Tik Tok France seems to have difficulties this Thursday. Reports of problems are increasing on DownDetector, we take stock in this article.
[Mis à jour le 15 septembre 2022 à 12h51] With its 15 million users in France, TikTok has established itself as one of the most popular applications of the past ten years. So many users who are currently encountering major problems, as evidenced by a fairly massive problem reporting curve at DownDetector. For the moment, the company has not spoken on the subject, but Internet users flock massively to Twitter to report crashes on their application. Whether French or international users, everyone seems to encounter repeated crashes. The hashtag #tiktokdown appeared in today’s trends. We will keep you informed of the evolution of the situation during the day.
Check the evolution of the situation on DownDetector
Tik tok breakdown: monitoring the situation
- 12:56 p.m.: the technical problems of the application seem to be resolved.
- 12:20 p.m.: the problem seems to affect French and international users
- 12:10 p.m.: many users report repeated app crashes on Twitter
- 12:00 p.m.: failure reports are flooding in DownDetector
The problems encountered by Internet users today seem to be linked to unexpected closures of the application. Twitter posts are on the rise, some funnier than others. For the moment, no movement on the side of TikTok France and TikTok US, which remain silent on the situation.
What is TikTok?
TikTok is an application created in 2016 by the Chinese company ByteDance. It is an application for sharing and editing videos, more or less long, which was developed specifically for the Western market after the success of its Chinese counterpart Douyin. Very soon after its release, the application became a phenomenon, involving a whole generation of young Internet users in a continuous maelstrom of video content. Its short video format attracts a huge number of users who can both create, share and view the creations of their peers. The TikTok phenomenon has been such that various videographers have been elevated to the rank of influencers and even stars, managing to unite gigantic communities around their videos.
Just over six years after it was put on the market, TikTok is used by 15 million French people, according to figures announced by ByteDance in the first half of 2021. At the end of 2020, the application totaled no less than a billion users in the world, making it the most downloaded application in history ahead of Facebook. Very popular with the younger generation, it has also benefited greatly from the periods of confinement which have greatly boosted its attractiveness.