Is TikTok down? Tens of thousands report glitch with popular app
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If you were having issues with TikTok, you weren't alone.
TikTok outage
What we know:
Over 30,000 users reported issues with the popular social media platform on Thursday at about 4:15 pm ET, according to Downdetector.
Outage reports began to dwindle about an hour later and were down to just over 1,400 later on Thursday.
What we don't know:
Some users took to X to report that the app was "down" but didn’t specify what exactly the issue was.
FOX has reached out to TikTok for comment.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from Downdetector.com and posts from X on May 15, 2025. This story was reported from Los Angeles.