Group Chat TikToks

About

Group Chat TikToks refers to a series of TikTok videos in which group chat members upload video messages in which they react to the preceding video message. Usually, the videos include items falling from one video message into another. The TikTok videos rose to popularity in November 2019.

Origin

On November 5th, 2019, TikTok user @george.currier uploaded the first known group chat TikTok video in which one member drops a soda can leading to a chain of dropped items (shown below). The video garnered over 446,400 likes and 24,100 shares in 13 days.

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On November 7th, 2019, TikToker @campbellkinggg uploaded another group chat video which starts with a falling piece of paper (shown below, left). The video accumulated over 150 likes and 150 shares in 11 days. The next day, @lessdiblasi uploaded a similar video that garnered over 390 likes in 10 days (shown below, right).

On November 17th, Twitter user @okkkboomer commented on the trend by tweeting an example with the caption "Another unreal Tik Tok group chat video. The creativity is giving me life 💥💥" (shown below). The tweet accumulated over 1,200 likes and 160 retweets in a day.

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