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Making TikTok, tick

Using our AI-assisted research methodologies we examined more than 30,000 videos relating to mainstream political discourse in the UK

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Using our AI-assisted research methodologies we examined more than 30,000 videos relating to mainstream political discourse in the UK and discovered that: Political TikToks are widely shared beyond TikTik with an average ‘off-platform’ share rate of 7 times per video in our sample. The cost of living has been the biggest political issue on mainstream UK politics TikTok this year with around 20% of videos in our sample relating to this topic. TikTok users have a strong appetite for factual information (contrary to popular belief) and videos tagged as factually informative (5%) account for 11% of plays in the sample. They also receive, on average, more than double the number of plays that news reports do. Influencers and independent content producers are easily rivalling established media for the eyes and ears of TikTok users engaging with politics.

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Parent organization: Rootcause

Project type
Document
Founded
2024
Language(s)
English
Added
2025-02-05
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:45:06.000Z

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Platforms
TensorFlow, TikTok
Formats
reports
Number of integrations
0
Geographic focus
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Geographic focus — country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

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