The countdown is on again for a US-based buyer to take on TikTok, as it faces a ban. Euronews Next takes a look at the contenders to take over the app. View on euronews

Content creator Jimmy Donaldson, known on the Internet as MrBeast, has made it clear he is interested in buying TikTok. Donaldson has the most subscribers of any user on YouTube— over 340 million—and boasts over 113 million TikTok followers.

He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.

The US president has said that if Elon Musk, his right-hand man, wanted TikTok, he'd be willing to facilitate its acquisition. Elon Musk, the world's richest man and head of the US Department of Government Efficiency,

I met with the owners of Tiktok, the big owners, it’s worthless if it doesn’t get a permit,” Trump said. “It’s worth like a trillion dollars.”

United States President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that Microsoft is in talks to acquire the video-sharing platform TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app.Microsoft denied to comment on this,