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Teenagers make up the largest group of active users on TikTok.

TikTok, a social video app launched in 2016 used for sharing and creating video content, continues to grow in popularity. As of 2022, approximately 41 percent of users in the U.S. engaged with the popular social video app. Around seven in 10 respondents aged between 18 and 19 years were using TikTok, while usage among respondents aged between 20 and 29 years was approximately 56 percent.

TikTok global usage In 2021, TikTok had 1 billion active monthly users worldwide, a growth of 45 percent on the previous year. As of April 2021, the majority of global TikTok users spent less than one hour per week on the platform. Eleven percent of users spent five to ten hours a week on the app, and six percent were using it for ten hours or more per week.

Users' opinion: safety concerns and positive influenceOnline TikTok challenges and hoaxes have been a topic of discussion in recent years, with parents raising concerns about safety regarding content posted on the platform. As for U.S. adults’ opinions of TikTok, favorable attitudes towards the platform decrease with age. Overall, as of November 2021, 33 percent of users aged 18 to 34 years had a favorable opinion of the app, but just one in 10 users aged between 45 and 64 years felt the same. Around 20 percent of all adults had a very unfavorable view of TikTok. Despite the criticism, the platform hosts a large number of positive influencers, focusing on themes such as mental health awareness and body positivity. In 2021, one of the most followed TikTok educators and activists was Nicole Lilly Christou, with her profile @nikkililly reporting approximately 7.7 million followers in the United Kingdom alone.

TikTok has a significantly larger female user base globally.

Regional TikTok user statistics differentiate significantly. Each major region has also experienced growth a different times.

In March 2024, approximately ** percent of online users aged between 15 and 24 years in the United Kingdom engaged with social video app TikTok. Users aged between 25 and 34 years were the second largest age demographic on the platform, while only one quarter of users aged 75 and older reported engaging with TikTok. Overall, **** of the UK digital population engaged with the popular Chinese-developed app.

These TikTok user statistics tell the whole story of the new social media giant and give you some insights into the app's future.

The most TikTok users in Germany were found among Gen Z as of 2024, with around ** percent stating that they used the platform. Roughly ** percent of millennials said that they had a TikTok account. The TikTok phenomenon TikTok is a video-sharing app that became extremely popular during the first half of 2020. Millions of people signed up to the social media platform and started making short videos of themselves doing various activities. One of the most common types of videos on the app is dancing videos in which people choreograph short dances to parts of popular songs and then the dance is replicated by thousands of users. There were over **** billion users on TikTok in 2024, and in 2025 this figure is predicted to grow to roughly **** billion. With an audience so large, there are many opportunities for success on the app. Popular names who found fame on the app include Charli D’Amelio, Addison Rae, and Khabane Lame to name a few. There are also several famous German TikTok accounts such as Youneszarou, Noelgoescrazy, and Condsty who all have over ** million followers. Social media networks How does TikTok compare to other social media apps? It was ranked as the fifth most popular worldwide, top of the list were Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. This is quite impressive, when considering that the app was banned in India, one of its largest user bases, in 2020. When it comes to the amount of time that Germans spend on social media, however, they rake quite low in comparison to other countries. Brazil topped the list with the average respondents spending almost * hours on social media each day, whilst in Germany, this figure was just * hour and ** minutes. Currently, in Germany there are almost ***** million people who use social media, according to preliminary figures. However, by 2026, this figure is expected to grow to around ** million. It seems clear that social media is here to stay.

Globally the average user spends 52 minutes on TikTok every day. About 90% of their worldwide users access TikTok on a daily basis.

As of June 2023, the main audience of TikTok influencers in Thailand was users between 19 and 25 years old, accounting for around 39.2 percent. This was followed by the users who were below 18 years old, with a share of about **** percent.

The average adult TikTok user in America spends 33 minutes per day on the app.

As of February 2025, the United States was the region with the largest TikTok audience by far, with almost ****** million users engaging with the popular social video platform. Indonesia followed, with around ***** million TikTok users. Brazil came in third, with almost ***** million users on TikTok watching short-videos. From Reels to Shorts: social short video takes the internet Between 2021 and 2022 some of the most popular social media platforms have been adding short-video features on the heels of TikTok’s popularity. YouTube Shorts, which rolled out to the global market in June 2021, reached *** billion monthly active logged-in users in 2023. In comparison, Instagram’s short-video format Reels, which launched in August 2020, presented a higher view rate than regular videos on the platform between June 2021 and June 2022, as well as a higher likes rate than other content types on Instagram. TikTok business model TikTok is owned by the Beijing-based ByteDance, along with the short-video app Douyin (TikTok’s version for the Chinese market), video platform Xigua, and popular news app Toutiao. While the products intended for domestic market consumption operate in the Chinese digital ecosystem and have a plurality of established monetization methods such as a live-shopping events hosted by famous influencers, TikTok’s main revenue stream comes from online advertising. In 2022, TikTok was estimated to have generated around **** billion U.S. dollars worldwide via online advertising.

In 2020, TikTok brought in $33.4 billion in revenue.

TikTok has risen through the ranks to become the 5th most popular social media network worldwide.

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TikTok has 136 million monthly active users in the US alone.

There are currently over 1.5 billion active users on TikTok worldwide.

In Poland, TikTok was most popular among survey participants between 18 and 24 years of age, who made up ** percent of the app’s users in the first quarter of 2021. It was much less popular among 35-year-old and older respondents, who represented only *** percent of users. The teenage TikTok user Launched in 2017, TikTok is an app for creating and sharing short-form mobile videos. Its main users are teenagers who create TikToks after school and usually spend their money on clothes, snacks, and makeup. They are surrounded by school friends with similar interests – most TikTok users learn about the app from friends and follow each other’s content. Aside from the content of friends, users like to watch popular TikTok creators showing off their talents and doing various challenges. They are also likely to browse their recommendations for new content. TikTok is extraordinarily engaging – most users check the app more than *** times a day. TikTok’s potential in the social media landscape The number of social media users in Poland continues to increase, nearing ** million by 2022. Social media are most popular with Generation Z, meaning that a younger platform like TikTok could be a competitor for the current leader, Facebook. There is a great potential for companies to get involved with TikTok, as its audience is open to new content and willing to spend money on fashionable products. The short-video format works well for product placement or short, catchy ads.

Social media platforms are integral to people's lives, offering ways to communicate, create and view content and share information. According to Ofcom, approximately 89% of UK internet users in 2023 used social media apps or sites. Teenagers and young adults are the biggest users, although there is rapid uptake among older age groups. Advertising is the primary revenue source for social media platforms, although subscription-based services are gaining momentum as platforms seek to diversify their incomes. TikTok is the success story of the last few years, becoming the most downloaded app between 2020 and 2022, according to Apptopia. The short-form video platform reported that it averaged revenue growth of over 450% between 2019 and 2022. After Musk's takeover, X, formerly known as Twitter, adjusted its content moderation and allowed previously banned accounts to return. As a result, over 600 advertisers have pulled their ads from the site because of fears their brand may be associated with malcontent. In response to falling ad revenue, X has introduced a subscription-based service which enables users to verify themselves and boosts the number of people who view their tweets. Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram have responded by introducing a similar service. Revenue is expected to grow by 14.3% in 2024-25, constrained by a slowdown in user growth for most major social media platforms. Over the five years through 2024-25, revenue is forecast to expand at a compound annual rate of 32.8% to reach £9.8 billion. Looking forward, regulations relating to how data is collected, stored, and shared will force advertisers and platforms to rethink how they can target their desired demographics. The rising prominence of AI will require the introduction of adequate regulations. The Online Safety Bill sets out new guidelines for social media platforms to abide by, with hefty fines in store for those who do not. Operating costs will swell as platforms look to meet consumers’ expectations, weighing on profit. Over the five years through 2029-30, social media platforms' revenue is projected to climb at an estimated 9.4% to reach £15.4 billion.

The vast majority of TikTok users are below 30 years old. Approximately 37 million Gen-Zers used TikTok in the US.