# Avatarify

> Photo-animation app Avatarify was downloaded over 6 million times from February 2021.

- Owner: Avatarify, Inc.
- Kind: App & software
- Sector: Technology
- Seed date: 2020-04-06
- Peak date: 2021-02-25
- Spread Score: 0 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Platform jump, Controversy

## Summary

Avatarify's code went public on April 6, 2020, with a demo of a fake Elon Musk on a Zoom call. Its iOS app followed in mid-2020. In February 2021 it reached No. 1 on China's free App Store chart as Douyin videos spread, and it was removed there on March 2.

## Timeline

- 2020-04-06 — Avatarify developers (Open web) — Avatarify's code repository became public.
- 2020-04-08 — Ali Aliev (YouTube) — Ali Aliev posted "Elon Musk Joined Our Zoom Call," an Avatarify demo, on YouTube.
- 2020-04-13 — Avatarify developers (Open web) — The repository added Windows support.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/avatarify

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Avatarify.” Case HIS-00433. Spread Score v1.2: 0/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00433