TikTok users experience “weird issues” after outage

The popular social media platform TikTok was down for tens of thousands of users.

TikTok was reportedly down for over 31,000 users in the US, according to the live outage platform DownDetector.

At around 12:00 a.m., over 31,000 people reported having problems with the platform, with 78% of users noting an issue with the app, and another 21% saying there was a problem with server connection.

By around 6 a.m., TikTok seemingly had resolved the issue, but didn’t post anything about the outage on any of their social media pages.

TikTok users flooded X with posts lamenting the outage, with users flocking to the social media platform to confirm that TikTok was down.

“Everybody on their way to twitter after tiktok went down,” said one person who posted a sped-up video of people going down an escalator.

everybody on their way to twitter after tiktok went down pic.twitter.com/dEnlMCJGI5

undefined Sal (@ServingAdele) May 15, 2025

“Me frantically running to twitter to search ‘TikTok down' after turning my WiFi off and it’s still not working,” another user said.

me frantically running to twitter to search “TikTok down” after turning my WiFi off and it’s still not working pic.twitter.com/28W5aJjJwt

undefined 🍉 (@suki_ivory) May 15, 2025

Another user said: “my TikTok isn’t working and first thing I do I switch to X to look up if others are having the same issue and sure enough they are.”

My TikTok isn’t working and first thing I do I switch to X to look up if others are having the same issue and sure enough they are pic.twitter.com/1YfT6UXTK9

undefined KimbyG949 (@kimbyg_949) May 15, 2025

“TikTok is down and I lowkey thought they went ahead and banned it again without warning.”

TikTok is down and I lowkey thought they went ahead and banned it again without warning. pic.twitter.com/UbsfvuaYBb

undefined ✨ (@Fantasticb0yage) May 15, 2025

On DownDetector, users also complained about the outage, while others expressed that it was working again.

“I mean, it's back, but it keeps having weird issues, like comments not loading on any video except ads.”

According to many users, TikTok said that there was a problem with their internet connection.