Tiktok is busted

Okay so I've been cross-posting the same video content across YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok.

YouTube Shorts — at minimum I'm getting 1,000 views. Sometimes more. Doesn't matter what the video is, it almost always clears that. Instagram Reels? I'm pulling 2,000+ views per video, sometimes way more. Both of those feel like the algorithm is actually giving me a shot.

TikTok? 300 to 500 views. Every. Single. Post. It's like I'm stuck in a bubble that I can't break out of. The content is literally identical and TikTok just doesn't care.

I've heard people say TikTok is "the algorithm" platform and that it's supposed to blow up small creators — but my experience is completely the opposite. Instagram and YouTube are treating me way better right now.

Would love to hear from anyone else experiencing this or anyone who's cracked why one platform eats the same content while another ignores it completely.

Comments

The_Toastedninja4 months ago1

My Tiktok literallly gets ZERO views/impressions. I dont know why the algorithm refuses to touch my content. I dont even know if/how I can submit a ticket because my profile is a ghost town lol.

PresidentialPenis4 months ago1

This has been the case since the crash earlier this year. They are no longer just putting videos into the oblivion until they catch on, they are now sending it to 200 random people in the first 24 hours and if those people dont interact with the post then it will die off shortly thereafter. This is a jarring transition from what tiktok was doing before and in comparison to every other social media. I've been hoping week to week for us to get back to what we had before but it's very clear to me that we won't get back what we had before which is very frustrating to everyone who spent so much time building their TikToks only for it to be a complete bubble bust

fruitful-friend4 months ago1

I was a tiktok shop affiliate making hundreds of dollars a day on my posts. Then when the blackout happened, my profits crashed to making less than $20/day immediately. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the views to sustain tiktok shop again... it's so sad what they did to us. I used to LOVE tiktok because of it. Now I'm barely on it.

OSRTheJourney4 months ago1

Imagine it being months later and still having this level of cope. It's over. It will never be the same for the majority of folks who used it before the "crash ." The sooner you get this the better.

https://preview.redd.it/1ummtp1z49qg1.png?width=1077&format=png&auto=webp&s=1300943028f285bd42c535b88d2a4e5bc65de98f

lyxss-xo4 months ago1

Dude mine got like 30-100,, that's why I quit Tiktok

BannedPoet2484 months ago1

My vids gain traction and once it's around like 400-500 it abruptly stops.

PokeballOnMyDesk4 months ago1

It's not just you fam. I pull a cool 20,000-80,000 views on shorts on the reg, anywhere from 2,000-20,000 on facebook, and between 2,000-10,000 on IG.

Tiktok?
200, MAYBE 1000 if I'm lucky.

I knew Tok was cooked when the same video went viral on youtube, IG, and Facebook back to back (almost a mil on YT, 80k on IG, and 300k on FB) but capped at like 1,400 views on Tok. When everybody else is telling you "the content is good" and ONE platform is completely cucking you do NOT blame yourself.

That's not to say "there's nothing you can do", its just to say your content is more engaging than tiktok is giving you credit for. For one reason or another, our vids aren't going to the FYF. If that doesn't happen it doesn't matter how good the video is, its never gonna take off. The question is why? Clearly TikTok demands something totally different from the other platforms and our videos are lacking whatever that thing is. Either that or the vids have some thing in it that Tok has decided isn't FYF friendly. Haven't fully figured it out myself yet, but the facts are as such:

  1. People are going viral on Tiktok.
  2. We are not.
  3. If tiktok video performance was entirely about quality of the content or how engaging it is, then videos that consistently perform well on other platforms would also be performing well on TikTok.
  4. Tiktok has an insanely strict set of community guidelines

I combine all of these to assume that there's some hurdle we're not clearing when we hit upload. My best guess is that the algo is flagging something but I genuinely don't know what. I think our next step is gonna have to be read the entirety of the community guidelines, take notes on what NOT to do for reference, and take no chances whatsoever on breaking those rules. Its a long shot but we're content creators, our #1 motto is "control what you can" so hopefully that'll be enough. Lemme know if you figure anything out that helps

NextEntertainment5364 months ago1

I'm making a couple thousand this month of of views alone. TikTok's algorithm has always changed consistently. This is no different. Figure it out and you'll be fine.

ThatGothGuyUK4 months ago1

What content are you posting?

Glad-Studio-10184 months ago1

I got off after the sale