Can You See Who Shared Your TikTok Video?

In a word, no.

It’s natural to want as much validation as possible for all the work you put into creating your TikTok content. The number of people who’ve viewed, liked, shared, reposted, and commented on your posts can make you feel like it was all worth it.

The number of engagements your video receives matters for other reasons, too.

The TikTok algorithms allocate visibility for posts based on metrics such as views, likes, and reposts, as well as the size of your follower base. The more engagements, the bigger the audience you’ll receive. And if you’re monetizing your TikTok account, your compensation is directly tied to many of those metrics.

Knowing exactly who has engaged with your account isn’t as important. It isn’t factored into the visibility your TikTok posts get from the algorithms, nor will potential sponsors or the TikTok Creativity Program determine payouts based on who is watching or sharing them.

You’re the only one who may want to find out who has shared your TikTok video — and we’re sorry to be the bearer of bad news: there’s no way to tell.

Here’s why.

TikTok Videos and Privacy

TikTok, like most social media platforms, has a lengthy description of the app’s privacy policies. They’re designed to protect TikTok users from stalkers, scammers, and those who steal content and user data, among other possible “predators.”

You’re allowed to choose or change many of your account’s privacy settings on the “Settings and privacy” screen on your profile page, accessible by tapping the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the upper right corner. Many other TikTok privacy features, though, are built into the system.

One prevents anyone from seeing who’s viewed or shared videos on the app, even the content creator who posted them. The only breakdown you can see is the list of users who’ve liked your videos, visible by opening a video thumbnail from your TikTok profile page, clicking the comment icon, and switching to the comment section’s “Likes” tab.

(And don’t be surprised if that function is eliminated in the near future, just like the ability to see who’s viewed your posts was removed fairly recently.)

You can tell how many likes, comments, reposts, and other engagements one of your videos received by opening the vid from your profile screen, tapping the three-dot icon, and choosing the analytics page from the pop-up that appears. You just won’t be able to tell who engaged with your post. (Most of those stats are displayed on the screen to the left of your video, too.)

Does that mean no hack lets you see if someone shared one of your TikToks?

TikTok Detective Work

No guarantees, but if you leave a “breadcrumb” in your video title or description — a word or phrase that would be unlikely for anyone else to use — you might be able to search for the telltale wording on TikTok (to find reposts) or other platforms (to find shares). That will let you see at least some of the people responsible for reposting or sharing your vid.

That’s probably not going to be satisfactory for most users who want to know who’s liked their posts enough to share them, but it will have to be good enough.