TikTok users were left frustrated on Thursday as the popular social media platform suffered a widespread outage. Reports flooded in from the UK, US, and other regions as users found themselves unable to access videos, refresh their feeds, or post new content.
What's Happening with TikTok?
Thousands of users took to rival platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to complain about the service disruption. The problems appeared to begin around midday UK time, with the app either failing to load content or showing error messages.
User Reactions Pour In
'TikTok not working is my villain origin story,' joked one user on X, while another complained, 'How am I supposed to waste time at work now?' The outage quickly became a trending topic across social media platforms.
Is There an Official Response?
As of publication time, TikTok's parent company ByteDance had not issued an official statement about the outage. The platform's status page showed no reported issues, adding to user frustration.
Technical Details
Downdetector, the outage tracking website, showed a sharp spike in reports from around 11:45 AM BST. The issues appeared to affect both the app and web versions of TikTok, suggesting a server-side problem rather than a local device issue.
This isn't the first time TikTok has faced technical difficulties. The platform experienced similar outages in 2022 and 2023, each lasting several hours before service was fully restored.
