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TikTokers can see how many people liked, viewed, and interacted with their videos and posts and keep them informed about viewer engagement. According to Statista, TikTok is the most popular short-video platform having recorded over 1 billion downloads in 2023.
As a user, you may want to know the accounts that viewed your posts. TikTok keeps changing its policies, community guidelines, and features.
Does TikTok show who viewed your videos? This article shares everything you need to know about profile and post-view history.
The answer is yes, but only for some users. TikTok recently introduced a new post view history policy that allows users to see followers who viewed their posts and videos; thus, keeping them informed about their audience engagement.
According to TikTok, after turning this setting on, users following you who also have the setting can see that you viewed their posts. However, it is important to note that post-view history only displays views from:
Note: This feature is only available to users who are over 16 years old and have less than 5,000 followers.
To turn the post view history on or off, follow the following steps:
Tap Profile at the bottom of the TikTok app.
Settings and Privacy Feature
A screenshot of the Profile Views Feature
Toggle Feature for Profile Views on TikTok
Well, the answer is no. As previously mentioned, TikTok does not allow you to see users who viewed your posts or videos if you are under 16 years old or have more than 5,000 followers. However, you can see their demographics using the analytics tool discussed below.
Users can also see their video view counts, leave comments, as well as users who leave stitches or duets on their posts. This feature is found in the Activity tab of the platform’s app.
Follow these steps to see the number of video views your post has received:
Analytics feature
TikTok users wonder what type of video impacts the dedication, time, and passion they put into each video before posting. This is why the TikTok Analytics feature was introduced. This feature allows users to observe the performance of their videos and measure their reach.
Follow these steps to access the TikTok Analytics feature:
Accessing Pro Account
Analytics Tool
The Analytics tool enables users to cater to your followers and viewers on a personalized level which improves your audience engagement. While only users with below 5,000 followers can see who views their posts. Further, the analytics page has 3 sections; overview, content, and followers, to help users with more followers understand their audience demographics.
The overview section provides a high-level summary of a user’s account performance over time. In this section, you can see the number of times your TikTok video was viewed, the number of followers, and the number of profile views.
Figure 1: Overview Section in TikTok Analytics Tool
The content section allows users to view their videos from the last 7 days in ascending order. Users can also see trending videos on their accounts; that is the top 9 videos with the most views in the past 7 days. The section is just next to the overview section in the figure above.
Followers are users who view your posts. In the followers section of the Analytics tool, you can view the behavior and number of followers over time. Users get an overview of the total comments, shares, and likes of their views.
TikTok is the most popular short-video platform having recorded over 1 billion downloads in 2023. TikTok users with less than 5,000 followers can see who viewed their TikTok posts.
According to TikTok, after turning this setting on, users following you who also have the setting can see that you viewed their posts. Those with over 5,000 followers can see their demographics using the TikTok analytics tool.
Yes, users can apply various privacy settings to each video they share whether their accounts are public or private. Obviously, visibility settings play an important role in the number of views your posts will gain.
Users can choose to make their videos and posts available to a select audience; everyone, friends, followers, or private.
To change TikTok post privacy setting:
From the post privacy feature discussed above, it is clear that you can control who views your posts and who doesn’t. Comparatively, you can also view other users’ videos without them knowing provided you don’t interact with the video. This means you should not like or comment on the video which enables you to stay anonymous.
In order to reach a wider audience and positively interact with your audience, here are 6 essential strategies for increasing the number of users who view your videos.