TikTok
ByteDance, Haidian, Beijing, ChinaTikTok is a Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos that combines content creation, recommendation-driven discovery, and social interaction in a mobile-first interface.
It allows users to record and edit videos with filters, effects, music, and AI-powered tools, broadcast live streams, browse personalized "For You" feeds driven by recommendation algorithms, interact through comments and direct messages, and sell products through integrated TikTok Shop e-commerce features.
According to our data, TikTok is the 6th most popular social media platform on the web.
It has 7.4% of the social media market share and is detected on 3.9% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
- 👨👩👦👦 Community
Wikipedia
reddit.com💸 Pricing
TikTok is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Social Media
- Rank: 6
- Market share: 7.4%
- Video Platforms
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 14.3%
🏆 TikTok Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in France in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Indonesia in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Video Platforms category.
⚡ Sites Using TikTok
We have data on 138,966 websites that use the TikTok social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using TikTok is 
github.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | github.com |
github | #13 | United States | English |
| 2 | #16 | United States | American English | ||
| 3 | linktr.ee | #44 | Australia | English | |
| 4 |  discord.com |
discord | #46 | United States | English |
| 5 | wyze | #49 | English | ||
| 6 |  shopify.com |
shopify | #51 | Canada | English |
| 7 | guardian | #55 | English | ||
| 8 | #56 | American English | |||
| 9 | cnn | #67 | United States | English | |
| 10 |  samsung.com |
#73 | United States | English | |
| 11 | who | #88 | Switzerland | English | |
| 12 |  etsy.com |
etsy | #93 | United States | American English |
| 13 |  godaddy.com |
godaddy | #106 | United States | American English |
| 14 |  rutube.ru |
brunobroo | #108 | Russia | Russian |
| 15 | softonic | #112 | European Spanish | ||
| 16 | wirtualnapolska | #131 | Poland | Polish | |
| 17 | nypost | #140 | United States | American English | |
| 18 | espn | #141 | English | ||
| 19 | dailymail | #147 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 20 |  yelp.com |
yelp | #148 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use TikTok:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using TikTok are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 20%
- United Kingdom 7.4%
- Germany 5.5%
- France 4.4%
- Spain 4.3%
- Indonesia 3.7%
- Brazil 3.4%
- Japan 3.3%
- Australia 2.6%
- Other 45.4%
Most TikTok users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 53.2%
- Spanish 8.9%
- German 4.8%
- French 4.1%
- Portuguese 3.2%
- Indonesian 3%
- Japanese 2.6%
- Italian 2%
- Dutch 1.9%
- Other 16.3%
The TikTok social media platform is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 48.2%
- .org 4.4%
- .de 3%
- .co.uk 2.6%
- .net 1.7%
- .fr 1.6%
- .com.au 1.5%
- .it 1.4%
- .nl 1.4%
- Other 34.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing TikTok include online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business.
- Online Shopping 17.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.2%
- Business 9.1%
- Education/Reference 6.9%
- Fashion/Beauty 6.5%
- Entertainment 6.1%
- Blogs/Wiki 4.8%
- Travel 4.4%
- Sports 4.2%
- Other 30.5%
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Vimeo💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind TikTok?
TikTok is owned by ByteDance, headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, China.
Can I use TikTok for free?
Yes, it is a free social media platform.
Which country uses TikTok the most?
The majority of TikTok users are from the United States.
Who uses TikTok?
According to our data, TikTok is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as github.com, yahoo.com, and
linktr.ee.
Is TikTok used on government websites?
In total, we found TikTok on 25 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use TikTok?
Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 749 academic websites in the United States that use TikTok.
How does TikTok stack up against the competition?
TikTok is a very popular social media platform, second only to 5 other social media platforms we track.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,531,795 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.