Dubsmash allowed users to videotape themselves while lip syncing over audio clips and including sections of songs, movies, and famous quotes.

[4] Dubsmash was founded in Germany by Jonas Drüppel, Roland Grenke, and Daniel Taschik,[5] who had previously made two other apps which were not as successful.

Their last app prior to Dubsmash was called Starlize, which aimed to allow users to create music videos.

Finding out that this app was too complex for users, the creators decided to move on to shorter length videos with an emphasis on ease of use, creating Dubsmash.

[4] On February 18, 2019, Dubsmash had a data breach; over 162 million accounts were compromised and its database was put for sale on the Dream Market.