercise videos but not thirst traps. Translation and learn new language videos. Lots of that.
There is some stupid fluff that is pure entertainment. The Asians love scripted funny scenes. There is some dancing and trending songs. But the ratio is completely flipped vs. Tiktok.
As a math undergrad student I can tell you that if it doesn't involve sitting down and thinking about it with pen and paper for a few hours it's at best math related entertainment. No useful skills will be remembered.
As a professional that has completed multiple years of calculus, discrete math, etc, that isn't true. If you're doing real math, you're sitting down and doing it.
Most of daily adult math is 1st grader level addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The tricks are for basics for children that you use as an adult.