TikTok
TikTok is a short-video social media app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
717 linked stories in all years we hold
The earliest story we hold is from Oct 1, 2021.
Stories involving TikTok4 named stories in 2025
Active · 3
- Jan 8, 2023 – Nov 2, 2026 · 48 stories
- The Russia-Ukraine war: Western weapons and aid for UkraineJan 19, 2022 – Nov 5, 2026 · 492 stories
Here for 3 stories about TikTok
- The Idaho student killings and the case against Bryan KohbergerNov 14, 2022 – Nov 4, 2026 · 116 stories
Here for 2 stories about TikTok
Gone quiet · 1
- Jun 17, 2022 – Jul 18, 2026 · 149 stories
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Week of Dec 15, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025: 11 left, 22 center, 8 right, 22% of the sources that published that week · 56 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 11% |
| Jan 6, 2025 - Jan 12, 2025 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 176 | 30% |
| Jan 13, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025 | 39 | 59 | 42 | 893 | 61% |
| Jan 20, 2025 - Jan 26, 2025 | 25 | 32 | 20 | 175 | 34% |
| Jan 27, 2025 - Feb 2, 2025 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 159 | 26% |
| Feb 3, 2025 - Feb 9, 2025 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 57 | 18% |
| Feb 10, 2025 - Feb 16, 2025 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 73 | 19% |
| Feb 17, 2025 - Feb 23, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 24, 2025 - Mar 2, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 3, 2025 - Mar 9, 2025 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 4% |
| Mar 10, 2025 - Mar 16, 2025 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 10% |
| Mar 17, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 38 | 13% |
| Mar 24, 2025 - Mar 30, 2025 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 7% |
| Mar 31, 2025 - Apr 6, 2025 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 179 | 34% |
| Apr 7, 2025 - Apr 13, 2025 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6% |
| Apr 14, 2025 - Apr 20, 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2% |
| Apr 21, 2025 - Apr 27, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 28, 2025 - May 4, 2025 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 9% |
| May 5, 2025 - May 11, 2025 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2% |
| May 12, 2025 - May 18, 2025 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 54 | 13% |
| May 19, 2025 - May 25, 2025 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3% |
| May 26, 2025 - Jun 1, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 2, 2025 - Jun 8, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 9, 2025 - Jun 15, 2025 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Jun 16, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 57 | 21% |
| Jun 23, 2025 - Jun 29, 2025 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 - Jul 6, 2025 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 6% |
| Jul 7, 2025 - Jul 13, 2025 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2% |
| Jul 14, 2025 - Jul 20, 2025 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 87 | 21% |
| Jul 21, 2025 - Jul 27, 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3% |
| Jul 28, 2025 - Aug 3, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3% |
| Aug 11, 2025 - Aug 17, 2025 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 42 | 17% |
| Aug 18, 2025 - Aug 24, 2025 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 100 | 23% |
| Aug 25, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 1, 2025 - Sep 7, 2025 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 45 | 12% |
| Sep 8, 2025 - Sep 14, 2025 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Sep 15, 2025 - Sep 21, 2025 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 225 | 33% |
| Sep 22, 2025 - Sep 28, 2025 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 150 | 32% |
| Sep 29, 2025 - Oct 5, 2025 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 7% |
| Oct 6, 2025 - Oct 12, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 13, 2025 - Oct 19, 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1% |
| Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 26, 2025 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 10% |
| Oct 27, 2025 - Nov 2, 2025 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 86 | 27% |
| Nov 3, 2025 - Nov 9, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 10, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4% |
| Nov 17, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2% |
| Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 9% |
| Dec 1, 2025 - Dec 7, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 8, 2025 - Dec 14, 2025 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 94 | 25% |
| Dec 15, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 56 | 22% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Whole record, all years we hold
116 left · 134 center · 95 right: 345 sources on the spectrum, across 717 linked stories.
Everything else69 updates in 2025 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about TikTok that are not part of any story yet
- Nov 19TikTok will let users tone down the amount of AI content in their feed5 articles · 5 sources2 left, 1 center, 0 right
- Nov 12TikTok influencer ordered to pay $1.75M for having affair with manager, destroying his marriage8 articles · 4 sources1 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Nov 11Armed men publicly killed a TikTok influencer in Mali, authorities say6 articles · 6 sources3 left, 1 center, 1 right
- Oct 27MN man accused of putting out $45K bounty for AG Pam Bondi on TikTok10 articles · 5 sources0 left, 1 center, 4 right
- Oct 26Bessent says TikTok deal finalized, Trump and Xi to announce this week8 articles · 8 sources0 left, 3 center, 3 right
- Oct 24EU accuses Meta, TikTok of breaking digital content rules5 articles · 5 sources0 left, 4 center, 0 right
- Oct 21Sombr’s TikTok drama may not be something you know about, but your kids probably do8 articles · 8 sources1 left, 7 center, 0 right
- Oct 16'South Park' shows Peter Thiel hunting down Trump's Antichrist baby, Trump trying to get Satan an abortion6 articles · 6 sources0 left, 1 center, 1 right
- Sep 22Oracle names Magouyrk and Sicilia as CEOs; Catz to become executive vice chair of the board6 articles · 6 sources1 left, 3 center, 2 right
Stories that name TikTok
- Dec 16– 17You can now watch Reels on the big screen with Instagram for TV8 articles · 8 sources1 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Dec 8– 10Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia23 articles · 16 sources3 left, 9 center, 2 right
- Dec 8– 12The social media ban is just the start of Australia's forthcoming restrictions—and teens have legitimate concerns89 articles · 37 sources7 left, 21 center, 6 right
- Nov 29– 30Afghan national arrested over alleged bomb threat in Texas, DHS says10 articles · 4 sources0 left, 2 center, 2 right
- Nov 26‘Dancing with the Stars’ has a new winner. No one’s surprised8 articles · 7 sources1 left, 6 center, 0 right
- Nov 26Florida fire and rescue employees arrested for waterboarding co-worker in hazing incident: Officials6 articles · 3 sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Oct 30– Nov 1NASA chief Sean Duffy schools Kim Kardashian for saying moon landings ‘didn’t happen’18 articles · 15 sources4 left, 2 center, 5 right
- Oct 27– 30Trump and China's Xi are meeting in South Korea to try to roll back months of trade tensions70 articles · 40 sources11 left, 17 center, 9 right
- Oct 3Alaskan climbing star dies in fall from Yosemite National Park's El Capitan26 articles · 14 sources4 left, 7 center, 3 right
- Sep 19Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea in coming weeks and he'll later go to China7 articles · 6 sources0 left, 4 center, 2 right