Netizens Complain After Streaming App TikTok Goes Down: "Thought I Was Banned"

• TikTok has left many users worried after the streaming app temporarily experienced downtime
• Although no official communication has been released yet, many users are complaining that they cannot comment, like or see uploaded videos
• Some users narrated that they thought they had a network issue, only to go online and see others complaining of the app being down

TikTok users have taken to other social media platforms to complain after the streaming video app went down.

Why is TikTok not working?

TikTok, which boasts over 1 billion monthly active users globally, experienced downtime, with many unable to like videos or see them on their profiles.

Other users complained that they could not go live or comment on other videos, making them wonder if they had been blocked.

The app has not released any official communication detailing what may have caused many users globally to experience streaming challenges.

A spot-check by TUKO.co.ke noted concerns many users raised with the app going down temporarily.

Here are some of the reactions:

@curvycanuck13 said:

"What TikTok? I think my last video uploaded, but I can’t see it. And I can’t see the comments or anything on the video that went up before the last one. Whoever Monday’d my Tuesday needs to go sit on a cactus."

@Theblondemom_ said:

"Anyone else's tiktok app not working? I can see the fyp but my page isn't loading for some reason well, not properly."

@thellomundo said:

"Is everyone’s TikTok tripping or just mine?"

@hil1zlyhere said:

"TikTok is down. Sighs. Lets touch some grass."

@AM said:

"I couldn't get my fyp to load, I thought I got blocked."

@Amondi said:

"Nimezima simu nikawasha thinking it's my network, I cannot even see likes or videos."

Elon Musk's X temporarily experiences outage

On Tuesday, August 27, Downdetector.com, an outage tracking website, reported outages on social media platform X.

Downdetector revealed that over 36,500 cases were reported in the United States (US) at the peak.

The report also indicated 1,600 cases in the United Kingdom (UK) and nearly 3,300 incidents in Canada regarding disruptions.

The cause of the outage, which lasted for an hour, was not immediately established.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke