[4] According to The Wall Street Journal, in March 2023, it was the second-most downloaded app in the U.S., behind that of Chinese discount retailer Temu.

[7] On July 2023, many users of CapCut accused it for allegedly illegally profiting off their personal data.

[8][9] On January 18, 2025, at 10 PM EST, CapCut was banned in the United States along with TikTok and all other ByteDance apps due to the implementation of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

[2] The app includes a library of pre-made templates and a tool that generates editable video captions.

Users can export or save completed projects directly to different social media platforms.