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Is TikTok down? Users report glitches with platform amid widespread outage; ‘lagging’
Thousands of US-based TikTok users experienced severe lagging and technical glitches on Wednesday night.
Key takeaways
- Thousands of US-based TikTok users reported severe lagging and glitches on Wednesday night.
- Down Detector logged over 2,500 complaints regarding TikTok's performance.
- 77% of the reported issues on Down Detector were related to the TikTok app.
- TikTok has not issued a clarification on what caused the outage.
- TikTok has a 170 million monthly active user base in the United States.
Thousands of US-based TikTok users experienced severe lagging and technical glitches on Wednesday night. Down Detector logged over 2,500 complaints, with peak reports reaching 2,679. According to the tracking data, 77% of the reported issues concerned the TikTok app itself, 11% affected the feed and timeline, and 7% involved login difficulties. Users reported issues such as comments not loading and video like counts showing as zero. TikTok has not issued a clarification regarding the cause of the outage.
By the numbers
- 2,679
- TikTok outage reports on Down Detector at peak
- 77%
- reported TikTok issues related to the app
- 11%
- reported TikTok issues related to feed and timeline
- 7%
- reported TikTok issues related to logging in
- 170M
- TikTok monthly active users in the US
How it unfolded
- Thousands of US TikTok users report severe lagging and glitches
- Down Detector reports peak at 2,679 complaints
- Outage reports on Down Detector drop to around 2,500
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Common questions
- What happened with TikTok?
- Thousands of US-based TikTok users reported severe lagging and glitches on Wednesday night.
- Where can I read the original report?
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