stackyFACTSGoing viral used to take a literal lifetime. While modern apps like TikTok hit 50 million users in a matter of months, it took commercial radio almost four decades to achieve the same global reach. Imagine having to wait 38 years just to get enough people to listen to your mixtape.
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