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How “tiktok” trended on Hacker News

“Tiktok” was mentioned 48,230 times on Hacker News between 2010 and 2026, peaking in Jan 2025 with 3,445 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “tiktok” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Total mentions
48,230
Peak month
Jan 2025 (3,445)
First seen
2010
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TikTok first appears in 2010 and built up 48,230 lifetime mentions. The curve peaks in January 2025 with 3,445 mentions, coinciding with the app briefly going dark in the U.S. amid the divestiture deadline.

Discussion long mixed privacy and geopolitics: iOS 14 revealing clipboard snooping, India’s ban of TikTok and other Chinese apps, an alleged illegal OBS fork, and its rise past Facebook in downloads. The term stayed heavily active through 2026.

Top Hacker News stories about “tiktok”

  1. 1.iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents every few keystrokes 1,847 points · 591 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS 1,545 points · 498 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps 1,483 points · 795 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.One App – Two Worlds: This Is TikTok in Russia and Ukraine 1,260 points · 348 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.TikTok goes dark in the US 1,180 points · 2,458 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app 1,007 points · 678 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline 960 points · 2,566 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores 835 points · 848 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.Facebook iOS SDK Remotely Crashing Spotify, TikTok, Pinterest, Winno and More 824 points · 356 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.Biden signs TikTok bill into law, starting clock for ByteDance to divest 819 points · 1,694 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people and the poor 790 points · 341 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users 752 points · 2,454 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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